Software Engineer III, WebApp
About The Position
This role focuses on building and maintaining full-stack web application features, including scalable, distributed microservices. The Software Engineer III will own complex features from technical design to production deployment, ensuring high-performance and reliability. Responsibilities include enhancing the core web application stack for high-throughput traffic, participating in on-call rotations, troubleshooting production incidents, and maintaining high SLAs. The role also involves collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Designer, API Partners) and improving CI/CD pipelines, container-based software distribution (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability.
Requirements
- 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, NoSQL)
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the shipping and logistics industry.
- Experience with shipping AI powered customer facing features
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the full stack web application features including scalable, distributed microservices.
- Own complex features from technical design to production deployment, adhering to high-performance and reliability standards.
- Enhance and support core web application stack, ensuring performance and accuracy for high-throughput traffic.
- Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot production incidents, and maintain high SLAs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Infrastructure, Designer, API Partners) and setting high engineering standards.
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, container-based software distribution (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability.
Benefits
- 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
- 3 Volunteer Days Off (VTOs)
- 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
- Individual learning stipend for your personal and focused growth
- Fun team in person time through our Shippos Everywhere program which includes regular team and company off-sites throughout the year as well as local Shippos gatherings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
