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Senior Software Engineer, Marketplace

Flexport

Flexport

Software Engineering
Bellevue, WA, USA
Posted on Friday, January 13, 2023
<h2> <strong>Build the programs to help Flexport grow</strong> </h2> <h2> <strong>The Opportunity:</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">The service catalog is the system that manages all of the services that Flexport sells, such as ocean, air, trucking, customs services and more. The service catalog is the foundation of Flexport’s marketplace that powers the buying and pricing experience for our customers.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop products at the forefront of reshaping the entire logistics &amp; supply chain industries. You’ll work alongside self-starters interested in solving real-world problems and streamlining the inefficiencies in the complex global trade industry. You’ll have the opportunity to reshape an industry by creating the new operating system for global trade.</span> </p> <h2> <strong>You will:</strong> </h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work closely with product managers, designers, business partners to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Design and implement systems that represent the real-world intricacies of logistics entities, such as services, rates, charges, quotes, invoices, and pricing.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ensure our products maintain a high-quality bar. We believe in anticipating issues by obsessing over metrics and applying key learnings from post-mortems to all our services.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Onboard and mentor engineers. We believe in structured onboarding and mentoring processes to ensure a smooth transition into the team and then continued development on the team.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Tackle difficult and subtle system-level issues, emphasizing simplicity and long-lasting designs. As we extract services out of the monolith, we take pride in untangling legacy code and re-building with composability in mind.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Geek out about marketplaces, prices, quotes, and logistics. (We do this often.)</span></li> </ul> <h2> <strong>You will build:</strong> </h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A highly performant search engine to power the service discovery experience for our marketplace.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Modeling and building systems to configure the complex services that we sell, their inventory, and their pricing.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Products to manage the lifecycle of services, pricing, and inventory.</span></li> </ul> <h2> <strong>You should have:</strong> </h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">5+ years of experience writing software, and a strong engineering background.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, designers and engineers alike.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A desire to develop your tooling repertoire. We are tech-agnostic regarding candidate background, but our platform is built with React, Ruby, Java/Kotlin</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Non-optional: An aptitude for learning quickly.</span></li> </ul> <h2> <strong>Our Stack</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Our continuous releases are integrated with Buildkite and Github. On the frontend, we create our views with React, manage the flow of data with GraphQL/Relay, and test our application with Jest. On the backend, we’re in the process of decoupling our monolithic Rails app. We have introduced a few network isolated services using other languages, such as Java, Scala, and Clojure. Our data is persisted in Postgres and MongoDB. Our stack is hosted on AWS using Docker, but we are currently migrating to Kubernetes.</span> </p> <h2> <strong>Engineering Culture and Values</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Check out our </span> <a href="http://www.keyvalues.com/flexport"> <span style="font-weight:400;">Key Values</span> </a> <span style="font-weight:400;"> profile.</span> </p> <h2> <strong>About Flexport</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make it easy and accessible for everyone. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. At a valuation of $8 billion, we’re experiencing record growth and are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us.</span> </p> <h2> <strong>Worried about not having any logistics experience?</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Don’t be! Our mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. That’s why it’s important to bring people from</span> <a href="https://www.flexport.com/careers/diversity-and-inclusion"> <span style="font-weight:400;"> diverse backgrounds and experiences</span> </a> <span style="font-weight:400;"> together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">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.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. That is why Flexport is committed to creating and nurturing an environment where anyone can be their authentic self. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.</span> </p> <p></p>
Flexport is an equal opportunity employer.
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