Software Engineer II; Commerce

About Flexport

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.

Flexport is a platform for global trade in an industry that comprises 12% of the global GDP. We are the first licensed freight forwarder and customs brokerage built around a modern tech stack. We help the world’s fastest-growing brands manage their international supply chains, providing a fully‑managed service for moving products between any two places on the planet. Exceptional software development is integral to our mission of fixing the user experience in global trade.

As a Software Engineer II within our Commerce and Finance organization, you will develop tools that revolutionize end‑to‑end cost tracking across Ocean, Air, and Trucking logistics. Our mission is to ensure all procurement contracts are digitized, centrally available, and readily accessible to Flexport systems for optimized decision‑making—from procurement benchmarking and fulfillment optimization to bill processing and P&L planning. We operate as a platform team, tackling complex logistical challenges by leveraging data insights, AI, and automation across Flexport’s tech stack.

You’ll work alongside industry experts on impactful projects that drive efficiency and reliability for our customers and our business.

• Architect the Cost Library:
  Scale the central hub that captures all global costs and pushes that critical data to Finance and Billing systems.
• Digitize Global Procurement:
  Build tools that turn complex contracts into digital data, eliminating manual workflows and providing "single source of truth" visibility.
• Collaborate:
  Work closely with business partners, product managers, and operations teams to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions.
• Ship Rapidly:
  Join a close‑knit engineering team that ships to production dozens of times per day.
• Own Quality:
  Obsess over metrics and high‑quality bars, applying key learnings from post‑mortems to ensure system reliability.

• Experience:
  
  3+ years of professional software development experience with a strong engineering background.
• Architecture: 2+ years of experience in system design and architecture, including familiarity with OOA/OOD and design patterns.
• Technical Breadth:
  Proficiency in modern programming languages; our ecosystem relies heavily on Java, Kotlin, and Ruby on Rails.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Mindset: A "bias for action"—when you see a problem, you solve it—and an aptitude for learning quickly.

• Finance Tech Expertise:
  Prior experience in financial technology, billing, or automated procurement is highly preferred.
• Experience building large‑scale, high‑performance systems in a multi‑tiered, distributed environment.
• Understanding of performance tradeoffs, load balancing, and operational issues.
• A love for simple, well‑tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break.
• The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

We hire through a standardized Generalist Software Engineering interview process to ensure a high bar for technical excellence. By applying to this role, you are signaling a preference for the Finance and Commerce domain. We are specifically looking for engineers who are excited by the rigor of financial systems and have prior experience in a finance or commerce domain.

• Interview Process:
  You will go through a standardized interview process.
• Team Placement:
  While a role within our Commerce & Finance Org (such as Cost Capture, Billing, or Procurement Tech) will be prioritized, final team matching will be determined at the end of the process. This ensures we find the best fit based on your specific…