Principal PM, API Platform

🕒 August 8

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $179k - $243k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Shippo

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

💼 Consulting

💰 $50M Series E - Shippo on 2021-06

Logistics • Marketing • Consulting

Shippo is a shipping and logistics API and SaaS platform for e-commerce businesses. It provides tools to compare carrier rates, create and buy shipping labels, track packages, and manage returns through a branded short domain and developer-friendly integrations. Shippo targets online retailers and marketplaces looking to streamline shipping operations and reduce fulfillment costs.

📋 Description

• Own the API platform roadmap covering label creation, MCP, SDKs, and developer documentation • Own MCP as a product and define its evolution and fit alongside other integration paths • Define and maintain platform standards for teams extending the API surface, including reporting APIs, EDD, and Autopilot • Set standards for how developers test integrations across carriers • Partner with engineering leadership on platform architecture decisions and long-term technical investments • Build and maintain a point of view on developer experience, including onboarding, documentation quality, SDK coverage, and MCP capabilities • Represent the platform in cross-team planning to ensure domain teams follow platform standards • Engage directly with developers and mid-market customers to identify integration friction and prioritize fixes • Provide product guidance and mentorship to other PMs building on the platform

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree • 8+ years experience in product management • Track record owning developer-facing or API-first products • Experience setting technical or platform standards that other teams adopted • Deep understanding of API design, developer experience, and SDK strategy • Experience with MCP, agentic commerce, or LLM-driven integrations • Experience in shipping, logistics, or ecommerce infrastructure is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare coverage for medical, dental, and vision (90% covered by the company, incl. dependents) • Pets coverage is also available • Take-as-much-as-you-need vacation policy • Flexible working hours • One week-long company wide winter slow down • 3 Volunteer Days Off (VTOs) • WFH stipend to set up your home office • Charity donation match up to $100 • Dedicated programs, coaching, tools, and resources for professional and career growth • Individual learning stipend for personal and focused growth • Regular team and company off-sites throughout the year • Local Shippos gatherings • Equity • Equal access to opportunities and reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process