Senior Software Engineer
Published on March 16, 2024
Roadie, a UPS Company, is a logistics management and crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie works with businesses of all sizes to enable same-day and local next-day delivery in passenger vehicles across the U.S. With more than 200,000 drivers nationwide, Roadie reaches more than 20,000 zip codes – the largest local same-day delivery footprint in the nation.
Roadie, a UPS Company, is a logistics management and crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie offers businesses fast, flexible and asset-light logistics solutions for last-mile delivery. Roadie enables local delivery to more than 95% of U.S. households by providing access to more than 200,000 independent drivers nationwide – allowing businesses to offer their customers delivery optionality for almost any industry, from airlines to artisans.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work to create technology solving real-world problems in the crowdsourced delivery space. Your work will evolve the architecture and design of the backend frameworks to meet the ever-increasing scalability and performance requirements. The ideal candidate has deep technical experience, thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to do more than write code.
What You’ll Do
- Play an integral role in the development, design, testing, and maintenance of Roadie’s platform APIs and services
- Work across the engineering team to refactor existing systems and architect new features and solutions at scale
- Partner with Engineering leadership to scope and define work across the team
- Apply experience and knowledge of industry best practices to support and continuously improve the performance, efficiency, and maintainability of existing applications
- Lead by example and mentor developers in all aspects of planning, development and testing
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Data Science team members, providing a voice in backend architectural design decisions
- Contribute to establishing and improving software engineering best practices
Technology We're Using Now
- Backend: Go, Ruby on Rails
- Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Redshift
- AWS
- Docker, Kubernetes
- git, GitHub, CircleCI
What You Bring
- At least 6+ years of software architecture and software development experience
- Strong expertise in multiple programming languages (preferably Ruby or Go)
- Exposure to microservices design and architecture
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Proven track record of providing stable and secure code in production environments
- Desire for continuous improvement of processes, code, and efficiency
- Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex problems into digestible insights
Why Roadie?
- Competitive compensation packages
- 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself
- 401k with company match
- Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right - Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!)
- Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO
- Monthly 3-day weekends
- Monthly WFH stipend
- The technology you need to get the job done