Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Shippo's Billing, Auth & Fraud Prevention team as a Staff Software Engineer. We're building a best-in-class billing and payment processing system and fraud detection systems. You'll provide technical leadership, design systems architecture, and code. The role involves collaboration with product and engineering teams, mentoring junior engineers, and setting performance KPIs. We're a rapidly expanding company with a remote-first program, offering opportunities for global collaboration.

Requirements

• BSc in a STEM field, with a preference for computer science and software engineering
• 8+ years of experience in software development
• Experience building and maintaining highly available, distributed and scalable systems
• Experience with data analysis and reporting
• Can effectively communicate to stakeholders across different organizations within the company
• Understands the power of team dynamics and seeks to improve the team and process

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high throughput postage and SaaS billing systems
• Contribute to fraud prevention systems
• Contribute to authentication and security systems
• Build tools to improve internal processes and empower internal users
• Architect systems and refactor existing systems for optimal performance and reuse
• Work with our product team to refine the scope of new products and capabilities
• Collaborate with fellow engineers to create milestones that support product requirements
• Mentors fellow engineers
• Sets high standards for engineering practices and processes
• Sets and monitors KPIs for systems performance and quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining billing and invoicing systems
• Experience with fraud detection and prevention
• Experience with authentication and security practices
• Experience with Python / Go

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours