Build the programs to help Flexport grow

The Opportunity:

The service catalog is the system that manages all of the services that Flexport sells, such as ocean, air, trucking, customs services & more. The service catalog is the foundation of Flexports marketplace that powers the buying & pricing experience for our customers.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop products at the forefront of reshaping the entire logistics & supply chain industries. Youll work alongside self-starters interested in solving real-world problems & streamlining the inefficiencies in the complex global trade industry. Youll have the opportunity to reshape an industry by creating the new operating system for global trade.

You Will: 

• Work closely with product managers, designers, business partners to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
• Design & implement systems that represent the real-world intricacies of logistics entities, such as services, rates, charges, quotes, invoices, & pricing.
• Ensure our products maintain a high-quality bar. We believe in anticipating issues by obsessing over metrics & applying key learnings from post-mortems to all our services.
• Onboard & mentor engineers. We believe in structured onboarding & mentoring processes to ensure a smooth transition into the team & then continued development on the team.
• Tackle difficult & subtle system-level issues, emphasizing simplicity & long-lasting designs. As we extract services out of the monolith, we take pride in untangling legacy code & re-building with composability in mind.
• Geek out about marketplaces, prices, quotes, & logistics. (We do this often.)

You Will Build:

• A highly performant search engine to power the service discovery experience for our marketplace. 
• Modeling & building systems to configure the complex services that we sell, their inventory, & their pricing. 
• Products to manage the lifecycle of services, pricing, & inventory.

You Should Have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience writing software, & a strong engineering background.
• The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, designers & engineers alike.
• A desire to develop your tooling repertoire. We are tech-agnostic regarding candidate background, but our platform is built with React, Ruby, Java/Kotlin
• A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it.
• Non-optional: An aptitude for learning quickly.

Our Stack

Our continuous releases are integrated with Buildkite & Github. On the frontend, we create our views with React, manage the flow of data with GraphQL/Relay, & test our application with Jest. On the backend, were in the process of decoupling our monolithic Rails app. We have introduced a few network isolated services using other languages, such as Java, Scala, & Clojure. Our data is persisted in Postgres & MongoDB. Our stack is hosted on AWS using Docker, but we are currently migrating to Kubernetes.

About Flexport

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Thats why its our mission to make it easy & accessible for everyone. Were shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology & exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. 

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, were experiencing record growth & are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions & people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, & the environment? Come join us.

Worried about not having any logistics experience?

Dont be! Our mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. Thats why its important to bring people from diverse backgrounds & experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.

We know this industry is complex. Thats 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. 

At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone relies on having a diverse, dedicated & engaged workforce. That is why Flexport is committed to creating & 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 & mental disability, health status, marital & family status, sexual orientation, gender identity & expression, military & veteran status, & any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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