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<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":276}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Grow with an Ownership Mindset</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">: We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559740":276}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":276}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":276}"> </span></span></li>
</ul></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW75123055 BCX8" lang="EN" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75123055 BCX8">Location:</span></span></strong><span class="TextRun SCXW75123055 BCX8" lang="EN" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75123055 BCX8"> Remote in India</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Role Description:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">ShipBob views Data Engineering as a true Center of Excellence across our platform and organization. The Manager, Data Engineering will play a critical leadership role in executing this vision by leading a team of Data Engineers responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise-grade data systems. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">This role is accountable for the end-to-end execution of data engineering initiatives, including data ingestion, transformation, storage, reliability, and platform scalability. The Manager will oversee the development and maintenance of our modern cloud-based data platform built on Azure technologies (including ADLS and Databricks), ensuring high standards for data quality, governance, availability, and performance. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">The Manager, Data Engineering will partner closely with Analytics Engineering, Finance, Product, Operations, and Engineering stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and well-governed data solutions that power reporting, business intelligence, machine learning, and AI initiatives. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">This is a people leadership role managing individual contributors. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, a passion for operational excellence, and a proven ability to build high-performing teams in fast-paced environments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> This role reports to Sr. Director, Engineering.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you’ll do:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Manage and Develop a High-Performing Team: Hire, mentor, and manage a team of Data Engineers. Provide clear goals, career development guidance, and ongoing performance feedback. Foster accountability, ownership, and engineering excellence. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Own Data Engineering Execution: Oversee the design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines and platform capabilities across our cloud data environment. Ensure reliable ingestion, transformation, and availability of structured and unstructured data. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Enforce Platform Best Practices: Implement and enforce industry best practices for data modeling, pipeline orchestration, testing, monitoring, observability, and cost efficiency across Azure-based data infrastructure (ADLS, Databricks, and related tooling). </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Operational Excellence & Reliability: Define and manage SLAs for production data processes. Ensure high standards for data quality, reliability, and performance. Proactively identify risks and engineering bottlenecks before they impact the business. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Analytics Engineering and business stakeholders (Finance, Operations, Product, Revenue) to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Ensure alignment between engineering execution and business priorities. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Support Governance & Compliance: Operationalize data governance, data protection, and compliance frameworks (including GDPR and other global requirements) in partnership with leadership. Ensure secure and responsible data management practices. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Enable BI and AI/ML Capabilities: Ensure the data platform effectively supports analytics, reporting, machine learning, and AI workloads through well-structured, discoverable, and trusted datasets. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Elevate Organizational Maturity: Improve engineering processes, documentation standards, code review rigor, deployment practices, and cross-team coordination to elevate the overall maturity of the Data Engineering function. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Partner in Planning & Roadmapping: Collaborate with the Director of Data Engineering on roadmap planning, resource allocation, and prioritization to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">This role requires working overlapping hours with U.S.-based colleagues, including evening or overnight hours in India aligned to Central Standard Time (CST).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you’ll bring to the table:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">8+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related technical fields. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">3+ years of experience managing and developing individual contributor engineering teams. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Established experience building and maintaining modern cloud-based data platforms (data lakes, lakehouse, or data warehouse architectures). </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Solid hands-on expertise in data pipeline development, SQL, distributed data processing, and cloud-native data services. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience working with Azure-based data ecosystems (e.g., ADLS, Databricks) or similar modern cloud data platforms. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated ability to implement data governance, quality, and observability best practices. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience supporting BI, analytics, and machine learning workloads at scale. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Sound understanding of data modeling, ingestion frameworks, and data transformation strategies. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience collaborating across distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated success hiring, mentoring, and scaling engineering talent. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Ability to balance hands-on technical guidance with people leadership responsibilities. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Familiarity with global data protection and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOC-2) preferred. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Perks & Benefits:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Medical, Term & Accidental Insurance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":180}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">All Purpose Leave (casual & sick time): 12 days</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":180}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Earned Leave: 15 days</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":180}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Public Holiday: 12 days</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":180}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":180}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Quarterly Wellness Day</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Work From Home Allowance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">See Our High-Performing Culture >>></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeatshipbob/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"> </span></span></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeatshipbob/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Check us out on Instagram</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> (@lifeatshipbob)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="TextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0" lang="EN" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0">We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About You:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":276}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Building the world’s leading full-stack fulfillment platform is challenging work. The problems we solve are complex, the pace is fast, and the bar is high. That means ShipBob’s environment isn’t the right fit for everyone, and that’s okay. If you are ready to take ownership, push boundaries, and grow alongside a team that genuinely supports each other, we would love to hear from you.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page (</span><a href="https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0" lang="EN" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0">About Us: </span></span> </strong><br class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"></span></span></p>
<p><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW177749497 BCX0" lang="EN" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0">ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW177749497 BCX0">ShipBob’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0"> proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW177749497 BCX0">ShipBob’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0"> dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW177749497 BCX0">ShipBob</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177749497 BCX0"> is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago.</span></span> <br class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"></span></span></p>
<p><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"><span data-teams="true">At ShipBob, every full-time employee gets access to our best-in-class AI and productivity tools from Day 1 at no cost. This isn't a pilot or a perk for select teams. It's standard for everyone. We believe innovation isn't owned by one department. Whether you're in Talent, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or Customer Success, we expect you to ask: <em>how can this be done better, faster, or smarter?</em> These tools are our investment in your ability to find those answers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We may use AI-powered tools during our interview process to support things like notetaking and organizing feedback so our teams can stay focused on getting to know you. These tools help create a more consistent and thoughtful experience. That said, every hiring decision is made by a human.</span></p>
<p><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"><em><span class="TextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0">ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW263457653 BCX0"><span class="SCXW263457653 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW263457653 BCX0"></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW263457653 BCX0"><span class="SCXW263457653 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW263457653 BCX0"></span><span class="TextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0">This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0">c</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0">ompensation</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263457653 BCX0">and training.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW263457653 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559685":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276,"335559991":360}"> </span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW177749497 BCX0" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="SCXW177749497 BCX0"><em><span class="EOP SCXW263457653 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559685":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276,"335559991":360}"><span data-teams="true"><strong>There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis</strong>. </span></span></em></span></span></p></div>
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