Multi-carrier shipping platform. #Shipping is our thing so you can do your thing. #eCommerce #sf
The Role
Here at Shippo, we are the shipping layer of the internet and we consider ourselves to be one of the core building blocks of e-commerce.
Our mission is to make merchants successful through world class shipping. With our products and solutions, we level the playing field by providing our customers with best-in-class solutions that otherwise wouldn’t be available to them. Through Shippo, e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, platforms and a variety of logistics infrastructure providers are able to connect to shipping carriers around the world from one API and dashboard. We provide our customers with the most competitive shipping rates, print labels, automated international documents, shipment tracking, facilitate the returns process and more.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Billing, Auth & Fraud Prevention team. Our business is rapidly expanding and we’re developing a best-in-class billing and payment processing system to support new products and pricing models. At the same time, fraud is rapidly increasing in the shipping industry, and we are building fraud detection and prevention systems to protect ourselves and our customers from bad actors. As a Senior Engineer, you will provide leadership and oversight in coding, technical design,and systems architecture for your team as well as the Engineering team as a whole.
Shipping & Handling responsibilities:
- Contribute to high throughput postage and SaaS billing systems
- Contribute to fraud prevention systems
- Contribute to authentication and security systems
- Build tools to improve internal processes and empower internal users
- Participate in on-call support rotation
- Work with our product team to refine the scope of new products and capabilities
- Lead large projects and initiatives
- Mentors fellow engineers
- Sets high standards for engineering practices and processes
- Sets and monitors KPIs for systems performance and quality
Do you tick the boxes?
- Minimum 7+ years of experience in software development
- Experience building and maintaining highly available, distributed and scalable systems
- Proficiency in server-side programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java, Ruby) and SQL databases.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
- Experience with data analysis and reporting
- 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
- Bonus if you have:
- Experience building and maintaining billing and invoicing systems
- Experience with fraud detection and prevention
- Experience with authentication and security practices
- Full stack experience building user interfaces with React and Typescript
Sail through the process:
Here at Shippo, we celebrate inclusivity and are committed to creating equal access to opportunities for people from all backgrounds, perspectives and geographies. These values define who we are and everything we do. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]
Shippos in the wild:
Our people, much like the packages we help ship, are all over the world. This means, through our remote-first program, “Shippos Everywhere”, our roles can be based anywhere in the US with the exception of Delaware, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico and West Virginia and many roles can be based internationally.
For locations outside of the US and Ireland, the employment contracts are powered by Remote.com. What we want to emphasize is that you can be successful at Shippo regardless of location.
We leverage AI to review all resumes during the application phase to ensure fairness, comprehensively evaluate each submission, and mitigate bias. However, all decisions at every stage of the process are made by a real person.
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The Company
What We Do
Shippo lowers the barriers to shipping for businesses around the world. As free and fast shipping becomes the norm, better access to shipping is a competitive advantage for businesses. Through Shippo, e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, and platforms are able to connect to multiple shipping carriers around the world from one API and dashboard.
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