Software Engineer II - Infrastructure

The opportunity: 

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make it easy and accessible for everyone. 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’re 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.

Flexport is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to help Flexport establish itself as the most trusted company in the global trade ecosystem. As an Infrastructure Engineer, you have a breadth of knowledge across the multitude of technologies and processes that underlie and support a production website under rapid development by many product teams.

You will:

• Partner with other engineers on the infrastructure team to continuously improve existing systems and processes.
• Support and converge a diverse set of development and production platforms, including Buildkite, CircleCI, Github Actions, ECS, k8s, AWS Lambdas, local dev, remote dev, and shared dev.
• Maintain awareness of the full landscape of infrastructure and developer experience tools and methodologies.
• Create a culture of transparency, information sharing, and collaboration through the development of excellent documentation, mentoring of junior team members, and living Flexport’s values.
• Participate in an oncall rotation to respond to critical incidents.

You should have:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years of infrastructure engineering experience supporting product development and engineering teams in a fast-paced global environment.
• 3+ years of software development experience building tools in languages such as Typescript, Node, Java, or Ruby.
• Familiarity with developer tools including source code and artifacts management, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration automation with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc)
• Experience with IaaS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, containers, and service-oriented architectures.
• Excellence in problem-solving, strategic thinking, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to connect with empathy when deliverin

Worried about not having any logistics experience? 

Don’t be! Our mission is to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. That’s why it’s important to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.

We know this industry is complex. That’s 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.