Software Engineer II
Build and own backend systems that model complex logistics workflows within a secure, highly available microservice architecture. The role requires 3+ years of software development experience, architectural design knowledge, and proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build highly available, secure, distributed systems in a microservice architecture.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain systems representing logistics entities such as shippers, clients, cargo, documents, carriers, containers, and email.
- Collaborate with engineers on complex business and technical problems.
- Work with business partners and product managers to turn complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
- Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally, with frequent production deployments.
- Maintain a high quality bar by monitoring metrics and applying lessons from post-mortems.
Requirements
- 3+ years of software development experience and a strong engineering background.
- 2+ years of design and architecture experience, with familiarity with object-oriented analysis, design, and patterns.
- Knowledge of at least one programming language, such as Ruby, C, C++, Java, or Kotlin.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with professional software engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, continuous deployment, testing, and operations.
- Ability to learn quickly and communicate technical ideas to business partners, product managers, and engineers.
Nice to Have
- Experience building large-scale, high-performance systems in complex, multi-tiered, distributed environments.
- Understanding of performance tradeoffs, load balancing, and operational issues.
- Interest in writing simple, well-tested, extensible code.
- Bias for action and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
Skills
Ruby, C, C++, Java, Kotlin, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Object-Oriented Design, Load Balancing, Continuous Deployment, Source Control, Testing, Post-Mortems
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