EasyPost

Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Financial Infrastructure

Remote

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Technology, Financial Services, Infrastructure SoftwareIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Primarily Remote (may require occasional onsite visits)
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified (Negotiable based on experience)

EasyPost is a YC unicorn focused on simplifying shipping for businesses. This role leads the engineering team responsible for EasyPost’s financial platform, including billing, payments, and financial data integrity. The manager ensures the security, reliability, and scalability of financial infrastructure, manages team health and staffing, and guides technical decision-making aligned with business needs. This role delivers core infrastructure that enables product engineering teams to track usage and cost attribution reliably, while working closely with Finance, Product, and customer-facing teams.

Requirements

  • Strong leadership and management experience in software engineering.
  • Deep understanding of financial systems, billing, and payments.
  • Experience with building and maintaining scalable and reliable infrastructure.
  • Proficiency in relevant technologies (specific technologies not listed).
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to foster a strong engineering culture of trust, accountability, and collaboration.
  • Ability to manage risk and make sound technical decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Finance Infrastructure engineering team to deliver secure, scalable financial infrastructure.
  • Maintain and improve platform stability, monitoring, and issue response processes to ensure high availability and compliance.
  • Oversee roadmap development and execution for infrastructure that enables accurate usage tracking and cost attribution.
  • Coordinate across departments to support development of real-time billing and financial data capabilities for new products.
  • Guide technical decision-making across systems and teams to ensure solutions meet long-term needs.
  • Foster a strong engineering culture, including staffing plans, 1:1s, mentoring, and recruiting top talent.
  • Advocate for architectural clarity and maintain a strong platform mindset with clear service boundaries.
  • Promote collaboration and communication across engineering and other teams.

Company Information

  • Founded: 2012
  • Mission: To make shipping simple for businesses.
  • Status: YC Unicorn

Skills

Leadership
Management
Financial Systems
Billing
Payments
Scalable Infrastructure
Reliability Engineering
Monitoring
Issue Response
Real-time Data
Technical Decision-Making
Cross-department Collaboration
Engineering Culture

EasyPost

Shipping API solutions for logistics management

About EasyPost

EasyPost offers shipping solutions through its Shipping APIs, allowing businesses to manage their shipping processes efficiently. Clients can integrate these APIs to access and compare rates from multiple carriers like USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL on a single platform. The company operates on a subscription or usage-based fee model, providing a free tier for the first 120,000 packages annually, and charges based on shipment volume thereafter. EasyPost differentiates itself by offering comprehensive services, including shipping insurance and data optimization tools, catering to businesses of all sizes.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$36.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Automotive & Transportation, Consumer GoodsIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision plans
Flexible time-off
Stock option opportunities
401(k) match
Cross-functional learning
Monthly virtual events

Risks

Increased competition from emerging shipping API providers may erode market share.
Over-reliance on FedEx partnership could reduce bargaining power with other carriers.
Carbon Offset API adoption may be limited if customers resist paying extra for offsets.

Differentiation

EasyPost offers a best-in-class multi-carrier shipping API for seamless integration.
The company provides shipping insurance across all carriers and service levels.
EasyPost's Carbon Offset API aligns with rising sustainable shipping practices.

Upsides

Partnerships with FedEx and Manhattan Associates enhance service offerings and market reach.
New DHL eCommerce solutions capitalize on expanding international eCommerce markets.
AI and machine learning integration optimizes shipping routes and reduces delivery times.

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