Staff Fullstack Engineer

At FourKites we have the opportunity to tackle complex challenges with real-world impacts. Whether it’s medical supplies from Cardinal Health or groceries for Walmart, the FourKites platform helps customers operate global supply chains that are efficient, agile and sustainable.

Join a team of curious problem solvers that celebrates differences, leads with empathy and values inclusivity. 

 In this role, you will get an opportunity to work on features end to end (backend & frontend) using the latest technologies such as Java, GoLang, Angular, React, Redis, PostgreSQL. You will develop products that can change the logistics landscape and will be used by some of the biggest corporations in the world. You will develop integrations with our strategic partners to help expand our ecosystem.You will work closely with the Engineering team, Product Managers and Designers in helping our customers have best in class user experience.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Understand the on-going work and priorities within the team and help plan for the upcoming tasks within the sprint and beyond. 
• Partner with the product team to understand the problem space, the competitive landscape and constraints and help deliver engineering solutions that work both for the customer and FourKites 
• Participate in design/code reviews, collaborate, provide direction and implement features. 
• Lead by example in writing high quality secure code, improve test coverage and ensure performance and observability 
• Mentor junior team members 
• Analyze and drive product requirements 
• Architect and design product features for scale and maintainability 
• Lead in the design, implementation, and deployment of successful systems and services
• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems 
• Implement code with very high coverage of unit tests and component tests 
• Perform design and code reviews 
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions 
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations 
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, security, scalability, architecture, and   best practices 
• Software development of high quality/availability core systems 
• Cross-training peers and mentoring teammates 
•  Document HLD/LLD for easy knowledge sharing and future scaling 

 Who you are:

• 8-12 years of Full Stack development with experience designing, integrating, and developing distributed applications in Java, Go or other high-performance languages 
• Strong understanding of Java, Spring Framework, and object-oriented programming principles
• Good knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Hands-on Experience with front end technologies like Angular, React, Node.js, Typescript etc.
• Expertise in Modern MVC, Micro Front-End Architecture and Micro services
• Experience with cluster and container orchestration systems such as Docker, Mesos, Marathon, Salt or Kubernetes. 
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies. 
• Experience with industry, open-source projects and/or academic research in large-data, parallel and distributed systems. 
• Experience with Service design, systems engineering, API Design and versioning 
• Understanding of Design Patterns, Server less computing, cloud first architecture, TDD, BDD, CI/CD, Integration Patterns 
• Experience with at least one NoSQL and SQL database 
• Hands on experience in full stack development. Willingness to code. 

Good to have :

• Good Java background 
• Experience building distributed systems using Kafka. Strong grasp of fundamental concepts of Kafka, ZooKeeper and building producer and consumer applications using Kafka 
• Familiarity writing and optimizing advanced SQL queries 
• Experience in end to end development of a product 
• Domain Driven design 
• Good Linux/UNIX systems knowledge
• AWS compute and storage PaaS services. AWS certified solutions architect is nice to have. 

Who we are:

FourKites® is the #1 supply chain visibility platform in the world, extending visibility beyond transportation into yards, warehouses, stores and beyond. Tracking more than 2.5 million shipments daily across road, rail, ocean, air, parcel and courier, and reaching over 185 countries, FourKites combines real-time data and powerful machine learning to help companies digitize their end-to-end supply chains. More than 1,000 of the world’s most recognized brands — including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 food and beverage companies — trust FourKites to transform their business and create more agile, efficient and sustainable supply chains.  

FourKites provides competitive compensation with stock options, outstanding benefits and a collaborative culture for all employees around the globe. To help you be your best, we have 5 global recharge days, in addition to standard holidays, and a hybrid, flexible approach to work. Parental leave for all parents, an annual wellness stipend and volunteer days also provide you with time and resources for self care and to care for others. Throughout the year, FourKites sets aside time during the workday to learn and celebrate diversity. And we're always listening for new ways to support everyone in and out of the office. 

Benefits 

• Medical benefits start on first day of employment
• 36 PTO days( Sick, Casual and Earned) , 5 recharge days, 2 volunteer days 
• Home Office setups and Technology reimbursement
• Lifestyle & Family benefits 
• Annual Swags/ Festive Swags
• Ongoing learning & development opportunities ( Professional development program, Toast Master club etc.)