Principal Engineer, Marketplace Platform (Full-Stack)

Shipt; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Shipt is seeking a Principal Engineer to define and scale the next generation of its marketplace platform, overseeing both customer-facing experiences and backend capabilities. This high-impact role shapes frontend and backend strategies across web, app, APIs, and services.

You will lead architecture, federated GraphQL, and server-driven UI patterns while driving AI-native engineering practices and observability. Hybrid work in multiple locations is supported.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience across frontend and backend domains.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across frontend and backend architectures, GraphQL orchestration, UI patterns, pricing, loyalty, experimentation, and AI-native workflows.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to build scalable, observable systems.
• Own the technical vision and architecture for the Member Marketplace platform across web, apps, APIs, and backend services.
• Lead end-to-end system design for customer-facing experiences, ensuring frontend and backend evolve together.
• Drive Config-Driven / Server-Driven UI patterns for dynamic experiences across surfaces.
• Architect and scale GraphQL orchestration, including schema design, federation, data-fetching, caching, and governance.
• Design resilient microservices and APIs supporting pricing, promotions, loyalty, personalization, and checkout.
• Champion AI-native practices across Marketplace Engineering, including automated testing and tooling.

Skills

Leadership

System design

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Go

Python

Java

Node.js

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Shipt is seeking a Principal Engineer to define and scale the next generation of its marketplace platform, overseeing both customer-facing experiences and backend capabilities. This high-impact role shapes frontend and backend strategies across web, app, APIs, and services.

You will lead architecture, federated GraphQL, and server-driven UI patterns while driving AI-native engineering practices and observability. Hybrid work in multiple locations is supported.