About the company Our client is a shipping container visibility and audit platform, providing transparency and efficiency to the multi-trillion dollar logistics industry. They help customers, ranging from the largest brands in the world to solo truckers, uncover unfair charges and avoid inefficiencies. Users have saved hundreds of millions in fees to date, and the company is just getting started.
They are a remote-first company with a critical mass of people who often work out of offices in LA and NYC. The product engineering team is looking for another backend engineer to join their ranks, continuing their disruption of a technologically antiquated industry.
About the team The Eagle team is responsible for building out data pipelines and ensuring the accuracy of data. This small but mighty team currently consists of 3 engineers and 1 data scientist. They collaborate closely to drive the technology and infrastructure that powers the company’s product delivery, always aiming for precision and efficiency in their work.
What will you do? As the Lead Backend Engineer of the Eagle team, you will be building the platform technology and infrastructure that drives product delivery. Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other software engineers
- Translating product requirements and technical designs into well-engineered, low-defect, robust code
- Researching new technologies and methodologies to improve architecture, software components, user experience, and development processes
- Leading a team of 3-4 engineers and 1 data scientist, taking complete ownership of the features you work on, and ensuring successful product delivery
- Overseeing the design and implementation of web scraping solutions, as well as the overall system architecture and infrastructure to ensure scalability and robustness
What are we looking for? We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic senior engineer to join the team and grow the product offering. If you are a results-driven software engineering leader with a passion for driving measurable business outcomes, we want to hear from you!
Requirements:
- 5+ years of Python development experience, ideally with Django. Typescript experience is valued as well.
- Experienced in data sourcing technologies (external APIs, web-scraping, EDI files, etc.) and building data management platforms
- Proven leadership qualities and the ability to take complete ownership of the features you work on
- Proven ability to manage and lead a team, perform and oversee complex tasks, and prioritize multiple tasks based on overall strategic goals
- Strong knowledge of data modeling, building pipelines, and ETL processes
Nice to have:
- Interest and/or experience in logistics and/or supply chain
- Start-up experience
- Experience working on cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
Compensation
- Salary: $170k - $220k (salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location)
- Perks: Medical benefits + unlimited PTO
- Fun perks: Flexible and international environment
- Support/Community: Enjoy being a member of a Y Combinator company!