Staff Engineer
Core
Architect and lead high-scale microservices for Shipt's retailer management ecosystem, defining long-term technical strategy and elevating codebase quality.
Role type
Staff Engineer (Technical Lead/Architect)
Builds
Highly available microservices powering the retailer management ecosystem
Domain
Retail technology, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure
Required skills
Golang, distributed systems architecture, relational databases, caching strategies, message brokers (Kafka), observability, CI/CD, security-first design, technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, performance engineering, SLO/SLI definition
Technologies
Golang, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, GCP, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Define and drive technical roadmaps for core services; optimize stability and scalability of mission-critical systems; establish domain-wide operational standards; mentor Senior and Associate Engineers; evolve engineering processes (RFCs, post-mortems); create high-quality technical documentation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence
