Senior Software Engineer

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• At project44, we believe in better — and p44LSP.ai is what better looks like for the logistics service provider market.  
• For years, project44 focused on global shippers as our core customer. That focus worked. Our Shipper business is a category leader growing 20% year-over-year. That strength is what makes the next chapter possible.  
• Shippers and LSPs are fundamentally different businesses. Shippers buy logistics software to support their core operations. Logistics Service Providers — freight forwarders, brokers, and 3PLs — sell logistics as their product. Their software is their competitive edge. They buy fast, build on APIs and agents, and reward teams that ship in weeks, not quarters.  
• This is why we created p44LSP.ai: a dedicated, AI-native division built to serve the LSP market with the focus, speed, and resources it deserves. It's the scope and ownership of an AI startup, backed by the infrastructure of a $124M business — 259K carriers, billions of shipment outcomes, agents in production, and direct access to project44's data graph, carrier network, and enterprise relationships.  
• This is a small, hand-picked team operating across Chicago, San Francisco, Bangalore, and the EU. Flat org. Forward-deployed engineering. AI coding tools across the workflow. Agents as the product surface. Customers who pilot in weeks and tell you what they think directly.  
• The LSP market is moving fast. AI agent startups are growing 300%+ year-over-year, and seven of eight sell to LSPs. We have the data position, the platform, the customers, and now the team. We're hiring the engineers who will build it with us.  
• We expect every project44 team member, regardless of role or function, to actively leverage AI in their day-to-day work. Whether you're building product, serving customers, managing people, or running operations, AI is a tool you're expected to use with intent, curiosity, and judgment. We don't expect everyone to be a data scientist. We do expect everyone to be an intelligent user of AI: able to identify where it adds value, direct it effectively, evaluate outputs critically, and govern it responsibly. We invest in our team's AI fluency because we believe it's a competitive advantage for every person at project44, not just our engineers
• If you’re driven to solve meaningful problems, leverage AI to scale rapidly, drive impact daily, and be part of a high-performance team – we should talk.  
• The Role  
• You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment designing, building, and operating backend systems that power decision intelligence capabilities for logistics service providers. You won't be a cog in a large engineering machine — you'll be close to the product, close to customers, and shipping things that matter.  
• What You'll Work On  
• Design, build, and operate backend systems that power decision intelligence capabilities, using AI and analytics to help LSP customers make informed, timely, and confident supply chain decisions  
• Build services and workflows that reduce manual effort and enable action — helping customers collaborate more effectively with carriers and partners  
• Own and modernize core platform services such as identity and access management (IAM) and search infrastructure, keeping them secure, scalable, and extensible as new AI capabilities are introduced  
• Transform large-scale logistics data into actionable insights — supporting recommendations, decision support, and automated actions  
• Partner closely with product, data, and design to translate ambiguous customer problems into well-scoped, scalable technical solutions  
• Build and operate systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), leveraging managed services for reliable, scalable backend delivery  
• Take shared ownership of development, testing, deployment, and operations for your team's systems  
• Participate in on-call rotation, debugging and resolving issues across your team's services  
• Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling to ensure system reliability  
• Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and documentation — setting a high bar for quality and maintainability  
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance  
• What We're Looking For  
• Qualifications  
• 5+ years of professional experience building large-scale, cloud-based systems  
• Strong programming and debugging skills with proficiency in Java  
• Experience designing and building scalable Java-based microservices  
• Experience designing and consuming APIs and web services (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger)  
• Experience working with NoSQL and/or relational databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Postgres, or similar)  
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment  
• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar) while maintaining high standards for code quality and correctness  
• Nice to Have  
• Event-driven systems and stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)  
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)  
• Experience designing or working with agentic AI systems — multi-step or autonomous LLM-powered workflows  
• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks or patterns: task planning, tool invocation, stateful agents, workflow orchestration  
• Building platform or framework-level solutions that enable AI-driven automation and decision-making  
• How You Work  
• Clear communicator — you can explain technical decisions through design docs, discussions, and reviews, and work well with both technical and non-technical partners  
• Analytical and comfortable with ambiguity — you make tradeoffs explicit and navigate uncertainty without waiting to be told what to do  
• Strong sense of ownership — you voice ideas, take feedback, and iterate toward better solutions  
• Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorised to work in the US without current or future employer-sponsored visa support.
• In-office Commitment:   Our office is where ideas spark, connections thrive, and innovation comes alive. We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and committed to joining our team on-site,   in our beautiful headquarters 3 days a week . Together, we’re building something extraordinary—learn, grow, and thrive in our fast-paced, transformative environment.
• Diversity & Inclusion  
• At project44, we're designing the future of how the world moves. As we work to deliver a truly world-class product, we're intentionally building teams that reflect the unique communities we serve. We're focused on creating a company where all team members can bring their authentic selves to work every day.  
• project44 is an equal opportunity employer. If you share our values and passion for the future of logistics, we'd love to review your application. Even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, please consider applying — studies show you can still be a strong candidate at 50%.  
• For any accommodation needed during the hiring process, please email recruiting@project44.com.  
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