Senior Software Engineer Flexport
Chicago, IL

Job Description

Build the programs to help Flexport grow The opportunity:

Flexport helps more than 10,000 clients and suppliers lead all aspects of their supply chain operations. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B from investors that include SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, GV, First Round Capital and Y Combinator.

With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base and we're excited to continue building a product and service they love. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you're guaranteed to share your day with committed, encouraging, and resourceful team members.

You will:

* Craft the engineering vision, and own the technical landscape, for a major domain in the world of logistics that powers global trade.
* Design systems that represent the real-world intricacies of logistics entities, such as cargo, routing, customs, and pricing.
* Work closely with business partners and product managers to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
* Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally. We ship to production dozens of times per day.
* Geek out about shipping and logistics. (We do this often.)

What you'll build:

* Figure out the most efficient way to pack our 747 freighter.
* Determine, in real time, the cost to move freight between any two points in the world.
* Automate archaic filing processes and save the operations team thousands of phone calls per week.
* Manage and track fleets of trucks as they pick up and deliver cargo.
* Deliver supply chain insights to logistics teams via a world-class analytics experience.
* Predict capacity on container ships and match cargo to space on those ships.
* Bring trade to everyone in the world.

You should have:

* 5+ years of experience writing software, and a strong engineering background.
* A love of simple, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break.
* The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, and engineers alike.
* A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it.
* Optional: experience in Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, React, Modern JavaScript, and/or Flow.
* Non-optional: an aptitude for learning quickly.

Our stack:

Our continuous releases are integrated with Buildkite and Github. On the frontend, we use React for the views, fetch data with GraphQL/Relay, and test our application with Jest. On the backend, we're a Rails shop riding on AWS and Postgres RDS. Our staging server infrastructure is written in Python.

Engineering Culture and Values:

Check out our Key Values profile.

About Flexport:

We believe global trade can move the human race forward. That's why it's our mission to make global trade easier for everyone. We aim to do this by building the Operating System for Global trade - a strategic model combining advanced technology and data analytics, logistics infrastructure, and supply chain expertise. Flexport today connects almost 10,000 clients and suppliers across 109 countries, including established global brands like Georgia-Pacific as well as emerging innovators like Sonos. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, GV, First Round Capital and Y Combinator. We're excited about the three big ways we're moving forward after our recent $1B investment from SoftBank Vision Fund in February 2019.

Worried about not having any freight forwarding experience?

* Don't be! We're building the first Operating System for Global Trade. That's why it's incredibly important for us to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the freight forwarding industry forward.
* What's freight forwarding and why does it matter? Freight forwarding is the coordination and shipment of goods from one place to another and it's what makes global trade possible. Flexport is on a mission to make global trade easier for everyone because we believe it can help connect the world and break down economic barriers.
* We know this industry is complex. That's why we invest in education starting day one with Flexport Academy, a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.