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About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer at uShip, you will help execute the technical direction of our modern, cloud-native platform, replacing a mature monolith. You'll partner with engineering leaders and product teams to solve complex distributed systems challenges, establish engineering standards, and build foundations for future features. This role is for engineers who write exceptional code and improve the effectiveness of those around them.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver systems that span teams and business domains.
- Shape long-term technical strategy while balancing pragmatism, delivery, and operational excellence.
- Design resilient, scalable cloud-native services powering our next-generation marketplace.
- Lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production.
- Drive modernization efforts that safely migrate capabilities from our legacy platform.
- Create reusable frameworks, libraries, and developer tooling that accelerate engineering across the organization.
- Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and technical leadership.
- Partner with Product, Design, Security, Platform, and Data to make sound technical and business tradeoffs.
- Lead incident reviews and reliability improvements that strengthen the platform over time.
Requirements
- 8+ years building production software.
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems in cloud environments.
- Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams or large initiatives.
- Strong system design, API design, and software architecture skills.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience modernizing legacy platforms.
- Experience with AWS Cloud technologies.
- Experience with event-driven architectures.
- Experience building internal platforms or developer productivity tooling.
- Marketplace, logistics, fintech, or SaaS experience.
Skills
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- React
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS (ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, Kinesis)
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- OpenTelemetry
- DataDog
- Redis
- Modern CI/CD practices
Location
- Fully Remote
- Hybrid optional (HQ Austin, TX 78701)
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Staff
Salary/Compensations
- $185,000 - $200,000 base salary ($205,000 - $225,000 estimated total comp)
Benefits
- Remote or hybrid work options
- Monthly Wellness Reimbursements
- Home office Reimbursements
- Company paid meal delivery pass
- 100% Paid Health and Dental available
- 401(k) matching, no vesting
- Stock Options
- Pet Insurance
- Dog-friendly downtown office
About the Company
- uShip is the world’s first and largest shipping marketplace, making it quicker, easier, and more affordable to ship large or bulky items. Consumers and businesses can compare and book bids from hundreds of thousands of customer-reviewed transportation service providers, ranging from independent owner-operators to the largest freight carriers and brokers. From cars to cranes and furniture to freight, our straightforward and transparent platform helps people, businesses, e-commerce sellers, and multinational logistics companies ship with greater speed and efficiency. Customers save money and service providers make money using their empty cargo space – everyone wins!
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome diversity in all its forms, and believe we’re better collaborators, strategizers, and thinkers because of it. uShip is an equal opportunity employer. We are inspired to find candidates who embody our Core Values. uShip prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, parental status, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We celebrate our differences and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.