Lead Engineer, Software Engineering

Solutions driven success.

XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO Logistics, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.

As the Lead Engineer, Software Engineering, you will develop new, complex software components, and modifications to and in support of existing production software. You will work with technical leads to develop software artifacts satisfies business needs. On our team, you'll have the support to excel at work and the resources to build a career you can be proud of.

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and the opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Design and develop new software by applying techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis that satisfies the objectives stated in business requirements.
• Follow best practices set by technical Leads and techniques and XPO standardized processes that deliver improved software solutions.
• Be available for testing/support on scheduled deployment dates that are designated by the standardized change management process.
• Evaluate and select process and logic patterns, programming language constructs, data storage methods, and operating environment interfaces that effectively satisfy business requirements and quantifiable measures; develop appropriate programs and systems documentation per established department standards.
• Collaborate with tech leads, architects, systems engineers, project managers, systems administrators, and operations analysts to deploy and implement solutions, and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment and collaborate with developers to manage code releases.
• Participate in collaborative code reviews conducted with colleagues and team members; coordinate the deployment and implementation of software solutions.
• Be available for production application deployment and troubleshooting off hours and/or on an on-call basis.

What you need to succeed at XPO:

At a minimum, you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in CS, MIS or a related technical field, or equivalent work or military experience
• 4 years of experience in IT solutions development with strong knowledge of the software development life cycle

It'd be great if you also have:

• 8 years of experience in software solutions development preferably in the transportation and logistics industry.
• Experience with .NET frameworks
• Experience using Jira or other project management software
• Experience consuming REST APIs
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting system requirements.
• Experience in working under multiple operating systems like Windows, UNIX (Sun Solaris and Linux) and UNIX Shell scripting
• Experience in production support activities by monitoring and troubleshooting production issues.
• Experience in software configuration management using GIT and Enterprise Git Hub
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, troubleshooting and communication skills

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We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.

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