Senior Software Engineer

EasyPost is a rapidly growing company founded in 2012, focused on simplifying shipping for businesses. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to modernize and support the EasyPost Public Shipping API, working on high-performance Go services and cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build the future: design, code, test, and optimize high-performance Go services that power the public shipping API used by millions of users everyday
• Drive the migration to the future: help refactor legacy systems for the cloud, then design new cloud-native services that take full advantage of Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, and more
• Collaborate and influence: work hand-in-hand with product managers and other engineers to translate big ideas into rock-solid architecture
• Raise the bar: participate in peer reviews, mentor teammates, and establish and support modern Best Practices (gRPC, micro-services patterns, performance tuning) into the codebase
• Solve real problems: troubleshoot production issues in high-throughput, low-latency environments without downtime
• Document for the future: create clear technical docs so the next engineer can pick up right where you left off
• Continuously improve: bring fresh ideas from the industry to improve speed, scalability, reliability, and developer experience
• Test like you mean it: build and run automated unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure we ship with confidence
• Work smart with tools: use Git and other version control systems to manage complex, distributed workflows

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 8+ years of software development experience, master's degree and 6+ years of software development experience, or equivalent related work experience
• Proven experience in software development, including designing, coding, testing, and debugging applications
• Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Python
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies and tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design principles
• Experience with backend frameworks and APIs
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling concepts
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working in large, complex codebases e.g. a Monolith
• Experience Go or Java is similar is a plus
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar is a plus