Senior Software Engineer

Remote

Minnesota Remote

Illinois Remote

Remote

Full time

R49906

C.H Robinson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on our Book-It-Now/Digital Negotiator Costing team where you will collaborate with our data science teams to costing automation and platforms to more efficiently find capacity/trucks to place shipments on. This role will focus on iterating and improving on machine-learning based pricing and costing solutions with a focus on experimentation and having a significant measurable impact.

Help us take the system to the next level of uptime and data management (real-time/near real-time). In particular, this specific role will be focused on building harnesses to increase speed and correctness of AI and Human pricing and costing adjustments, including context management, building verification guardrails, and live experimentation/measurement of results, as well as contributing to the team’s AI coding harness and implementation.

In this role, you will engage with your peers from the comfort of your own space, using cutting-edge tools to ignite creativity and deliver impactful results. Enjoy the flexibility and autonomy of a fully remote position, while still being an integral part of our dynamic team.

• Design, develop, and support scalable Python-based services, APIs, and event-driven solutions that power digital freight pricing, booking, and carrier experiences

• Build intelligent platforms and experimentation frameworks that improve the speed, accuracy, and reliability of AI-driven and human-assisted pricing and costing decisions

• Partner with data science teams to deploy, validate, and continuously optimize machine learning solutions that drive automation and measurable business impact

• Develop real-time and near real-time systems that improve platform performance, data quality, observability, and operational excellence

• Lead technical design discussions, translate complex business challenges into scalable solutions, and influence architecture decisions across multiple domains

• Implement engineering best practices related to testing, security, monitoring, automation, and continuous delivery to ensure highly available and resilient systems

• Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and help elevate software development practices across the team

• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Revenue Management, Operations, and Engineering partners to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions

• Contribute to AI-assisted engineering capabilities, including coding harnesses, validation guardrails, and productivity-enhancing development tools

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Expert-level Python development skills

• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and API design

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering productivity practices, including coding agents and harnesses

• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications

• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures

• Strong knowledge of SQL and No
  
  SQL databases

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

• Proficiency with Git and Azure Dev Ops

• Strong understanding of software security principles and secure development practices

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production

• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar Python frameworks

• Experience with Azure cloud services, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads

• Experience building highly transactional systems

• Experience with pricing, booking, order management, logistics, transportation, or marketplace platforms

• Experience working with data-intensive applications and real-time…