2 months ago
Base Salary
$183k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Embed at client sites to map supply chain processes, audit legacy systems, identify financial leaks, and translate operational constraints into technical architectures.
- Design and build customer applications, internal tools, APIs, data pipelines, decision-support systems, and workflow automations integrating with enterprise systems.
- Build and deploy production-grade AI applications, agentic LLM workflows, and decision engines.
- Apply optimization algorithms and analytical methods to routing, mode selection, inventory positioning, container utilization, consolidation, and exception prioritization.
- Own 90-day deployment sprints from discovery and architecture through production deployment, operator adoption, and verified ROI measurement.
- Partner with Product and Platform Engineering teams to turn custom client solutions into reusable platform capabilities.
- Work with logistics teams at ports, cross-docks, and client sites to validate software, train users, and ensure adoption.
- Communicate technical trade-offs, architecture, and financial outcomes to client technical leaders and C-suite executives.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing or mission-critical applications.
- Experience with Python, TypeScript/React, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, relational databases, and event-driven architectures.
- Ability to build and integrate AI/ML solutions, including LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, machine learning models, or mathematical optimization solvers.
- Strong skills in data modeling, ETL pipeline transformations, API integrations, and event-driven workflows across complex enterprise architectures.
- Ability to work on-site with executive stakeholders and frontline operators, reason through ambiguous operational problems, and deliver measurable financial or operational impact.
- Willingness to travel to customer headquarters and logistics sites as needed.
- Preferred experience in global supply chain, freight, customs, warehousing, inventory management, trade financing, operations research, enterprise implementation, or roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Consultant, or Founding Engineer.
Benefits
- Medical and dental benefits
- Flexible time off
- Bonus and equity are included in the total rewards package
- San Francisco, CA location with up to 50% travel required
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Flexport
Flexport builds a cloud-based platform for freight forwarding and customs brokerage, combining ocean, air, and truck booking with shipment tracking and analytics for importers and exporters. It earns fees for logistics services and provides supply chain visibility software that integrates with warehousing and trade compliance workflows. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company operates globally across major trade lanes.