About Transfix:

Transfix, named to Forbes’ “Next Billion-Dollar Startups” list, is the leading transportation solutions provider whose digital brokerage marketplace and logistics software offerings are helping transform the $800 billion trucking industry. Since its founding in 2013, Transfix has been driven by a mission to deliver simple, smart, and sustainable solutions for shippers and carriers, powered by people and technology.

Here at Transfix, we are not only building incredible technology solving some of the world’s biggest, most complex, and most important challenges in the freight and logistics industry; We are also helping protect our environment and are passionate about making the world a better place by increasing sustainability and eliminating the extreme amount of waste that currently exists in our industry.

By combining deep industry expertise and a best in class carrier network with cutting-edge technology, Transfix is reimagining the world of transportation. Transfix works with some of the largest Fortune 500 companies such as Staples, Unilever, Target and Wayfair rely on Transfix to handle their most important FTL freight needs. With instant pricing, algorithmic matching, superior service, and unmatched intelligence, Transfix is optimizing the supply chain from start to finish. 

The problems we solve everyday are real and require creativity, grit, and determination. Recognized as one of Built In’s Best Places to Work 2021, Transfix is building a culture that challenges norms while fostering experimentation and personal growth. We’re hiring team members who are passionate and are energized by the vision to simplify and transform one of the largest and most complex industries through technology, data and a strong commitment to customers. 

About the Role:

We are looking for a Software Engineer, Data Integrations to join our incredibly collaborative, passionate, and growing Engineering and Data Integrations team. Our Data Integrations team enables real-time quoting, tendering, tracking, and invoicing for freight between Transfix and our Shippers and Carriers. These systems provide the automation and efficiency necessary for Transfix to scale our digital freight marketplace and move shipments with minimal touch points from our Operations team. We are responsible for delivering Transfix’s pricing and freight capacity directly into the hands of our customers, seamlessly integrated into their software platforms. We accomplish this utilizing external APIs, EDI, self-serve documentation and testing, and a truckload of automation!

At Transfix, we're transforming the freight industry by developing technology that provides automation solutions to an industry plagued by manual processes and excessive waste. In this role, you’ll work with our passionate, fun, and highly collaborative team to build, enhance, and streamline critical technology that is solving real-world problems every day. 

Click this link to learn more about our team, our stack, and some insight into Life @ Transfix!

If the idea of transforming an industry, being part of an innovative culture and making a positive impact on the environment sounds exciting to you, please keep reading!

This role is part of Transfix's fully-remote Engineering team. Our headquarters is based in New York City, and we are prioritizing candidates who are based in Eastern, Central, and Atlantic time zones.

What you'll do:

• Write code to extend Transfix’s platform and endpoints for data exchange with our proprietary freight management system via APIs and EDI.
• Write automated tests—linting, unit tests, and end-to-end integration tests.
• Deploy code to production frequently.
• Collaborate with other engineers to design and extend our integration platforms to support new partners, customers, and use-cases.
• Learn to monitor and manage technical operations for our systems using tools like DataDog, Sentry and CloudWatch.
• Debug issues across distributed systems.
• Collaborate with partners across the company, as well as external customers and partners (shippers, carriers, software partners).
• Our platforms are built with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Redis. We are hosted on AWS and leverage a variety of their native services. Code is tested using CircleCI and a variety of unit- and end-to-end testing frameworks, including RSpec.

About you:

• You have 2+ years professional experience in software development.
• You have experience with Ruby on Rails, Python or Node.JS
• You take pride in your work and follow through on commitments.
• You have excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• You have a bias for shipping, learning, and iterating.
• You enjoy both learning from colleagues and mentoring others.
• You can constructively disagree with others while maintaining trust and respect.

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Transfix is deeply committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our hiring, programming, and in our work both internally and externally. We recognize how critical diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are to achieving our mission, our growth, and our success. In support of this commitment, some of our focuses include (but are not limited to):

-Developing policies, procedures, and services to our employees, carriers, and shippers that uplift and protect to prevent inequalities 

-Building relationships among our employees, customers, and supporters that are reflective of our community

-Prioritizing the inclusion of diverse communities and underrepresented groups in internal leadership

-Fostering a culture of compassion, empathy, open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusivity

-Creating and maintaining opportunities for continuous education, discourse, and engagement related to issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice

Transfix is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Transfix are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, and are made without regard to race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. It is Transfix’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Transfix does not and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Transfix encourages applicants of all ages.

To all recruitment agencies: Transfix does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and will not be held responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.