Software Engineer I

At Flexport we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Thats why its our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. Were shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse 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. 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.

Flexport is a platform for global trade in an industry that comprises 12% of the global GDP. We are the first licensed freight forwarder and customs brokerage built around a modern tech stack. We help the worlds fastest-growing brands manage their international supply chains providing a fully-managed service for moving products between any two places on the planet.

Exceptional software development is integral in allowing us to fulfill our mission of fixing the user experience in global trade. At Flexport youll develop products that are at the forefront of reshaping the entire logistics & supply chain industries. Youll work alongside self-starters interested in solving real-world problems and streamlining the inefficiencies in the complex global trade industry. Youll have the opportunity to reshape an industry by creating the new operating system for global trade.

Our engineers are top-notch software developers who love listening to the users working as a team and proactively taking the lead whenever necessary. The role involves learning the business of freight forwarding modeling the work that people do to move freight designing solutions to make it more efficient and thinking innovatively to automate much of this role you will have an opportunity to own the design and development of key parts of our forwarding systems. You will have influence on subsystem design and help contribute to a team culture around practices that are critical to a quality product.

We have multiple teams in Shanghai and Shenzhen working on a suite of core products and services that enable Flexport operation to scale including Forwarding Application Client Application Shipper Application WMS Consol Planning Tool Document Platform (AI empowered) Email Platform Compliance Platform Work Assignment Engine Exception Management AI Copilot and so on. We are looking for engineers who love learning are passionate about collaborating and desire to build solutions with a global impact.

• Build highly available secure distributed systems in a microservice architecture.
• 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.)

Basic Qualifications

• 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
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• A love of simple well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break.
• A bias for action. When you see a problem you solve it.
• The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners product managers and engineers alike.
• Experience building large scale high-performance systems in a complex multi-tiered distributed environment
• Understanding of performance tradeoffs load balancing and operational issues
• 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
• Non-optional: an aptitude for learning quickly.

• Check out our Key Values profile.

At Flexport we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Were shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse 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 were experiencing record growth and 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.

• Dont be! Were building the first Operating System for Global Trade. Thats why its incredibly important for us to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the freight forwarding industry forward.
• Whats freight forwarding and why does it matter Freight forwarding is the coordination and shipment of goods from one place to another and its what makes global trade possible. Flexport is on a mission to make global trade easier for everyone because we believe it can help connect the world and break down economic barriers.
• We know this industry is complex. Thats why we invest in education starting day one with Flexport Academy a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success.

At Flexport our ability to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone 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.