Full-Time

Senior Product Engineer

Tapcart

Tapcart

51-200 employees

No-code mobile ecommerce app builder

Compensation Overview

$175k - $350k/yr

+ Equity + Home office stipend + Quarterly merchant stipend

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Git

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Requirements
  • At least 5 years of engineering and product work experience.
  • Demonstrated skills across frontend, backend, and database layers.
  • A GitHub profile demonstrating sustained software development activity.
  • Daily use of AI agents and appreciation for software craft are required for the role.
Responsibilities
  • Architect and ship core product that is durable, fast, and clean across multiple technology stacks.
  • Design proactive artificial intelligence agent orchestration layers used by high-growth brands.
  • Prototype new interaction patterns for human-agent collaboration.
  • Raise the engineering craft standard, help with recruiting, and uphold quality standards.
  • Use the platform and applications daily to dogfood the products.
  • Own work from prototype through production while collaborating with the chief executive officer, design, and key stakeholders.
  • Stay close to merchants to deliver value early and iterate quickly.

Tapcart is a mobile ecommerce platform that lets brands build custom mobile apps without coding. It uses a drag-and-drop design tool to customize apps and offers features like fast checkout, real-time analytics, and integrations with existing ecommerce plugins. Push notifications and real-time communication help brands engage customers and drive sales. The service is sold on a subscription model with tiered plans, targeting small- to mid-sized online retailers that want a strong mobile shopping experience. Compared with competitors, Tapcart focuses on easy no-code creation of ecommerce mobile apps with built-in engagement tools and seamless integrations, differentiating itself through its SMB focus, real-time analytics, and fast checkout experiences. The goal is to help online retailers increase customer engagement and sales by providing a simple, scalable way to offer a high-quality mobile shopping app.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$69.1M

Headquarters

Santa Monica, California

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Princess Polly reported triple-digit revenue growth after Tapcart AI push notifications in June 2026.
  • Credo Beauty said Tapcart AI drove 3.5x conversion rates and doubled recovered revenue May 13, 2026.
  • Tapcart status showed all systems operational in late July 2026, reducing reliability concerns.

What critics are saying

  • Shopify-only dependency traps Tapcart if merchants standardize on other commerce stacks.
  • Competitors like Appbrew, MobiLoud, Shopney, and Vajro undercut Tapcart on price.
  • Mass layoffs reported in 2024 reviews signal execution risk if growth stalls.

What makes Tapcart unique

  • Tapcart AI launched April 1, 2026, personalizing campaigns, recommendations, and journeys.
  • Tapcart integrates natively with Shopify, Klaviyo, Recharge, Yotpo, Gorgias, and Nosto.
  • Tapcart powers branded iOS and Android apps without developer work for Shopify merchants.

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Benefits

401k & stock options

Medical eligible first of the month

Dental & vision eligible immediately

Unlimited PTO & 11 paid company holidays

Brand new Macbook Pro & home office setup

$250 a month wellness stipend

Monthly happy hours, company-wide offsite events

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
TechCrunch
Jun 28th, 2021
Tapcart, a ‘Shopify for mobile apps,’ raises a $50 million Series B

Shopify changed the e-commerce landscape by making it easier for merchants to set up their websites both quickly and affordably. A startup called Tapcart is now doing the same for mobile commerce.

Finsmes
May 19th, 2020
Tapcart Raises $10M in Series A Funding - FinSMEs

Tapcart, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based leader mobile commerce company, secured an additional $10M in funding