# Engineering Manager, Shipping & Logistics

**Company:** [Loop Returns](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/loop-returns)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $150k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** PHP, Laravel, Vue, MySQL, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, AWS, Jira, Claude, Cursor, Datadog, Snowflake, Test-Driven Development, Solid Principles, Scrum
**Posted:** 2026-08-27

> Leads a cross-functional engineering team responsible for shipping and logistics systems, including carrier integrations, rate shopping, and label generation. Requires at least three years of engineering management experience, recent software engineering experience, and strong technical, Agile, and AI-agent expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and grow an autonomous, high-performing, self-managing, and inclusive engineering team through coaching, clear expectations, and thoughtful structure.
- Own the shipping and logistics domain end-to-end, including carrier integrations, rate shopping, label generation, and supporting systems.
- Set the team’s technical direction, backlog priorities, and delivery processes while balancing team, stakeholder, and company input.
- Champion AI adoption, using AI agents for project planning, issue triage, and software development; review AI-generated work rigorously.
- Uphold engineering fundamentals such as test-driven development, SOLID principles, and sustainable delivery practices.
- Partner with Product and Design to shape the roadmap, estimate work, and communicate decisions.
- Foster accountability, visibility, trust, and healthy communication across the team and with stakeholders.
- Support hiring decisions and champion the company’s mission and values.

## Requirements
- 3+ years managing high-performing, product-focused software engineering teams with a record of delivering business value.
- Recent hands-on experience as a software engineer, with technical depth in architecture, mentoring, test-driven development, and scalable system design.
- Experience using AI agents as a standard part of engineering work, with the ability to explain their impact on team output.
- Strong understanding of Agile software principles, including Scrum.
- Ability to balance competing priorities, manage stakeholder expectations, and make thoughtful tradeoffs.
- Strong communication skills and experience building feedback-rich cultures of accountability and performance.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in SaaS, startup, or ecommerce environments.
- Exposure to shipping, fulfillment, reverse logistics, or complex integrations.

## Tech Stack
- PHP/Laravel
- Vue.js
- MySQL
- DynamoDB
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Jira
- Claude
- Cursor
- Datadog
- Snowflake

## Compensation
- Annual salary: $150,000–$190,000

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