Job Description
Lob was founded in 2013 by technical co-founders with a vision to connect the world one mailbox at a time. Today we're transforming the way businesses use direct mail and bringing the power of technology to a traditionally manual channel.
Our modern logistics and fulfillment engine helps businesses to build and scale high-quality personalized direct mail programs without the operational burden. As we grow to meet the evolving needs of our customers and expand our product offerings we’re building a team to shape the future of direct mail.
As a Software Engineer at Lob you’ll contribute to several applications related to Billing using primarily Node.js Go and Vue.js. You’ll work in a Service-Oriented Architecture with resources on AWS leveraging SQS queues and Lambda functions. We maintain a culture of high collaboration psychological safety and performance where individuals can thrive and gain meaningful experience to elevate their career potential.
As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll…- Contribute to the development of billing and payments solutions.
- Collaborate with other engineers to develop solutions for business cases.
- Build and maintain integrations with internal and external payment and accounting systems.
- Build resilient observable services running on AWS using SQS Lambda and related infrastructure; own runtime reliability and incident response for services you ship.
- Partner with product finance and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of automated tests CI/CD and robust deployment practices.
- Write clear technical design docs and user-friendly operational runbooks for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Coach and mentor engineers contribute to hiring and help raise the team’s engineering standards.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools and techniques to accelerate coding testing documentation and debugging while applying best practices for responsible and secure AI use.
- 4–8 years as a software engineer (senior-level preferred).
- Strong experience with Node.js and/or Go; familiarity with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks.
- Experience with relational DBs such as Postgres MySQL or SQL Server and familiarity with NoSQL/kv stores such as Redis.
- Experience with job/queueing systems (SQS Kafka Kinesis or similar).
- Strong background building and operating RESTful and RPC-style APIs and integrating third-party APIs.
- Familiarity with unit and automated testing frameworks and test-driven development practices.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for code generation test creation debugging documentation or developer productivity plus an understanding of risks and mitigations.
- Strong problem-solving attention to detail and clear written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrated ability to take end-to-end ownership of features and services in production.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform CloudFormation or other IaC.
- Experience with metrics distributed tracing and centralized logging tools.
- Experience optimizing high-throughput latency-sensitive workloads.
At Lob we are looking to #LevelUp and #EmpowerDiversity we invite you to apply if you possess even some of these:
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and solve complex problems.
- Experience with debugging applications and identifying issues.
- Since great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds it doesn’t particularly matter if you have a specific degree—we want to hear about your contributions in a real-world setting.
Compensation information
The compensation for this role consists of a base salary + additional RSUs.
Annual Base Salary: $170000 - $195000
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“Lob’s salary ranges are based on market data relative to our size industry and stage of growth. Salary is one part of total compensation which also includes equity perks and competitive benefits. Salary decisions are based on many factors including geographic location qualifications for the role skillset proficiency and experience level. Lob reasonably expects to pay candidates who are offered roles within the provided salary ranges.”
We offer remote working opportunities in AZ CA CO DC FL GA IA IL MA MD MI MN MT NE NC NH NJ NV NY OH OR PA RI TN TX UT and WA unless specified otherwise in the job description above.
If you are looking for a progressive fun-spirited and mentally stimulating environment come join us at Lob!
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lob is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of backgrounds and perspectives 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 San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
Recent awards
#88 on BuiltIn's Best Remote Midsize Companies to Work For in 2025
BuiltIn Best Remote Midsize Companies to Work For in 2024
BuiltIn Best Midsize Companies to Work For 2022
Skills Required
- 4-8 years as a software engineer
- Strong experience with Node.js and/or Go
- Familiarity with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks
- Experience with relational databases (Postgres MySQL SQL Server)
- Familiarity with NoSQL/kv stores such as Redis
- Experience with job/queueing systems (SQS Kafka Kinesis or similar)
- Background building and operating RESTful and RPC-style APIs and integrating third-party APIs
- Familiarity with unit and automated testing frameworks and test-driven development practices
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools and understanding associated risks and mitigations
- Hands-on experience with Terraform CloudFormation or other IaC
- Experience with metrics distributed tracing and centralized logging tools
- Experience optimizing high-throughput latency-sensitive workloads
- Demonstrated ability to take end-to-end ownership of features and services in production
- Strong problem-solving skills and clear written and verbal communication
- Experience coaching or mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and debugging experience
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Lob was founded in 2013 by technical co-founders with a vision to connect the world one mailbox at a time. We're transforming the way businesses use direct mail and bringing the power of technology to a traditionally manual channel. Our modern logistics and fulfillment engine helps businesses to build and scale high-quality personalized direct mail programs without the operational burden. As we grow to meet the evolving needs of our customers and expand our product offerings we're building a team to shape the future of direct mail.
Why Work With Us
We believe automation is a catalyst for business success and we’re looking for unique people like you to bring to life our vision of increasing the connectivity between the offline and online worlds. We are proud to be a carbon neutral business!
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