Principal Engineer

Shipt, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Shipt, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer, Full-Stack Marketplace Platform to define and scale the next generation of Shipt’s marketplace architecture. You will lead both the customer-facing experience layer and the backend platform capabilities that power it.

This hybrid role requires deep full‑stack expertise, GraphQL orchestration, and cloud-native design to build scalable systems across web and app. You will collaborate with product, design, data science, and engineering teams in a

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience shipping production‑scale systems.
• Experience leading architecture for large‑scale customer‑facing platforms and marketplaces.
• Strong full‑stack depth with React/Next.js/TypeScript and backend languages like Go/Python/Java/Node.js.
• Knowledge of cloud‑native AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, IaC, and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across frontend architecture, backend services, GraphQL orchestration, and UI patterns.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, and stakeholders to build scalable, observable systems.

Skills

Full-stack architecture

React/Next.js/TypeScript

GraphQL federation

Cloud-native design

CI/CD & observability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Sentry

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Impact Shipt is transforming how people discover, shop for, and receive everyday essentials. The Member Marketplace is the front door to that experience—spanning discovery, personalization, pricing, loyalty, cart, checkout, and post‑order engagement across web and app. We are looking for a Principal Engineer, Full‑Stack Marketplace Platform to help define and scale the next generation of Shipt’s marketplace architecture. This is a high‑impact technical leadership role responsible for shaping both the customer‑facing experience layer and the backend platform capabilities that power it.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across modern frontend architecture, backend services, GraphQL orchestration, Config‑Driven UI, pricing, loyalty, experimentation, and AI‑native engineering workflows.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, and business stakeholders to build systems that are scalable, resilient, observable, and fast to evolve.
• Own the technical vision and architecture for key areas of Shipt’s Member Marketplace platform across web, app, APIs, and backend services.
• Lead end‑to‑end system design for customer‑facing marketplace experiences, ensuring frontend and backend architectures evolve together.
• Drive the evolution of Config‑Driven / Server‑Driven UI patterns to support flexible, reusable, and dynamic experiences across web and app surfaces.
• Architect and scale GraphQL orchestration patterns, including schema design, federation strategies, data‑fetching efficiency, caching, and platform governance.
• Guide the design of resilient backend microservices and APIs that support high‑scale marketplace domains such as pricing, promotions, loyalty, personalization, and order experiences.
• Champion AI‑native engineering practices across Marketplace Engineering, including AI‑assisted development, automated testing, documentation, code review workflows, and reusable engineering agents/tools.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of designing and shipping production‑scale systems across frontend and backend domains.
• Deep experience leading architecture for large‑scale customer‑facing platforms, marketplaces, commerce systems, or high‑traffic digital products.
• Strong full‑stack technical depth, including modern frontend frameworks such as React, Next.js, TypeScript, and backend services built in languages such as Go, Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event‑driven architectures, and low‑latency platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of GraphQL, including schema design, federation, orchestration, caching strategies, and frontend/backend contract governance.
• Experience with Config‑Driven UI, Server‑Driven UI, metadata‑driven applications, or dynamic content platforms.
• Experience building or evolving platform capabilities in domains such as pricing, promotions, loyalty, personalization, experimentation, search/discovery, or checkout.
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native architecture, including AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, infrastructure as code, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience with observability and operational excellence, including tools such as Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Sentry, New Relic, or similar platforms.
• Strong data modeling experience across relational databases, NoSQL systems, caching layers, and event streams.

Skills & Education

• Back‑End Development, Front End Architecture, Web Development
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Pay Range: $170,000 - $220,000 (guideline; total compensation varies by qualifications and location).

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid roles in Birmingham, AL: in‑office at least 2 days per week (Wed & Thu).
• Hybrid roles in Minneapolis, MN: in‑office at least 1 day per week (Tue‑Thu).
• Hybrid roles in San Francisco, CA: in‑office at least 1 day per week (Mon‑Thu).
• Full‑time in‑office may be required for certain roles.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Shipt is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please inform your recruiting contact if you need a reasonable accommodation.