Graduate Junior Software Engineer
Job Summary
CALLING FOR: Junior Developer Tracking & Notifications
High-volume systems. Real scale. Real users.
Youre early in your career maybe just out of university maybe a year or two in. You can code. You care about doing it well. And you want to work on something that actually runs in production not just toy projects or internal dashboards nobody uses.
At ShippyPro were looking for a Graduate / Junior Software Engineer to join our Tracking & Notifications team the team that makes sure every shipment update reaches the right person at the right time at scale.
Youll work alongside experienced engineers who want to see you grow not just get tickets done. Real ownership real feedback real growth.
If you write clean code ask sharp questions and get genuinely curious when something breaks keep reading.
About Us
ShippyPro was founded with a simple mission: make shipping effortless so businesses can focus on growth.
Today we power shipping for thousands of merchants across 60 countries. Weve raised $15M (Series B) and were scaling fast in a $9T industry thats still full of inefficiencies.
Engineering is at the center of everything. Were modernizing our stack moving toward Python TypeScript and a fully distributed cloud-native architecture on AWS. What you build here runs in production. Every day.
The Product
ShippyPro is a shipping and fulfillment platform that helps merchants automate the entire shipping workflow from choosing the best carrier service to generating labels and tracking deliveries. It connects with e-commerce platforms and multiple couriers giving teams one place to ship faster reduce manual work and keep full control over costs and delivery performance.
Th e Challenge
We dont want someone who waits for perfect requirements.
We want someone who digs in figures it out and asks the right questions along the way.
The Tracking & Notifications team handles high-volume time-sensitive data. Shipments move fast. Errors surface unexpectedly. Customers expect to know exactly where their order is always.
Your job is to contribute to systems that dont fail silently handle edge cases gracefully and scale without drama. The challenge is real. So is the support around you.
Why ShippyPro
For a junior developer the first job shapes everything the habits you build the patterns you internalize the standard you set for yourself.
At ShippyPro you wont be handed a queue of tickets and left to figure it out alone. Youll work on systems that run at real scale with engineers who have strong opinions about clean code and care about passing that on. Code reviews here are conversations not just approvals.
The stack is modern and actively evolving: Python TypeScript AWS event-driven architecture. Were not maintaining legacy for the sake of it; we deprecate what no longer serves us. And AI isnt a buzzword here its part of how we develop and part of what we build.
If you want to grow into an autonomous engineer fast this is the environment to do it.
Curious about our engineering culture Check out this short video Youll Do
- Contribute to the development and evolution of our tracking and notification services
- Write review and ship code that runs at high volume in production
- Work closely with our engineering team on design decisions code reviews and day-to-day problem solving
- Collaborate with a distributed international team across product engineering and operations
- Get hands-on with microservices event-driven systems and cloud-native development on AWS
- Use AI tools daily as part of our development workflow
What Youll Bring
- A strong foundation in software engineering fundamentals: data structures algorithms clean code version control
- Hands-on experience with databases (relational or NoSQL) youve written real queries and thought about data
- Genuine curiosity: you dont need to know everything but you need to want to figure things out
- Enthusiasm for working with AI both as a dev tool and as part of what we build
- Professional working proficiency in English (our team is international)
Nice to have not blockers but theyll help you hit the ground running:
- A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Experience with Python TypeScript or PHP
- Familiarity with cloud services or distributed systems from projects internships or personal work
Our stack you dont need to know all of this on day one but this is the environment youll grow into:
- Languages: Python and TypeScript (primary) PHP (also present)
- Databases: PostgreSQL Aurora Redshift DynamoDB
- Infrastructure: AWS Serverless Framework
- Version control & CI/CD: Git GitHub GitHub Actions
What Makes You a ShippyProer
- Youre curious when something breaks you want to understand why not just patch it
- You ask sharp questions early rather than going down the wrong path for hours
- You take ownership you dont wait to be told what to do next
- Youre comfortable being challenged and growing fast
- You treat AI as a real tool not a shortcut
Why Join Us
- Competitive salary between 28000 and 35000 calculated through our salary simulator built on objective metrics because we believe in unbiased compensation
- Meal vouchers (office or remote)
- Mental healthcare
- Yearly learning budget and AI tools
- Remote flexibility with expenses-paid trips to HQ for team meetups
- No clock-in/out policy and one-time home office allowance
- Career Growth Program clear growth paths structured goals and continuous feedback
- An international team that moves fast and cares about building things well
- Want to know more Click here Process
- Application review
- Intro call 45-60 min with our People and Culture Team to align on expectations and context
- Technical interview: a deep-dive with the engineering team on how you think and work
- Final challenge: a short practical coding exercise to see how you approach a real engineering problem
We move fast and keep things transparent
A Note Before You Apply
If you want to move on with the application youll have to answer a few questions. Although we love AI (its part of almost everything we do!) wed love to hear you. Be honest no right or wrong answers here. Feel free to use AI if you want but make sure your answers sound like you not just a completed task
Thanks for considering joining our team. We look forward to hearing from you!