Shipt operates a two-sided marketplace connecting shoppers with consumers across 80% of U.S. households. The engineering org is actively building AI-driven capabilities—consumer-facing agents, fraud detection, and governance frameworks—while migrating core systems and modernizing infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, multi-cloud on AWS and GCP). Senior-heavy hiring in engineering and product signals both technical depth and aggressive AI product velocity, though system reliability and cross-functional coordination remain listed pain points.
Shipt is a personal shopping and delivery platform operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Target Corp. The service operates across more than 5,000 U.S. cities, reaching 80% of households, and integrates a curated marketplace of retailers spanning fresh foods, household essentials, wellness, office supplies, and pet products. The app emphasizes real-time communication between shoppers and consumers for preferences and substitutions. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with an additional office in San Francisco, Shipt operates at 1,001–5,000 employees and is scaling engineering and product teams.
Go, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Tableau, and Auth0/Okta for identity.
Birmingham, Alabama. The company also maintains an office in San Francisco.
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