Principal Engineer

Posted:
3/9/2026, 5:44:10 AM

Location(s):
Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⋅ Minnesota, United States ⋅ Alabama, United States ⋅ Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Impact

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Developer Operations team, your primary role will be to architect, influence, and build strategic infrastructure and delivery systems and tools. You will be a technical leader within the Developer and Ops Enablement engineering organization and partner closely with engineering and product leads across multiple teams. Your work will consist of a balance between technical guidance, architectural design, and implementation to deliver high quality software solutions in a rapidly evolving e-commerce environment.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience with progressive responsibilities and operating applications at scale

  • Working expertise  in building, debugging, deploying, and scaling applications built on various technology stacks

  • 3+ years of experience with modern cloud platform providers, including but not limited to AWS, GCP, and Azure

  • Working expertise with containerization - Kubernetes, Docker

  • Working expertise  with observability tools and technologies, such as time series databases, log aggregation, metric visualization, distributed tracing, APM

Pay Range: $140,000- $217,000

Please 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.

Cloud Architectures, DevOps, Engineering Leadership, SRE Observability

 

 

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience | Required

 

 

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.