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
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | 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
