Sr. Software Engineer - Backend

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Architect and develop efficient, maintainable, and scalable software applications and services.
• Apply secure coding practices with careful consideration of security, dependencies, and risk mitigation.
• Evaluate how changes affect other modules, applications, and distributed systems across the broader technology environment.
• Lead large and complex projects from inception through delivery while collaborating with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Define architecture for cross-team initiatives and remain accountable for delivering complex workstreams.
• Create, organize, and assign technical tasks required to complete large-scale projects.
• Work with complex version-control environments, including concurrent branches and multi-branch merges.
• Perform unit and integration testing in deployment environments to validate implementations against requirements.
• Identify gaps in existing testing methodologies and recommend improved frameworks or approaches.
• Provide implementation and production support to Business Analysts and Technical Support teams, contributing to the diagnosis and resolution of complex issues.
• Act as a technical specialist when complex matters require detailed evaluation and analysis of multiple variables.
• Support project leadership with work estimates, staffing requirements, interviews, and software development schedules.
• Mentor junior software engineers and contribute to the development of engineering best practices.
• Work independently to deliver increasingly complex projects in environments with ambiguity and evolving requirements.

Requirements:

• Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a directly related field.
• 3+ years of experience with Golang.
• 3+ years of experience with Go FX, Thrift, gRPC, Bazel, Message Queues, Grafana, ELK, MySQL, GORM, Go-sqlmock, Goland, VS Code, and Shell Scripting.
• 2+ years of experience with Redis, Phabricator, Sourcegraph, the Zap logging framework, M3 metrics, and Yarpc.
• 2+ years of experience working in a transportation or logistics environment.
• 2+ years of experience with React or AngularJS web development frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, testing, and scalable application development.
• Experience working with secure coding practices, dependency management, risk mitigation, and production software quality.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technical issues and identify effective solutions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead complex projects, make architecture decisions, and independently manage work with increasing levels of ambiguity.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical direction.
• Experience with project estimation, task planning, delivery coordination, and resource planning is valuable.
• Experience may be gained concurrently.
• Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, with three days per week in the Chicago, Illinois office and up to two days working from home.
• Must reside within commuting distance of the Chicago, Illinois office.

Benefits:

• Salary range of $184,993–$211,550 per year.
• Hybrid work arrangement with up to two days working from home per week.
• Company-sponsored health plan.
• Dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) matching.
• Financial wellness and mental wellness benefits.
• Parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Eligibility for performance or sales incentive bonus programs, depending on the role.
• Potential participation in equity awards.
• Additional compensation opportunities depending on the role.