Software Engineer

Posted Jul 4

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 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. 

This is a remote position but is only open to candidates who reside in the Netherlands. 

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 4+ 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