Software Engineer I

What You'll Do

Hands-On Development

• Write, test, and deploy production-quality code with guidance from senior engineers.
• Build and maintain backend services in Node.js/TypeScript and contribute to React frontends as needed.
• Implement and support message-driven workflows (Kafka/RabbitMQ) using existing patterns and reusable components.
• Improve code quality and maintainability as you deliver features (tests, refactors, documentation).

Infrastructure & Reliability

• Learn how our services are built, deployed, and operated (containers with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform) and make changes to them with mentorship.
• Add and improve observability (logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, alerts) so the systems you touch are easy to reason about in production.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and safe deployment practices (feature flags, staged rollouts, rollbacks).
• Treat operational health as a feature: help tune alerts, reduce toil, and harden the services in your area.

Collaboration & Growth

• Partner with product and business stakeholders to clarify requirements in a complex domain.
• Participate in code reviews (both receiving and giving) and incorporate feedback quickly.
• Learn the team's operational practices: monitoring, alerts, on-call support, and incident follow-ups.
• Grow ownership over time: take on increasingly complex tickets, then small projects, including the infrastructure that supports them.

What We're Looking For

• 1 to 5 years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent).
• Solid engineering fundamentals: debugging, testing, code quality, and clear written communication.
• Familiarity with TypeScript/Node.js/JavaScript (or strong Java/C#/Go experience with willingness to ramp).
• Familiarity with SQL databases (schema basics, writing queries, migrations with guidance).
• Curiosity about how systems run in production (deployment, monitoring, and reliability) and a willingness to dig in.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and incident follow-ups (with support and training).

Bonus Skills

• Hands-on exposure to cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Docker/Kubernetes familiarity.
• CI/CD experience (tests in pipeline, safe deploy patterns, feature flags).
• Experience with observability tooling (Datadog, OpenSearch/ELK, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar): dashboards, alerts, tracing.
• Experience with microservices in production.
• Hands-on exposure to Kafka/RabbitMQ/SQS patterns (retries, DLQs, idempotency), or willingness to learn.
• Comfort working with APIs (REST preferred; GraphQL a plus) and collaborating on contracts.
• Familiarity with React and modern frontend development fundamentals.
• Background in transportation/logistics or complex B2B integrations.

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Flexible Vacation Time (FVT)
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package