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FlexportPosted 3 months ago

Software Engineer II

On-siteShenzhen Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Full TimeLargeLogistics Software

Job Summary

Build highly available, secure, distributed systems in a microservice architecture and design solutions representing real-world logistics intricacies like shippers, cargo, and documents. Develop cutting-edge infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code to improve the development experience, collaborating with teams to solve complex business and technical problems. Work closely with product managers to distill complex requirements into elegant technical solutions, building and launching products rapidly with dozens of daily releases. Ensure high-quality standards by obsessing over metrics and applying learnings from post-mortems to all services.

Required Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience writing software, and a strong engineering background
  • 2+ years of design and architecture knowledge as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis and design patterns (OOA/OOD)
  • Knowledge of at least one programming language such as TypeScript, Ruby, C, C++, Java, or Kotlin
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience
  • Non-optional: an aptitude for learning quickly

Desired Qualifications

  • A love of simple, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break
  • A bias for action. When you see a problem, you solve it
  • The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, and engineers alike
  • Experience building large scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered, distributed environment
  • Understanding of performance tradeoffs, load balancing and operational issues
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operations
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CDKTF, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar
  • Having basic concepts in AWS services, including IAM, EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and VPC, or equivalent services from other cloud providers
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and monitoring/observability tools
  • Ability to troubleshoot and optimize distributed systems and cloud deployments

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