Impact

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, you’ll design and own mission‑critical authentication and authorization services that keep Shipt secure and seamless. You’ll build and evolve secure, scalable IAM capabilities—SSO, MFA, token services, policy, and role management—integrating platforms like Auth0 and Okta with our applications and API Gateway. You’ll collaborate closely with Security, Infrastructure, and Product engineering teams to drive best practices, reliability, and a great developer experience. You’ll also set the bar for code quality and operational excellence through clear designs, thoughtful documentation, and hands‑on mentorship

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• 4+ years of software development experience delivering and operating production services.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required

• Ownership of mission‑critical systems, including support for incident response and production troubleshooting.

• Strong grasp of REST principles and API design; experience with service‑oriented/microservice architectures and distributed systems.

• Practical expertise in IAM: designing authn/authz flows; token‑based auth (OAuth/JWT); SSO and MFA; secure session and policy/role management.

• Hands‑on with identity platforms such as Auth0 and/or Okta, integrating identity with diverse applications and services.

• Proficiency with modern stacks and tooling, e.g., Go, JavaScript, Terraform, and operational tooling for deploy/monitoring.

• Data and systems fundamentals: modeling complex persisted data; performance tuning of code and database queries.

• Familiarity with storage and messaging (e.g., Postgres, Redis, Kafka) and effective caching patterns.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to simplify complex ideas and produce clear design docs/runbooks.

• Collaborative and mentoring mindset: generous with code reviews, eager to learn and to coach peers; results‑driven and pragmatic.

• Passion for continual learning and building reliable, high‑performance, secure systems that enable our engineers and delight our users.

Pay Range: $95,800 - $153,880Please note that the salary range above is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location.

Skills & Education

This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.

API Development, Backend Systems, Cross-Platform Integration, Go Programming Language, Identity Access Management (IAM)

Work Arrangement

Shipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham, San Francisco, or Minneapolis to be hybrid, which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate, collaborate, and spark team connections. In-office expectations will vary by role and leader. Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis. Please work with your recruiter to learn more about the classification of this role.

About Shipt

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities.

At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day. Learn More.

Shipt is an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corporation and available in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Shipt was founded and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, please visit Shipt’s company site at Shipt.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more. Employees may enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave. Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.