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Flexport Software Engineer II, Client App in Bellevue, Washington
About Flexport:
At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. 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.
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 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.
Build a next-level global supply chain management platform
The opportunity
Our mission on Client App is to make the already best-in-class platform for logistics even better, so our clients can easily, efficiently, and effectively understand where their goods are, what actions they need to take now to fix problems and keep things moving, and what future risks they may want to investigate.
Today, we're building the next generation of our application for users managing thousands of active shipments on top of a brand new freight data layer that ingests and consolidates customer-facing supply chain data from a wide range of sources (Flexport and non-Flexport), normalizes and validates it, then serves it to our UIs / APIs / reports alike to give customers a consistent, fast, accurate experience across the platform.
We are a proactive, strong engineering team with many members joined from the top tech companies, here you will find the best mix of vigorous engineering process and the flexibility to work in a startup environment, and have the opportunities to build the features that are truly industry changing!
About the team:
At Flexport, our Client App team is part of the FFA organization whose goal is to revolutionize the global logistics industry and provide the best in class experience for our customers. Today Flexport provides a world-class online platform that helps major household name brands coordinate the movement of their goods through complex supply chains stretching around the world. From shoes and clothing to building materials and smart devices, we move it all between thousands of factories and ports around the world into their stores, warehouses, and construction sites.
While today companies in the old world are stuck using emails, spreadsheets, and fragmented, clunky UIs, we're building an end-to-end platform that puts their entire supply chain in one place.
*This role is based in Bellevue, WA and requires in person attendance 3 times a week with flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week.
You will
Build the features to provide our clients with the best in class user experience.
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.
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.
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.)
You should have
3+ years of experience writing software, and a strong engineering background.
2+ years of design and architecture knowledge as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis and design patterns (OOA/OOD)
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
Preferred Qualifications
Have experience with React, Ruby or MongoDB
Have experience with the AWS tech stack
Embrace not working only in a strictly defined swimlane, but jumping in to fix problems in areas where ownership is ambiguous and advocating for the customer across teams.
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The US base salary range for this position: (exclusive of bonus, equity and benefits.)
$147,000—$183,750 USD
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible 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.
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