Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Shippo, the shipping layer of the internet, as a Principal Software Engineer! Lead the decomposition of a large monolithic application into microservices, implementing best practices for testing, observability, and developer experience. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and stay updated on industry trends. This crucial role drives software modernization and optimization. The ideal candidate possesses 10+ years of software development experience, expertise in monolithic application decomposition, and strong leadership skills. Shippo offers a competitive salary ($175k-$238k), equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development
• Experience in decomposing a monolithic application into service oriented architecture
• Extensive experience working in a complex environment on decomposing monolithic applications
• Strong proficiency in software design principles, architecture patterns, and system decomposition strategies
• Demonstrated expertise in testing methodologies, including test automation, test-driven development, and continuous integration/continuous deployment
• Deep understanding of observability tools, monitoring systems, and logging frameworks
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
• Proven track record of implementing best practices and driving software modernization initiatives
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor team members and influence technical decisions
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the decomposition of a monolithic application into microservices or smaller components, optimizing for scalability and flexibility
• Drive the adoption of best practices for testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing to ensure high code quality and reliability
• Implement strategies for observability, monitoring, and logging to enable efficient troubleshooting, performance optimization, and proactive issue identification
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the developer experience through streamlined processes, development tools, and documentation
• Up-skill and guide a team of engineers in software design principles, best practices, and modern architectures
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve the software development lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working or interacting with shipping and/or postal carriers
• Experience integrating with APIs that use SOAP and/or gRPC protocols
• Experience with Django and/or FastAPI.Experience using Python and/or Golang in production at scale
• Interest and experience in performance tuning, concurrency, microservices, security, and data analytics
• Experience with messaging systems such as NSQ, Kafka, SQS and Celery
• Experience with DevOps tooling such as Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, New Relic, PagerDuty, etc
• Experience with AWS/Cloud services such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, Route 53, Cloud Formation, Cloudflare, Elastic Beanstalk, IAM, etc

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Remote work