6 days ago
Base Salary
$183k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Travel to 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 integrated with client ERP, WMS, and TMS 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, user adoption, and verified ROI measurement.
- Partner with Product and Platform Engineering to turn field-tested client solutions into reusable platform capabilities.
- Validate software in live logistics workflows, train operators, and drive lasting adoption.
- Communicate system architecture, technical trade-offs, 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.
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing or mission-critical applications.
- Experience with Python, TypeScript/React, SQL, REST or GraphQL APIs, relational databases, and event-driven architectures.
- Demonstrated 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 with messy real-world data, operational dependencies, and economic trade-offs in ambiguous environments.
- Track record of autonomous end-to-end project delivery with measurable financial or operational impact.
- Willingness to work on-site with clients, frontline operators, and executive stakeholders and to travel as needed.
- Bonus qualifications include global supply chain or logistics domain knowledge, operations research experience, enterprise implementation experience, or prior experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Consultant, or Founding Engineer.
Benefits
- Medical and dental benefits are offered.
- Flexible time off is offered.
- The role is based in San Francisco, California.
- Up to 50% travel to customer headquarters and logistics sites is required.
- Bonus and equity are included in the total rewards package.
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About Flexport
Our mission is to make global trade so easy that there will be more of it.