Our Commitment to Our Team

At Pipe17 our values arent just words on a wall. Theyre how we operate every day.

We are a high-performance team built aroundownershipintegrity and a strongbias for action.

We set bold goals hold ourselves accountable and move fast to solve customer problems. Every team member owns their decisions and drives outcomes. No one waits for permission.

We operate withurgency but not recklessly. We focus on what matters most take initiative and course-correct quickly when needed. We value people who speak up follow through and take pride in their work.

Teamworkis at our core. We win together support each other and celebrate our shared victories. Collaboration across functions is a daily practice not just something we talk about. We learn from each other improve constantly and rally around our mission: unify commerce after the buy button.

We act with integrity. We do whats right even when its hard. Thats how we build trust with each other our customers and our these values resonate with how you like to work youll fit right in.

Job Title: Junior Tools Engineer

Location: On Site Seattle
Department: Engineering

About Pipe17

Pipe17 connects commerce businesses selling channels fulfillment providers and back-office systems into one automated reliable flow. Were solving the post-order chaos that happens when e-commerce platforms ERPs and 3PLs dont talk to each other.

Our AI-native cloud platform orchestrates orders inventory and shipments between systems like Shopify Amazon NetSuite and ShipStation powered by modern APIs event-driven microservices and intuitive web dashboards.

Were growing fast and were looking for a Junior System Engineer who is passionate about building tools integrating APIs and leveraging modern AI tooling to improve developer and business productivity.

Were looking for someone whos AI-curious and eager to learn - if youre excited by new tools and want a place to grow your skills while shipping real impact youll thrive here.

Interview Note: Youll be screen sharing using AI tool of your choice and then youll be programming together as a part of the process!

We can provide you an Anthropic API key to use during the interview if you dont want to use your own. This can be used for Claude Code Cursor and other tools.

What Youll Do

As a Junior System Engineer you will:

• Design build and maintain internal tools and automation scripts using JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Develop lightweight APIs CLI tools and web utilities to enhance developer productivity and system reliability.
• Implement and manage API integrations between internal systems and external services (e.g. GitHub Jira HubSpot NetSuite or internal APIs).
• Experiment with and build AI-powered developer tools and automations using ChatGPT Claude Code and other LLM APIs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and product engineering teams to streamline developer workflows deployments and monitoring.
• Troubleshoot system and integration issues ensuring smooth operation across environments.
• Write clear documentation and onboard teammates to the tools you create.
• Participate in design reviews daily stand-ups and sprint planning with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to unit and integration testing for tools and APIs.

What Youll Learn

Hands-on experience with:

• / TypeScript for automation APIs and internal developer tooling.
• REST / GraphQL APIs for integrations and data synchronization.
• AI tooling and automation using ChatGPT Claude and other LLM-based systems.
• Infrastructure scripting and configuration (AWS Terraform Docker).
• Authentication and authorization flows (OAuth2 API keys JWT).
• CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions or similar pipelines.
• Cloud deployments (AWS Lambda ECS or similar containerized services).
• Observability and monitoring (CloudWatch Datadog Grafana).
• Secure coding and SOC 2-aligned development practices.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 02 years of experience in software or system engineering.
• Fluency in JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Experience building tools or automation scripts for personal or team use.
• Experience integrating APIs (REST GraphQL or webhooks).
• Familiarity with AI developer tools such as ChatGPT Claude Code GitHub Copilot or Replit Ghostwriter.
• Familiarity with Git CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms (AWS or similar).
• Curiosity about automation integration and AI-driven developer productivity.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with SQL / NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) or serverless platforms.
• Exposure to scripting in Python or Bash.
• Understanding of cloud cost optimization and monitoring tools.
• Interest in e-commerce or logistics tech.

Why It Matters

Pipe17 powers the flow of customer orders and shipments for some of the fastest-growing and best-known brands in e-commerce. As part of the engineering team youll build the tools and systems that make our developers faster our platform more resilient and our customers happier.

Youll learn how scalable SaaS infrastructure and integration systems operate in production and how AI-assisted automation can dramatically improve developer and business productivity.

What We Offer

• Competitive entry-level salary and benefits.
• Mentorship from senior engineers and architects.
• Exposure to real production SaaS environments.
• Flexible remote-friendly culture.
• Clear path to mid-level roles in Systems DevOps or AI Integrations Engineering.
  
  

How We Work

We value clarity curiosity and ownership. Youll join a small agile engineering team where your work ships weekly and directly impacts our platform and internal operations. At Pipe17 we encourage engineers who ask why challenge assumptions and love to automate solutions to messy problems.

Compensation (US FTE)

• Competitive salary
• Great healthcare dental vision coverage
• Retirement plan
• Pick your own equipment. Well set you up with whatever Apple laptop monitor combo you want plus any software you need.
• Unlimited vacation policy. Plus we require you to take at least 2 weeks off each year. We see most employees take 4 weeks off per year. This isnt a vague policy where unlimited vacation means no vacation

About Us

Pipe17is a venture-funded software company headquartered in Seattle WA with a significant presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We provide an AI-native OrderOps platform that makes commerce operations effortless for brands and 3PLs. Pipe17 connects sales channels marketplaces ERPs WMS and trading partners through one integration automates order and inventory flows and delivers real-time visibility so operations stay proactive - not reactive.

With Pipe17 companies scale omnichannel onboard faster protect margins and reduce operational costs - all while serving customers better.

Pipe17 sells directly to merchants and 3PLs and through a growing ecosystem of technology and services partners. The company is backed by GLP Capital Partners a leading investor in ecommerce logistics.

Pipe17 recently announced its Series A funding to accelerate growth and category leadership. You can read morehere.