Senior Engineer

Shipt

full-time

Posted on: 8/29/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Alabama, California

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💰 $63,100 - $151,700 per year

Senior

GoJavaKafkaMicroservicesPostgresPythonSparkSQL

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Integrations team, collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and Partner Teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions (messaging, geo services, internal tooling, partner integrations).
Work as part of a team of 5 engineers to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Go-based microservices.
Leverage API integrations, observability best practices, and infrastructure tools like SQL databases and Kafka (nice to have).
Develop, test, deploy, and monitor contributions to ensure value for end users and alignment with business objectives.
Participate in on-call production support rotation and ensure production service reliability.

5+ years of software development experience with a programming language like Golang (preferred), Python, Java, or C/C++.
Experience designing, developing, testing (unit/integration/etc.), deploying, and maintaining backend REST API services with a strong focus on performance and latency.
Comfortable working with SQL databases (Postgres preferred).
Actively participate in the design process to build efficient, scalable, and maintainable architecture.
Experience diagnosing and solving complex technical problems and performance bottlenecks using data.
Take ownership of production services, ensuring reliability and performance, and willing to participate in on-call production support rotation.
Collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and partner teams.
Self-driven and outcome-oriented; passionate about learning, mentoring, and helping others grow.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining systems that integrate with third-party services.
Optimized backend systems for latency, performance, and scalability.