Flexport is hiring a
Software Engineer I

Summary

Join Flexport, a platform for global trade, and contribute to shaping the future of an $8.6T industry with innovative technology and exceptional people. As a software engineer, you'll develop products that are at the forefront of reshaping the entire logistics & 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.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience writing software, and a strong engineering background
• Knowledge of at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, Java, or Kotlin
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Build highly available, secure, distributed systems in a microservice architecture
• Design, develop, test and maintain systems that represent the real-world intricacies of logistics entities, such as shipper, client, cargo, document, carrier, container, email etc
• Collaborate with some of the best engineers in the industry to work on complex business and technical problems
• Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally. We ship to production dozens of times per day
• 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
• Geek out about shipping and logistics. (We do this often.)

Preferred Qualifications

• A love of simple, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break
• A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operations
• Non-optional: an aptitude for learning quickly