[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Shippo

Shippo; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their billing and fraud prevention systems. This role involves leading projects, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high standards in software development. As part of a remote-first team, you'll collaborate with diverse stakeholders to create impactful solutions that drive e-commerce success. If you're passionate about building scalable systems and have a knack for problem-solving, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will shape the future of shipping technology.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience with building scalable systems and fraud prevention.
• Proficiency in server-side programming and SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high throughput postage and SaaS billing systems.
• Build tools to improve internal processes and empower users.
• Lead large projects and mentor fellow engineers.

Skills

Software Development

Distributed Systems

Server-side Programming (Go, Python, Java, Ruby)

SQL Databases

Software Architecture

Data Analysis

Effective Communication

Collaboration Skills

Education

BSc in STEM (Computer Science or Software Engineering)

Tools

React

Typescript

Job description

May 08, 2025 - Shippo is hiring a remote Senior Software Engineer. Location: USA.

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:

1. Contribute to high throughput postage and SaaS billing systems
2. Contribute to fraud prevention systems
3. Contribute to authentication and security systems
4. Build tools to improve internal processes and empower internal users
5. Participate in on-call support rotation
6. Work with our product team to refine the scope of new products and capabilities
7. Lead large projects and initiatives
8. Mentor fellow engineers
9. Set high standards for engineering practices and processes
10. Set and monitor KPIs for systems performance and quality

Do you tick the boxes?

1. Minimum 7+ years of experience in software development
2. Experience building and maintaining highly available, distributed, and scalable systems
3. Proficiency in server-side programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java, Ruby) and SQL databases.
4. Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
5. Experience with data analysis and reporting
6. Effective communication skills to stakeholders across different organizations within the company
7. Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
8. BSc in a STEM field, preferably in computer science or software engineering
9. 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 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. 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 [e-mail]

Shippos in the wild:

Our people, much like the packages we help ship, are all over the world. Through our remote-first program, “Shippos Everywhere,” roles can be based anywhere in the US (excluding Delaware, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, and West Virginia) and many roles can be based internationally.

For locations outside the US and Ireland, employment contracts are managed via Remote.com. We emphasize that success at Shippo is possible 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.