Staff Software Engineer

Shipwell; Austin (TX); Híbrido; USD 150 000 - 210 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Shipwell in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape core systems at a high-growth logistics startup. You will lead hands-on engineering, build critical services, and apply AI-driven approaches to accelerate development while maintaining quality and reliability.

You will mentor engineers across teams, participate in incident analysis, and drive architectural decisions that scale the platform. Strong collaboration with product and architecture is essential.

Qualificações

• BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development, including 2+ years at a senior or staff level leading technical projects.
• A track record of designing, building, and running distributed systems at scale in production.
• Deep expertise in Python / Django.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containers, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with API design, event-driven architectures, and integrating with third-party systems.
• Familiarity with agile development and DevOps practices, including owning what you ship with GitHub Actions or similar.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Own the design, build, and ongoing health of critical systems and services on the Shipwell platform.
• Write high-quality, well-tested, production code, and spend most of your time building.
• Use AI agents and multi-agent workflows to speed up code generation, reviews, and QA testing.
• Build and share custom agents and AI workflows to boost productivity.
• Set best practices for AI use, guardrails, and measuring impact on speed and quality.
• Break large problems into clear technical plans for delivery.
• Lead multi-team technical efforts and review project code patterns.
• Collaborate with architecture and product leadership to turn platform strategy into designs.
• Raise the bar for code quality, observability, and operations via reviews and example.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and tech debt.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on working with AI tools.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis to drive lasting fixes.

Conhecimentos

Distributed systems design

Python / Django

Databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB)

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

API design / event-driven

CI/CD / GitHub Actions

Agile / DevOps

Communication skills

Formação académica

CS degree or equiv.

Ferramentas

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

AWS

GCP

Azure

Descrição da oferta de emprego

ABOUT US

Shipwell is revolutionizing the logistics industry, redefining how the supply chain operates after centuries of convention. By uniting thousands of shippers and carriers on a cutting-edge technology platform, we are the leading software solution in logistics. With a bold startup energy and recent $35M Series B funding, Shipwell offers an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of a company destined for the Fortune 500. Supported by top-tier Silicon Valley and Austin investors, we are dedicated to driving innovation and growth in the supply chain sector.

STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER

The Staff Software Engineer role is a rare chance to shape the core systems of a high-growth startup that's breaking barriers in its third record-setting year. We're looking for a senior technical leader who does their best work hands-on: someone who takes on the hardest problems, writes code that sets the standard for others, and helps whole teams get better. Shipwell is an AI-forward engineering organization. We expect our Staff Engineers to be experienced with AI-driven development and to lead in it, using agents to multiply what they and their teams can deliver. As a Staff Engineer, you'll own complex, high-impact parts of our logistics platform from design through production. You'll work closely with engineering, product, and architecture to turn technical strategy into working software, and you'll mentor engineers along the way.

WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU GET HERE

• Own the design, build, and ongoing health of critical systems and services on the Shipwell platform.
• Write high-quality, well-tested, production code, and spend most of your time building.
• Use AI agents and multi-agent workflows day to day to speed up code generation, code review, and QA testing, while keeping quality high.
• Build and share custom agents, establishing / reviewing projects AI Harness, and workflows that boost your own productivity and your team's.
• Help set how Shipwell engineers use AI, including best practices, guardrails, and ways to measure its impact on speed and quality.
• Break large, unclear problems into clear technical plans that teams can deliver step by step.
• Lead technical efforts that span several teams, keeping work aligned and unblocking delivery. Acting as gate keeper and reviewer for project code patterns to support squad decisions and tuning, or critical shared entities
• Work with architecture and product leadership to turn platform strategy into practical designs.
• Raise the bar for code quality, testing, observability, and operations through code reviews and by example.
• Find and fix performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and tech debt before they become problems.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, including coaching them on working well with AI tools.
• Take part in incident response and root-cause analysis, and drive lasting fixes.

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE

• BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development, including 2+ years at a senior or staff level leading technical projects.
• A track record of designing, building, and running distributed systems at scale in production.
• Deep expertise in at least one modern language (e.g., Python / Django).
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), including data modeling and query tuning.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), containers, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with API design, event-driven architectures, and integrating with third-party systems.
• Familiarity with agile development and DevOps practices, including owning what you ship in production with proven experience with GH actions or similar, for CI.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to engineers and non-technical partners.

AI-Driven Development

• Proven, hands-on experience using AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Astra, or similar) to write production code.
• Experience running multi-agent workflows, or "swarms," where several agents work in parallel on code generation, code review, and QA testing.
• A track record of building your own agents, custom tools, or automated workflows to improve your productivity, such as review bots, test generators, or task runners.
• Working knowledge of prompt and context engineering, tool