ABOUT US

We build tools for 100+ brands and retailers in the ecommerce space that help them offer free two-day shipping, same-day delivery, and product expansion into new marketplaces -- keeping them several steps ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing industry.

We are a purpose and culture driven organization that prides ourselves on connectivity, equality, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to our people as a service-oriented company as our people are at the heart of everything we do.

We are Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Conshohocken, PA (Philly area), and Krakow, Poland and we operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Services.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a lead software engineer at ShopRunner, you’ll be leading a high-performing engineering team in designing and developing our systems and preparing them to scale to the demands of millions of users. This might include ingesting data from our merchant partners, helping the data science team bring their data models to production, or modifying our core services and applications in our quest to help shoppers and retailers connect in new ways.

This role is US based only but we are open to any of our US offices in Chicago, IL, Conshohocken, PA (Philly), and New York City or fully remote in any of these states: CA, DE, IL, IN, FLA, MA, NY, NJ, NC, SC, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, CT, MD, MI. From time to time, there will be limited travel to our offices as the need arises.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead an engineering team practicing Scrum as part of a 2 week sprint
• Analyze and evaluate existing technologies in order to plan and lead architectural improvements 
• Lead the charge on scaling a personalized experience across multiple channels to anticipate shoppers needs through hyper-personalized and relevant recommendations
• Solving end-to-end problems from a wide range of systems, processes and technologies
• Collaborating with developers from data science, marketing, and other teams
• Help set technical standards and best practices while mentoring engineers
• Occasional emergency on-call support during non-working hours
  

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelors degree along with 7+ years experience as a software engineer; experience being a leader on an agile software engineering team is a plus
• 4+ years of JVM experience, ideally in production Kotlin
• Deep understanding of cloud computing principles and practices, experience with production applications in cloud environments. AWS and Kubernetes experience a plus.
• Knowledge in key programming concepts like memory management, optimization techniques, API design, relational mapping frameworks, and distributed applications
• A solid understanding of database concepts and experience writing SQL in a relational database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Experience breaking down large, complex features into functionality that can be delivered incrementally in order to provide consistent value as part of a 2 week sprint
• Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
• Self-starter who can move projects forward by filling in the gaps on agile teams, from leading a design session to doing some test automation, to mentoring a teammate struggling with a new technology
  

We want you to bring your whole human self to work every day. We accept you for who you are and consider everybody on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.