Principle Software Engineer

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Project44 is revolutionizing the freight logistics industry by applying cutting edge technologies to automate the entire life cycle of freight shipments including quoting, scheduling, and tracking. With millions of daily transactions we are able to utilize predictive analytics to further optimize the process.

In an industry first, we are integrating with all freight carriers so that our customers can rapidly obtain quotes and dispatch shipments, which today is a manual process.  We need your help building out the APIs and tooling to streamline the freight carrier integrations. We are looking for someone comfortable working in a DevOps team, where you will help design scalable systems not just at the code level, but down to the cloud infrastructure and networking levels.

This is a leadership role and we are looking for someone who will bring dedication and passion. The ideal candidate will mentor junior developers, distill product requirements into simple solutions and thrive in a fast paced Agile environment.

Tools We Work With

  • AWS
  • Ansible for configuration management and remote orchestration
  • Linux (Ubuntu), Tomcat, Nginx, Spring Boot
  • Java, Groovy
  • Kafka, Zookeeper, ELK stack, Aurelia
  • Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB
  • Hadoop, Spark
  • Zabbix, Grafana, New Relic
  • Git, Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Artifactory, Slack

Responsibilities

  • Be a strong advocate for best design practices.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement and spearhead changes.
  • Lead efforts to design and implement new systems including infrastructure to support continuous deployment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar field
  • 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering (software design, architecture, implementation, deployment, and support)
  • 4+ years of development in Java
  • Thorough understanding of software development process, automation, and testing
  • Extensive knowledge of cloud enterprise software development
  • Fluent on topics of networking, transport protocols, security, and monitoring
  • Experience in application profiling, performance monitoring, concurrent systems, JVM garbage collectors and heap management
  • Strong experience with various types of relational/NoSQL databases

Benefits and Perks

project44 takes care of its employees with a benefits package that goes above and beyond. We believe that happy, healthy employees produce the best work, and we’ve constructed our benefits to reflect that. In addition to a modern workspace, casual dress code, ping pong and arcade, healthy snacks, LaCroix, and more, project44 offers the following:

  • We offer Medical, Dental and Vision plans, which you are eligible on first day of employment
  • 401k
  • Pre-tax RTA
  • 3 weeks vacation annually
  • Reimbursement up to $35 a month for health club memberships
  • Paid federal holidays and ½ days on the Eve’s
  • Pay you for a Volunteer day-
  • Employee referral program $1,000 to $3,000 depending on the role

 

 

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Location

Located in the iconic art deco Merchandise Mart with impressive views of the Chicago river. The neighborhood is home to some of Chicago's best restaurants, retail, and is accessible by public transit.

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