Backend Engineer
$63.1k/y-$126.3k/y
4 days ago
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Summary
Shipt is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their Shopper Supply team in Minneapolis, MN. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to build scalable, high-performance solutions for the Shopper Backend ecosystem.
About the Role
As a Backend Engineer, you will work as part of a collaborative team of 6 engineers to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Go-based microservices. Your responsibilities will include leveraging API integrations, observability best practices, and infrastructure tools like SQL databases and Kafka to drive impactful solutions. You will ensure that your contributions create value for end users and align with business objectives.
About You
Required:
- 2+ years of relevant work experience.
- 2+ years programming in Golang, Ruby, C, C++, Java, Python or similar language.
- Comfortable working with SQL databases (Postgres preferred).
- Experience diagnosing and solving complex technical problems and performance bottlenecks using data.
- Experience reviewing and collaborating with other engineers on their code.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred:
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining systems that integrate with third-party services.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401k plan enrollment.
- Discretionary vacation for exempt team members.
- Paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Paid sick leave.
- Eligibility for an annual bonus and potential for restricted stock units based on role.
Shipt
Through a community of shoppers and a convenient app, Shipt provides personal shopping and delivery and is available to 80% of households in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shoppers go above and beyond, communicating in real time about preferences and substitutions. A curated marketplace of retailers, Shipt offers access to a variety of stores and product categories including fresh foods, household essentials, wellness products, office and pet supplies. Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corp. Founded and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Shipt also maintains an office in San Francisco. For more information, visit Shipt.com.
Minneapolis, MN