Software Development Engineer III

About this role

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...

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Grow with an Ownership Mindset: We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.

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Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike: At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.

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Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.

Location: India - Remote
Role Description:
The CISC (Carrier Infrastructure and Shipping Compliance) team builds and maintains the foundational shipping platform that enables ShipBob to connect with carriers, generate labels, obtain rates, track shipments, and meet carrier compliance requirements. The team focuses on providing reliable, scalable shipping infrastructure that supports fulfillment operations across ShipBob's network.
As a Software Development Engineer III at ShipBob, you will be primarily responsible for the development of production level software in coordination with your team. You will work very closely with Product Owners and your Engineering Manager. Being an SDE III on our Transportation team, you’ll design and build scalable, reliable services that power ShipBob’s shipping platform, including carrier integrations, rating, label generation, tracking, shipping compliance, and operational workflows across fulfillment. This role reports to the Manager, Software Development.
What you’ll do:

• All responsibilities of Software Development Engineer I & II.

• Become a go-to expert in one area of the codebase; understands the broad architecture of the entire system.

• Provides technical advice and weighs in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large. Research and propose new technologies.

• Scopes and stages work into well-defined milestones to avoid a monolithic deliverable.

• Regularly delivers software on time and is constantly working to make accurate estimates and deliver on those estimates.

• Known for drama-free launches.

• Owns the technical testing and performance plan for their projects.

• Takes initiative to identify and solve important problems, coordinating with others on cross-cutting technical issues.

• Sets direction at the project/service level and consistently influences decision-making at the Pillar level.

• Identifies and proactively tackles technical debt before it grows into debt that requires significant up-front work to resolve.

• Makes others better through code reviews, thorough documentation, technical guidance, and mentoring or serving as a Tech Lead on a project.

• Sits on the Architectural Review Board, provides feedback on projects outside of their core area.

• Understands the tradeoffs between technical, analytical and product needs and leads to solutions that take all of these needs into account.

• Identifies and proposes strategies around technical problems affecting their team, communicates standards and gets buy-in on solutions.

• Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• 6+ years of experience.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Excellent programming skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Object oriented mindset.

• Ability to work quickly and collaboratively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Ability to own small well scoped features and implementation.

• A hands-on coding approach to engineering mentorship.

• Ability to own medium sized features from design to implementation.

• A defensive coding mindset with knowledge of OWASP

• Ability to own large features from design to implementation.

• Ability to own service level system design.

• Demonstrated experience in .NET (C#, ASP.NET MVC), SQL, and database design

• Proficiency with JavaScript, JSON, and REST APIs

• Solid understanding of Agile software development and team building/leadership

• Hands-on experience in automating infrastructure and build processes

Nice to have:

• Passion for software quality (UT, IT, regression) with a belief that testing is a shared responsibility

• Ability to own and drive cross-service system design

• Experience with AI-driven software development practices and workflows.
Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and experience building or working with AI agents.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure (Functions, WebJobs, App Services, Service Bus, Storage Queues, DevOps)

• Familiarity with event-driven (EDA) and service-oriented (SOA) architecture

• Exposure to Vue.js

Perks & Benefits:

• Medical, Term & Accidental Insurance

• All Purpose Leave (casual & sick time): 12 days

• Earned Leave: 15 days

• Public Holiday: 12 days

• Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave

• Quarterly Wellness Day

• Work From Home Allowance

• See Our High-Performing Culture >>>Check us out on Instagram (@lifeatshipbob)

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

About You:

Building the world’s leading full-stack fulfillment platform is challenging…