Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Services

Enable Flexport to become the most trusted company in global trade.

 

The Opportunity:

Flexport helps more than 10,000 clients and suppliers lead all aspects of their supply chain operations. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B from investors that include the Founders Fund, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Y Combinator, Wells Fargo, & Softbank. 

 

With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base and we’re excited to continue building a product and service they love. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you’re guaranteed to share your day with committed, encouraging, and resourceful team members. 

 

Flexport is looking for a staff software engineer to help drive the agenda for the Cloud Services team that supports our freight forwarding platform. This team is responsible for a critical set of enabling services and technologies including DNS, IP address management, cloud governance for AWS, GCP, and Azure, environment build-outs, some account management, and collaborating with security operations on a variety of defensive measures.

You Will:

• Create sustainable, automated systems and services allowing the business to scale and accelerate
• Develop and execute a vision that drives high service levels and accountability for these services
• Help inspire a world class team, providing growth opportunities and mentorship for junior employees
• Liaise and partner with developers, compliance, SRE, developer experience, security and other teams
• Advise teams on cloud networking implementations, capacity planning, and cost efficiency

You Should Have:

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer building solutions for large-scale SaaS services
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying scalable cloud-based Infrastructure on AWS
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, especially CloudFormation, Python, and Terraform
• Solid understanding of network fundamentals, particularly AWS and Kubernetes
• Production-level experience with Kubernetes and container-based infrastructure
• Experience with monitoring tools like DataDog, Grafana, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail
• Excellence in problem-solving, strategic thinking, and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills

 

Where you’ll work:

This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

 

Culture & Values

• Learn more at www.keyvalues.com/flexport

About Flexport:

We believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global trade easier for everyone. We aim to do this by building the Operating System for Global trade - a strategic model combining advanced technology and data analytics, logistics infrastructure, and supply chain expertise. Flexport today connects almost 10,000 clients and suppliers across 109 countries, including established global brands like Georgia-Pacific as well as emerging innovators like Sonos. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, GV, First Round Capital and Y Combinator. We’re excited about the three big ways we’re moving forward after our recent $1B investment from SoftBank Vision Fund in February 2019.

Worried about not having any freight forwarding experience?

• Don’t be! We’re building the first Operating System for Global Trade. That’s why it’s incredibly important for us to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the freight forwarding industry forward.
• What’s freight forwarding and why does it matter? Freight forwarding is the coordination and shipment of goods from one place to another and it’s what makes global trade possible. Flexport is on a mission to make global trade easier for everyone because we believe it can help connect the world and break down economic barriers.
• 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 ever