Software Engineer III, WebApp

At Shippo, our vision is bold and clear:
we are the shipping layer of the internet. Our mission is to make every merchant successful through excellent shipping,delivering world-class logistics technology and infrastructure. We’re building the backbone of global e-commerce — connecting merchants to carriers worldwide through a single API and intuitive dashboard.

As a remote-first and globally distributed team , we believe flexibility fuels trust, autonomy, and performance. Our diverse perspectives — across continents, cultures, and time zones — drive our innovation and enable us to build solutions used by businesses everywhere. We invest in modern, scalable technology so our teams can build, ship, and iterate with confidence.

every person at Shippo plays a direct role in shaping the infrastructure that powers global commerce and makes shipping simpler for businesses around the world.

We are looking for a Software Engineer III to join our Web App - Lighthouse team. Our business is rapidly expanding and we develop capabilities to optimize our customers' experience by reducing their cognitive load in shipping and fulfillment. We are also the stewards of Shippo’s front platform to ensure optimal experiences are delivered to customers. As a Software Engineer III, you will be working together with a group of highly talented engineers and partnering with product managers and designers to deliver features to meet our customers’ demands.

Stay connected to customer impact and contribute to decisions that balance technical quality with user experience.

• System Design & Development :
  Build and maintain the full stack web application features including scalable, distributed microservices.
• Technical Leadership :
  Own complex features from technical design to production deployment, adhering to high-performance and reliability standards.
• Engineering Excellence :
  Enhance and support core web application stack, ensuring performance and accuracy for high-throughput traffic.
• Operational Health :
  Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot production incidents, and maintain high SLAs.
• Collaboration & Mentorship :
  Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Designer, API Partners) and setting high engineering standards.
• Infrastructure :
  Improve CI/CD pipelines, container-based software distribution (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability.

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in software development
• Experience building and maintaining highly available, scalable web applications
• Proficiency in programming language and frameworks commonly used in full-stack development on distributed systems. (e.g.,React, Python, Go, Kafka, SQL, No
  
  SQL)
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
• Experience with AI assisted development workflow.
• Can effectively communicate to stakeholders across different organizations within the company
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• BSc in a STEM field, with a preference for computer science and software engineering

• Experience with the shipping and logistics industry.
• Experience with shipping AI powered customer facing features

• Healthcare coverage for medical, dental, and vision (90% covered by the company, incl. dependents). Pets coverage is also available!
• Take-as-much-as-you-need vacation policy & flexible working hours
• One week-long company wide winter slow down
• WFH stipend to set up your home office
• Charity donation match up to $100
• Dedicated programs, coaching, tools, and resources for your professional and career growth as well as an individual learning…