Full-Time Principal Software Engineer

At Shippo, we are the shipping layer of the internet, a core component of e-commerce. Our mission is to empower merchants with world-class shipping solutions. We provide best-in-class solutions to e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, and logistics providers, connecting them with global shipping carriers through a single API and dashboard.

We offer competitive rates, label printing, automated international documents, shipment tracking, and return facilitation.

We seek a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to lead the decomposition of our monolithic application into smaller, manageable services. This role focuses on implementing best practices for testing, observability, and developer experience enhancement.

Responsibilities Include:

• Decomposing a monolithic application into microservices, optimizing for scalability and flexibility.
• Implementing best practices for testing (unit, integration, automated).
• Implementing strategies for observability, monitoring, and logging.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the developer experience.
• Mentoring engineers in software design principles, best practices, and modern architectures.
• Staying current with industry trends and best practices.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience decomposing applications into service-oriented architectures.
• Expertise working in complex distributed architectures.
• Strong proficiency in software design principles.
• Demonstrated expertise in testing methodologies.
• Deep understanding of observability tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven track record of implementing best practices and driving software modernization initiatives.
• Strong leadership skills.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Bonus Points:

• Shipping/postal carrier experience.
• API integration experience (REST/gRPC).
• Experience with Django/FastAPI.
• Production experience with Python/Go at scale.
• Experience with performance tuning, concurrency, microservices, security, and data analytics.
• Experience with messaging systems (NSQ, Kafka, SQS, Celery).
• Experience with DevOps tooling (Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc).
• Experience with AWS/Cloud services.

Compensation:

USD 191,000 - 258,000 per year (mid-point around $225,000).

Benefits:

Comprehensive health insurance, flexible work options, and generous vacation time.

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