Senior Software Engineer - Backend

About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 44 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 227 million freight posts in 2021, and a database of $126 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. DAT is headquartered in Denver, CO. We have a second campus in the Portland, OR area, where we got our start four decades ago, and we have additional offices in Springfield, MO and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

The Opportunity

DAT is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join our team in Denver, CO. 

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will be responsible for designing, building and supporting large-scale, consumer-facing data analytics web applications.  You’ll be part of our engineering organization working with data from our industry dominant network of brokers and carriers to bring actionable insights to our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Build new analytics software that utilizes our data pipelines to provide actionable insights for our customers in the freight industry
• Work across the backend of the stack turning raw data into a well-designed persistence layer and exposing it through a modernized, event-driven suite of capabilities
• Identify, design, and implement improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, creating systems that deliver greater scalability, maintainability and security
• Review functional requirements and analyze their impact on schedule and software design
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and direction to other team members

The Skills You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in a software development role
• Experience with AWS serverless technologies
• Experience with containerization and clustering technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with a variety of programming languages like Java, Python, Node, C++
• Experience working with and coding in relational databases (experience with NoSql databases is nice to have)
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A willingness to learn new technologies and contribute in less experienced areas of the stack 
• Experience working with Angular or other modern JS frameworks is nice to have

For Colorado-based candidates, in compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum salary for this role is $130,000.00 + benefits. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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