Careers
Warpspeed is hiring across operations in Kansas City and engineering remote across the United States. Most roles include benefits, real paths up, and a small enough team that your work is visible.[9]
Section 01
TL;DR
Hiring is the most important thing we do, so the process is short and serious. For warehouse roles, candidates spend about an hour on a phone screen, then come in for a working interview where they actually pick a few orders alongside the team they would join. We pay for that time. If both sides feel right, an offer goes out the next day.
For engineering and product, the process is one screen, one technical conversation that uses real Warpspeed code or a version of it, one team conversation, and a chat with a founder. There is no all-day onsite. There is no take-home that eats your weekend. We aim to close the loop in two weeks from first call to offer.
Section 02
The warehouse in Lenexa runs the operations team. Most days, the floor is staffed by pickers, packers, receivers, and cycle counters working under a shift lead. Leads report to a floor manager who reports to operations leadership. Account managers sit in the same building but in their own work area, with line of sight to the floor.
Open roles fall into a few buckets. Pickers and packers handle the bulk of inbound and outbound work. Warehouse leads run a shift, manage a team of about ten, and own the day’s throughput numbers. Account managers handle a portfolio of brands, run weekly operations reviews with the customer, and are the inside-the-building voice for that brand on the floor.
Pay is anchored to BLS OEWS data for the Kansas City MO-KS metro.[2] The national median annual wage for the broad hand laborer and material mover category was $37,680 in May 2024.[1] Local picker, packer, and stocker pay clusters around $16 to $22 per hour depending on experience and shift, with shift differentials and lead premiums on top.[3][4][5] Warehouse leads and operations managers run higher than that range.
“The fastest way to know if you would be happy in our warehouse is to spend an hour picking with the team. We pay for that hour either way.”
Section 03
We try to publish honest ranges. The numbers below are anchored to BLS OEWS data for the Kansas City MO-KS metro and the national Occupational Outlook Handbook. Actual offers depend on experience, shift, and lead responsibilities. We add benefits, paid time off, and a 401k on top.
Warehouse role pay benchmarks, Kansas City metro
| Role | Hourly range (typical) | BLS reference |
|---|---|---|
| Picker / order filler | $16 to $20 / hr | Stockers and Order Fillers, 53-7065 |
| Packer | $16 to $20 / hr | Packers and Packagers Hand, 53-7064 |
| Receiver / material mover | $17 to $22 / hr | Laborers and Material Movers, 53-7062 |
| Warehouse lead | $22 to $28 / hr | Above national median ($37,680/yr) |
| Operations manager | Salary, varies | Logistics Managers (11-3071) |
Sources: BLS OEWS Kansas City MO-KS metro and Occupational Outlook Handbook for hand laborers and material movers, with May 2024 national median annual wage of $37,680.[1][2][3][4][5]
Section 04
ShipOS is the product. The engineering team is small, remote across US time zones, and writes most of the platform in TypeScript with a Postgres data layer. We deploy multiple times a day. We do not have a separate QA team. Engineers own the code from feature idea to production and into support rotations.
The product surface is broad. Inventory, order management, billing, integrations, customer portal, and internal warehouse tooling are all in scope. A given week might mean shipping a new EDI 940 mapping for a retailer, debugging a webhook deliverability issue with Shopify, or improving the way the receiving app handles a lot code scan. Most engineers ship to all of those areas at some point in their first year.
Hiring is rolling. We post named roles when they open, but if you read this and think you would fit, send a note. The best engineering hires we have made came in cold with a short note and a few links to work they were proud of.
TypeScript, React, Postgres. Owns features end to end across ShipOS modules.
Shopify, Amazon, NetSuite, EDI. Lots of edge cases, lots of customer impact.
Designs operator-facing tools. Needs comfort with dense data and real workflows.
Sits between sales and engineering. Maps a customer’s tech stack and ships the integration.
Section 05
Account managers are the inside-the-building voice for a brand. They sit on the operations side, attend the morning huddle, and own the weekly operations review with the customer. They are not salespeople. They are the people who know the answer when a customer asks why three units went short on the cycle count. Most account managers came up through warehouse leadership at Warpspeed or another 3PL.
Sales is small and consultative. We do not run an SDR pod with hundreds of cold dials. Most leads come in through referral, content, or our agency partners. The job is to listen carefully, scope the operation honestly, and walk away if we are not the right fit. The win rate on the deals we choose to chase is high, which keeps the team small and the comp plan honest.
Section 06
Send a short note to careers@gowarpspeed.com. Include the role you are interested in, a resume or LinkedIn link, and one or two sentences about why you want to work here. We read every application and we respond, usually within a week.
For warehouse roles, the application path is the same. If email is not how you operate, you are also welcome to walk into the Lenexa facility during business hours and ask for hiring. We will book a time on the spot.
If you are an agency, recruiter, or third party, we do not accept unsolicited submissions. We do all hiring directly.
Contact us
We are happy to answer questions about the role, the team, or what daily life looks like at Warpspeed.