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 Staff 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 Staff Engineer, you will provide leadership and oversight in technical design, systems architecture, and coding for your team as well as the Engineering team as a whole.
\n Shipping & handling responsibilities:Contribute to high throughput postage and SaaS billing systemsContribute to fraud prevention systemsContribute to authentication and security systemsBuild tools to improve internal processes and empower internal usersArchitect systems and refactor existing systems for optimal performance and reuseWork with our product team to refine the scope of new products and capabilitiesCollaborate with fellow engineers to create milestones that support product requirementsMentors fellow engineersSets high standards for engineering practices and processesSets and monitors KPIs for systems performance and quality Do you tick the boxes?BSc in a STEM field, with a preference for computer science and software engineering8+ years of experience in software developmentExperience building and maintaining highly available, distributed and scalable systemsExperience with data analysis and reportingCan effectively communicate to stakeholders across different organizations within the companyUnderstands the power of team dynamics and seeks to improve the team and process BonusExperience building and maintaining billing and invoicing systemsExperience with fraud detection and preventionExperience with authentication and security practicesExperience with Python / Go
\nSail 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 ********
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 (all Shippo perks still apply - including equity!). What we want to emphasize is that you can be successful at Shippo regardless of location.