Software Engineer I

About DAT

DAT Freight & Analytics is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of freight and logistics innovation for nearly five decades. Founded in 1978, DAT operates the largest freight marketplace in North America — processing 250 million+ load posts annually and maintaining one of the largest repositories of freight market transaction data in the world. On a defined path to $1 billion in revenue, DAT deploys a suite of software solutions, machine learning models, and intelligent automation tools that help brokers, carriers, and shippers price freight accurately, source capacity, reduce risk, and operate more efficiently. With nearly 700 teammates across offices in Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Springfield, MO; Toronto, ON; and Bangalore, India, DAT combines the credibility of a multi-decade market leader with the drive of a company that is not done disrupting the industry it helped build. For more information, visit www.DAT.com

 

Job Application Deadline: 06/30/2026

 

The Opportunity

As an Frontend Software Engineer I, you'll work alongside experienced engineers to help build and maintain our customer-facing products. You'll contribute to real features that impact our users while developing your skills across the full frontend lifecycle. This role is a great fit for an early-career engineer who is curious, collaborative, and excited to learn how complex data and workflows get translated into intuitive interfaces — with plenty of support and mentorship along the way.

What You’ll Do

• Design and Development: Contribute to the design, building, and maintenance of performant, accessible, and responsive web applications using our core frontend stack and frameworks, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Component Ownership: Build and maintain UI components following established design system patterns, with attention to cross-browser compatibility and accessibility standards.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and engineers to translate requirements and design specs into production-ready interfaces.
• Quality Assurance: Write unit and integration tests, participate in code reviews, and develop good habits around code quality, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Observability: Learn and apply frontend monitoring practices using tools like Datadog to understand performance metrics and production health.
• Incident Management: Support the response and resolution of frontend-related production incidents under the guidance of more senior team members, and contribute to root cause analysis.

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• 0–2 years of frontend development experience, including internships, coursework projects, or personal projects that demonstrate an ability to build and ship working software.
• Foundational knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, with a willingness to deepen your understanding of modern language features and tooling.
• Some experience with at least one modern frontend framework such as Angular, React, or web components.
• Exposure to or curiosity about component libraries and design systems.
• Basic understanding of how frontend applications communicate with backend services via REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Awareness of or interest in cloud deployment concepts; prior exposure to AWS (e.g., CloudFront, S3) is a plus.
• Openness to learning containerization basics, including Docker, as part of a modern development workflow.
• Familiarity with or eagerness to learn frontend monitoring tools like Datadog.
• An emerging awareness of web performance, browser rendering, and accessibility (WCAG) principles.
• A collaborative, curious communicator who asks good questions and is receptive to feedback.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience — bootcamp graduates and self-taught engineers are welcome to apply.

 

 

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set o