Software Engineer III - Full Stack, Billing

Here at Shippo, we are the shipping layer of the internet and we consider ourselves to be one of the core building blocks of e-commerce. 

Our mission is to make merchants successful through world class shipping. With our products and solutions, we level the playing field by providing our customers with best-in-class solutions that otherwise wouldn’t be available to them. Through Shippo, e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, platforms and a variety of logistics infrastructure providers are able to connect to shipping carriers around the world from one API and dashboard. We provide our customers with the most competitive shipping rates, print labels, automated international documents, shipment tracking, facilitate the returns process and more.

We are looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer, with focus on frontend,  to join our Billing, Authorization & Fraud Prevention team. Our business is rapidly expanding, and we’re developing a best-in-class billing and payment processing system to support new products and pricing models. At the same time, fraud is rapidly increasing in the shipping industry, and we are looking for someone to help build fraud detection and prevention systems to protect ourselves and our customers from bad actors. As a full stack engineer on our team, you will work on APIs and customer facing features to improve their billing experience at Shippo.

Shipping & Handling responsibilities:

• Transform complex requirements into elegant, performant user interfaces

• Implement end-to-end solutions for new pages, features, and experiences

• Contribute to reusable components that enhance product consistency

• Deliver robust, thoroughly tested code while taking full accountability for features from inception to production

• Support QA initiatives to strengthen test automation

• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical breakdowns that drive the product’s scalability

• Provide technical insights during planning and review discussions to streamline implementation

• Participate in on-call support rotation

• Develop and lead execution against both short-term and long-term roadmaps

• Work with our product and design teams to refine the scope of new products and capabilities

• Collaborate with fellow engineers to create milestones that support product requirements

• Contribute to tools that accurately model and analyze user behavior

• Implement tools and telemetry to better understand technical and business impact

Do you tick the boxes?

• BSc in a STEM field, with a preference for computer science and software engineering or equivalent work experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in software development

• Passion for building user-friendly and reliable applications

• Experience working across both backend and frontend development, including APIs, services, databases, and modern UI frameworks

• Proficiency with React and Typescript

• Familiarity with python, django, SQL databases (Postgres) and kubernetes

• Bonus if you have experience with Go, AWS, billing and payment systems (Stripe)

• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to different audiences.

• A mindset of continuous learning, craftsmanship, and team success.

What is in the Shippo package:

• Healthcare coverage for medical, dental, and vision (90% covered by the company, incl. dependents). Pets coverage is also available!

• Take-as-much-as-you-need vacation policy & flexible working 

• One week-long company wide winter shutdown 

• 3 Volunteer Days Off (VTOs)

• WFH stipend to set up your home office

• Charity donation match up to $100

• Dedicated programs, coaching, tools, and resources for your professional and career growth as well as an individual learning stipend for your personal and focused growth

• Fun team in person time through our Shippos Everywhere program which includes regular team and company off-sites throughout the year as well as local Shippos gatherings

$133,000 - $181,000 a year

Our Compensation Shippolicy:

We believe compensation is a custom experience and are commited to fair and equitable compensation practices. The standard base pay range for this role is min is $133k to a max $181k annual salary. We tend to anchor our pay in the middle of this range ($157k). Since we are focused on hiring Shippos Everywhere, we have 2 US pay ranges, a standard compensation range for the majority of the US and a standard +1 compensation range for those who live in areas where the cost of labor is higher, such as NYC and California.

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: financial budgets, work experience, training, transferable skills, business needs, and market value. The base pay salary ranges are subject to change and may be modified in the future. Total compensation for this role will include, equity, medical, dental, vision and other benefits noted in our Shippos “package” section.

Sail through the process:

Here at Shippo, we celebrate inclusivity and are committed to creating equal access to opportunities for people from all backgrounds, perspectives and geographies. These values define who we are and everything we do. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at accommodations@goshippo.com

Shippos in the wild:

Our people, much like the packages we help ship, are all over the world. This means, through our remote-first program, “Shippos Everywhere”, our roles can be based anywhere in the US with the exception of Delaware, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico and West Virginia and many roles can be based internationally.

For locations outside of the US and Ireland, the employment contracts are powered by Remote.com. What we want to emphasize is that you can be successful at Shippo regardless of location.

We leverage AI to review all resumes during the application phase to ensure fairness, comprehensively evaluate each submission, and mitigate bias. However, all decisions at every stage of the process are made by a real person.