Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Shipt, you will be instrumental in building, managing, and enhancing shopper payment systems and compliance services, leveraging geospatial foundation capabilities. You will collaborate within a team of 5-6 engineers, focusing on the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of application code. This role utilizes Golang, Python, Redis, Postgres, and Kafka within a microservices architecture. You will also partner with product and operations teams to address challenges in market clearance, supply chain, pricing, and new ventures.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• A minimum of 5 years of software development experience, with proficiency in Golang (preferred), Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Proven experience in designing, developing, testing (unit/integration/etc.), deploying, and maintaining backend REST API services with a strong emphasis on performance and latency.
• Comfort and experience working with SQL databases, particularly Postgres.
• Active participation in the design process to build efficient, scalable, and maintainable architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and solve complex technical problems and performance bottlenecks using data.
• Ownership of production services, ensuring their reliability and performance, including participation in an on-call rotation.
• Effective collaboration with engineers, product managers, and partner teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• A self-driven and outcome-oriented mindset, prioritizing value delivery.
• Passion for learning, mentoring, and fostering team growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining systems integrating with third-party services.
• Proven track record of optimizing backend systems for latency, performance, and scalability.

AI/LLM Familiarity

• Experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) into applications.
• Ability to design and implement tools for secure LLM interaction with backend services, providing necessary context.
• Familiarity with orchestration concepts (e.g., Google’s ADK, Vercel AI SDK, or custom solutions).
• Database Literacy: Proficiency in writing SQL queries and interacting with relational databases (Postgres preferred).
• Engineering Best Practices: Experience with Git version control, CI/CD basics, and writing unit tests.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Geo-spatial experience or foundation platform building experience.

Compensation

Pay Range: $95,800 - $170,000. Please note that the salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

Skills & Education

Key skills include Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Go Programming Language, Microservices Architecture. A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is required.

Work Arrangement

This role can be based in Birmingham, Minneapolis, or work remotely. Hybrid employees are expected to work from home and the office to foster innovation and collaboration.

About Shipt

Shipt is a retail tech company connecting people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. We connect customers to desired products from loved stores, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities. At Shipt, we prioritize our team, fostering a sense of belonging, growth opportunities, unique benefits, and community involvement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Shipt is an equal opportunity employer valuing diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Technical Interview Process

Shipt utilizes an online coding platform for technical interviews. Reasonable accommodations for using the platform are available upon request.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Benefits

Employees and eligible family members are covered by medical, dental, vision, and more. Benefits include a 401k plan, discretionary vacation, paid holidays, paid sick leave, eligibility for an annual bonus, and potential for restricted stock units.

Key skills/competency

• Senior Software Engineer
• Golang
• Python
• Microservices Architecture
• REST API
• Performance Optimization
• SQL Databases
• System Design
• On-call Support
• Cloud Platforms (GCP)