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.
The opportunity:
Exceptional software development is integral to our mission of making global trade easy for everyone. As an engineering manager in the Trucking organization, you’ll build an industry-leading automated marketplace for trucking capacity, finding the right carrier, for the right price, every time. Your team will own a broad suite of products, including best-in-class fraud detection and carrier vetting, automated carrier onboarding and performance management, an offer feed that uses cutting edge recommendations and relevance models, an automated marketplace that leverages machine learning models that optimize and negotiate rates with carriers, and carrier payments. You will work alongside other self-starters to solve real-world problems, streamline inefficiencies, help freight brokers and carriers grow their businesses, and ultimately transform the trucking industry for the better. Finally, you will be part of the engineering leadership team at Flexport and help shape the growth of the broader engineering organization
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You will:
- Build the Convoy Platform carrier marketplace, including carrier app, automated auctions, carrier vetting and performance monitoring, carrier contracts, and carrier payments.
- Build and lead a productive, healthy software engineering team
- Own and drive operational excellence for the Convoy app and other carrier tech products
- Craft the architectural strategy and own the technical landscape for the Carrier Tech domain
- Work closely with business partners, data science managers, 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.
- Collaborate with business partners, data science managers, and product managers to build a long term product roadmap and grow our customer base.
- Geek out about trucking and logistics. (We do this often.)
You should have:
- 8+ years of experience developing software (including management)
- 2+ years of management experience
- Experience hiring and building healthy and productive software engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to grow and develop software engineering talent
- Experience setting technical vision and roadmap for a team
- Track record of ideating, planning, executing and reflecting on multi-month initiatives
- 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 excellence
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience managing full-stack application teams.
- Experience working in a cross-functional team with product, design, and data.
- Experience developing distributed systems.
- Strong ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, and engineers alike.
- A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it.
- An aptitude for learning. The global logistics industry is vast and complex, we will never stop learning
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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