About Houzz Houzz is the world’s leading platform for home remodeling and design. Using Houzz, people can improve their homes from start to finish: find ideas and inspiration, hire home professionals, and shop for products. For home professionals, Houzz Pro provides an all-in-one marketing and business management SaaS solution that helps them to win projects, collaborate with clients and teams, and manage their business efficiently and profitably. The Houzz community is made up of more than 65 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts, and over 3 million home improvement professionals around the world. Houzz is available in every country around the world with localized platforms in more than 10 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer in the Marketplace Shipping Team, you will be responsible for solving a variety of technical challenges and driving the initiatives to improve our shipping platform and shipping experience. You will work on all parts of our shipping experience in the marketplace including shipping cost estimation, shipping carrier integration and shipment tracking and notifications.. Our tech stack includes PHP, Java, AWS, GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, MySQL, Redis, FTP and more. __________________ What You’ll Do Lead shipping engineer team to design and build products to improve overall marketplace shipping experience for our customers as well as vendors Lead shipping engineer team to improve and revamp the overall reliability, maintainability and extensibility of our marketplace shipping platform Lead shipping engineer team to create appropriate metrics for measuring and monitoring the health and performance of the shipping platform Troubleshoot shipping-related operational issues and develop tools to improve productivity of the logistic operational team Working closely with cross-functional partners, including product managers, data scientists and designers for project details and proposals. Partner with other marketplace teams, e.g. checkout, billing, vendor support team to drive projects. Mentor junior team members At a Minimum, We’d Like You to Have Independence, self-direction and experience owning complete products and features A good understanding of large scale distributed systems, algorithms and web services B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent 5 years of experience Ideally, You'll Also Have Experience with shipping related domains. Understanding the shipping lifecycle and tech stacks is a big plus (for example, batch processing, EDI, FTP) Passion for working in a dynamic and collaborative environment Experience developing scalable backend systems. __________________ Be Who You Are and Do What You Love at Houzz We’re a Family At Houzz, we strive to create and foster a strong family environment in our workplace. We collaborate to accomplish our goals, always working as a team. We aim to build a culture of inclusion — celebrating and leveraging our differences for the betterment of one another, our products and our community. Houzz team members come from many backgrounds and bring diverse experiences to the company. We take pride in making each person feel at home. We Build the Future Join Houzz in revolutionizing the home remodeling and design industry and have an impact on our community of more than 65 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts who use our platform and the 3 million-plus home professionals around the world who grow and manage their business with Houzz Pro. Houzz has been named one of the most innovative companies in the world by CNBC and others, and is backed by top venture capitalists. At Houzz, you can help drive the future of an industry worth over $1 trillion in the U.S. and Europe alone. We Make Things Happen Our team members play a key role in guiding the direction of our company and are able to work across multiple groups to implement fresh ideas that allow Houzz to be the industry leader. If you are interested in applying your passion to create products that will transform the lives of millions of people who are designing, remodeling and decorating their homes, welcome to Houzz. Benefits and Perks • Competitive salary • Flexible paid time off • Commuter benefits • Medical, dental, vision and pet insurance • Maternity/paternity leave program • Employee assistance program • 401k retirement savings plan • Flexible spending accounts • Healthy at Houzz program Houzz is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. When applying for a role at Houzz, we guarantee your application will be considered regardless of your sex, race, religion, color, gender, national origin, height or weight, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. We embrace and celebrate the value that diversity brings to an organization and understand that diverse backgrounds and different points of view are essential components of helping Houzz in our mission to provide the best experience for home renovation and design. Houzz is committed to fostering an inclusive environment through projects and initiatives such as employee resource groups and diversity workshops. Houzz celebrates differences and strives to create a comfortable and authentic climate for Houzzers to feel supported, where they are welcomed to think creatively and contribute to innovative ideas, while having the freedom to be themselves and share their lives at work. By applying for a job with us, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of our Job Applicant Privacy Notice *Roles listing ‘Remote - US’ as a location are not currently available in the following states: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Montana