Role Lob was built by technical co-founders with a vision to make the world programmable.

We offer two flagship APIs (print & mail and address verification) that enable companies to send postal mail as effortlessly as sending emails.

Lob is venture-backed by the most reputable investors in tech, and we are rapidly growing our team to shape the future of our company and meet the demands of a quickly growing customer base and dynamic product offerings.

As a proud Pledge 1% company, were committed to leveraging our product, partnerships, and people to drive positive social impact through , and are on a mission to make direct mail more sustainable.

We offer remote working opportunities in AZ, CA, CO, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, and WA. You can also work onsite at our San Francisco headquarters.

If you are looking for a progressive, fun-spirited, and mentally stimulating environment, come join us at Lob!

Were building a team of not just strong problem-solvers but great collaborators engineers who are excited to teach and learn from each other, share decisions and information freely, and work together on problems that no other companies have solved before.

About the Routing & Delivery Team

The Routing & Delivery team is responsible for optimizing the route selection and capacity management for our print and delivery vendors.

In other words, we handle the digital to physical transformation of mail, making sure every request gets to the best location to print and deliver it.

We enable our customers to deliver bursts of millions of records quickly and efficiently to our printing partners.

We work mainly with Node.js and Golang. All of our services run on AWS, with a Service Oriented Architecture, and utilizing SQS and Lambda workloads.

We believe in maintaining a culture of high cooperation, psychological safety and performance where individuals can thrive and do the best work of their careers.

As a Senior Software Engineer, youll

• Collaborate closely with the Product team and other stakeholders to help implement new features and services;
• Be responsible for leading projects from design to implementation;
• Learn and champion best practices in code design and architecture;
• Coach and mentor fellow engineers and team members;
• Work with our Engineering leadership to support and grow the culture of our engineering team.

For this role, we're looking for

• 5 years of experience in at least one mainstream web programming language. We primarily use Node.js and Go, but your experience may also be in Ruby, Python, Java, or similar.
• 4 years in roles that include operational responsibility for software systems (monitoring, alerting, production debugging).
• 2 years in formal or informal leadership roles that involve significant time mentoring and teaching co-workers about software best practices.
• Empathy and effective communication skills : you can empathize and advocate for teammates and stakeholders such as operations managers and product managers.

You can explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Ability to design and vet micro-service and cloud-based architectures at scale, as well as support your teammates in doing the same.
• Effective project management skills : track record of working together with product managers to bring projects from inception to completion.
• optional) Production experience with job-queueing systems, containers (Docker), and AWS services (SQS, S3, ECS)

If you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying, Studies show that meeting just 50% of a role's requirements puts you in the running.

Were not just building a platform to make the world programmable. , and ??a ground floor opportunity as an early member of the Lob team;

youll directly shape the direction of our company.

Perks

• Health benefits for you and your dependent(s)
• Medical Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Wellness program (includes monthly stipend or free Barrys Bootcamp classes!)
• Paid parental leave
• 401K
• Paid volunteer time off to support the organizations you care most about
• Commuter & Parking benefits (includes monthly stipend) for those based out of our San Francisco office
• Free lunch, snacks and dinner when working at our San Francisco office
• Dog-friendly San Francisco office
• Allowance for in-person team meetings (all flights and accommodations covered) for those not based out of our San Francisco office
• Home-office setup and phone / internet stipend for those not based out of our San Francisco office

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lob is an equal opportunity employer and of to cultivate an environment of understanding to have greater impact on our business and customers.

We encourage under-represented groups to apply and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or criminal history in accordance with local, state, and / or federal laws, including the .

Senior Software Engineer, Routing & Delivery

San Francisco, CA (HQ) & Remote

Lob was built by technical co-founders with a vision to make the world programmable.

We offer two flagship APIs (print & mail and address verification) that enable companies to send postal mail as effortlessly as sending emails.

Lob is venture-backed by the most reputable investors in tech, and we are rapidly growing our team to shape the future of our company and meet the demands of a quickly growing customer base and dynamic product offerings.

As a proud Pledge 1% company, were committed to leveraging our product, partnerships, and people to drive positive social impact through , and are on a mission to make direct mail more sustainable.

We offer remote working opportunities in AZ, CA, CO, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, and WA. You can also work onsite at our San Francisco headquarters.

If you are looking for a progressive, fun-spirited, and mentally stimulating environment, come join us at Lob!

Were building a team of not just strong problem-solvers but great collaborators engineers who are excited to teach and learn from each other, share decisions and information freely, and work together on problems that no other companies have solved before.

About the Routing & Delivery Team

The Routing & Delivery team is responsible for optimizing the route selection and capacity management for our print and delivery vendors.

In other words, we handle the digital to physical transformation of mail, making sure every request gets to the best location to print and deliver it.

We enable our customers to deliver bursts of millions of records quickly and efficiently to our printing partners.

We work mainly with Node.js and Golang. All of our services run on AWS, with a Service Oriented Architecture, and utilizing SQS and Lambda workloads.

We believe in maintaining a culture of high cooperation, psychological safety and performance where individuals can thrive and do the best work of their careers.

As a Senior Software Engineer, youll

• Collaborate closely with the Product team and other stakeholders to help implement new features and services;
• Be responsible for leading projects from design to implementation;
• Learn and champion best practices in code design and architecture;
• Coach and mentor fellow engineers and team members;
• Work with our Engineering leadership to support and grow the culture of our engineering team.

For this role, we're looking for

• 5 years of experience in at least one mainstream web programming language. We primarily use Node.js and Go, but your experience may also be in Ruby, Python, Java, or similar.

Last updated : 2024-08-29