Senior Full Stack Engineer - Austin, Texas

About the role

This is a highly fast-paced environment where no two days will look alike. For the right candidate, with the right attitude, there are fantastic opportunities for career progression. We are an agile, fast-moving team that likes to roll up our sleeves and solve some of the biggest issues in shipping. You will learn more at ShipperHQ in a year than you would in 3 years at other companies, thanks to our collaborative learning culture that fosters continuous growth and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Design & Strategy: Define the blueprint for complex features, ensuring that the underlying logic is sound before a single line of code is generated.
• AI Orchestration & Audit: Utilize AI tools to accelerate the implementation phase while spending your brain power on meticulous code reviews. You are the final gatekeeper, spotting drift that automated tools might miss.
• TDD-Led Development: Drive development through a test-first mentality. You will define the testing requirements and structure that validate every feature, ensuring code meets our strict functional and performance benchmarks.
• Define the Standard: Establish and enforce uniform code structures and standards for our codebases. You ensure that even with AI assistance, our codebase remains clean, readable, and consistent.
• UX & Full-Stack Integration: Ensure that our backend shipping logic translates into a seamless, high-performance frontend experience, maintaining a high bar for UX and implementation details.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of commercial full-stack software development experience with deep foundational knowledge required to judge the quality of code at a glance.
• Work daily with AI-assisted tools to speed up feature delivery and improve code quality. You should be an expert at prompting for complex architectural patterns and refining AI output in real-time.
• A disciplined commitment to Test-Driven Development. You understand that in an AI-heavy workflow, the test suite is the most important documentation you own.
• Strong experience in software design patterns and object-oriented programming. You know how to build for the long term.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, strong analytical capabilities, and excellent communication abilities.
• A proactive approach to challenges, coupled with the ability to propose innovative and pragmatic solutions.
• Experience in high-traffic, SaaS, or e-commerce platforms is highly valued.
• Experience with backend technologies like Java, Node.js or Rails is highly advantageous

Bonus Points for Experience

• Startup or small company environments
• Experience with integrating with Shopify
• Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, AWS, high-traffic environments or high-throughput data analytics systems

Benefits and Perks

• Collaborate with a motivated team, directly tying your results to organizational success
• 22 days of PTO plus public holidays
• 401k Match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• This is a hybrid, full-time position working out of our Austin, TX office in the Arboretum Area
• Compensation is based on experience