Staff Software Engineer - Public API

Flexport is a freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to make global trade easier for everyone. We are solving complex problems on a global scale, and disrupting a multi-trillion dollar industry that has remained stubbornly unchanged.

With 13 offices on three continents, we help the world's fastest growing brands manage their international supply chains, providing a fully-managed service for moving goods between any two places on the planet.

Exceptional software development is integral in allowing us to fulfill our mission of making global trade easier for everyone. At Flexport you’ll develop systems that are at the forefront of reshaping the entire logistics & supply chain industries. 

• Model the complex global freight domain. Design our public API to help our customers integrate with Flexport and automate their supply chain.
• Be responsible for the API framework that helps build essential features like API versioning and expansion.
• Build platform services that help Flexport engineering teams build enterprise-grade solutions, including services like,
• A webhook system that allows external clients to be notified when a significant event occurs in the Flexport ecosystem.
• A metadata service that allows external clients to add their own custom attributes to Flexport API objects.
• Secure access control layers governing permissions to specific data and operations
• Enhanced observability and real-time telemetry for API platform team and API publishers
• Work closely with business partners and product managers to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
• Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally. We ship to production dozens of times per day.
• Geek out about shipping, invoicing, customs regulations and logistics. (We do this often.)
• Enhancements to Flexport’s public APIs, webhooks and developer ecosystem while figuring out the most efficient way for our customers and partners to participate in the process of moving freight across borders.
• Design and build APIs and webhooks which enable deep, secure, scalable, complex integrations with customers, government agencies and partners.
• Automate archaic logistics processes saving operations teams thousands of phone calls per week.
• Deliver supply chain API insights to teams via a world-class analytics experience.
• Create beautiful and efficient domain models for the incredibly complex world of freight forwarding.
• Bring trade to everyone in the world.

• Minimum 10+ years of experience writing software, building RESTful APIs and strong engineering background.
• A love of simple, high-quality, secure, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break.
• The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, designers and engineers alike.
• A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it.
• A desire to develop your tooling repertoire. We are tech-agnostic regarding candidate background, but our platform is built with Ruby.
• Preferred: experience in Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL
• Optional: React, Modern Javascript, Node.js, Java, Clojure, Apigee, Kong, API gateway management
• Non-optional: an aptitude for learning quickly, customer success

Our continuous releases are integrated with Buildkite and Github. On the frontend, we create our views with React, manage the flow of data with GraphQL/Relay, and test our application with Jest. On the backend, we’re in the process of decoupling our monolithic Rails app and introducing services using other languages, such as Java, Node.js and Clojure. Our data is persisted in mostly Postgres and Redis. Our stack is hosted on AWS using Docker. Enterprise Integrations are built with Dell Boomi.

Don’t be! Our mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. That’s why it’s important to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.

We know this industry is complex. That’s why we invest in education starting day one with Flexport Academy, a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success. 

At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. That is why Flexport is committed to creating and nurturing an environment where anyone can be their authentic self. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about what our tech teams have been up to, head to the Engineering Blog.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.