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Senior Software Engineer

JR Recruiting

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • 2 days ago

    Highlights

    Client: a Fortune 500 global logistics company Location: Minnesota, Illinois, or Kansas City (candidates must be based in one of these areas) About the Role Our client, a leading global logistics company, is hiring a Software Engineer III to join the team that builds its near-real-time pricing platform for shipping customers. You’ll work alongside engineers, data scientists, and analysts to design scalable systems for cost estimation, pricing strategy, and data-driven insights, including experimentation tools that let the team test ideas quickly.

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    LocationChicago, Illinois

    Description

    Client: a Fortune 500 global logistics company
    Location: Minnesota, Illinois, or Kansas City (candidates must be based in one of these areas)
    About the Role
    Our client, a leading global logistics company, is hiring a Software Engineer III to join the team that builds its near-real-time pricing platform for shipping customers. You’ll work alongside engineers, data scientists, and analysts to design scalable systems for cost estimation, pricing strategy, and data-driven insights, including experimentation tools that let the team test ideas quickly. The work centers on distributed systems, cloud-native development, and data-intensive applications, with a growing focus on AI-assisted and agentic solutions.

    What You’ll Do

    • Design and build scalable, modular near-real-time decisioning systems using microservices, REST APIs, event-driven/streaming architectures, and hybrid relational/NoSQL storage.
    • Develop backend services and data pipelines in Python and front-end experiences in React, deployed on Azure with Kubernetes.
    • Build data workflows with Airflow, working across MongoDB and Snowflake.
    • Own services end-to-end, drive system design decisions, and manage delivery timelines and risk on complex initiatives.
    • Partner with data scientists to productionize models and support experimentation frameworks.
    • Contribute to agentic and intelligent automation solutions, using AI-assisted tools like GitHub Copilot.
    • Lead design discussions and code reviews, mentor other engineers, and champion strong testing and code quality practices.

    Requirements

    What You Bring

    • 5+ years designing and delivering production-grade software.
    • 5+ years of Python backend development and 5+ years with React or another modern front-end framework.
    • Experience building cloud-native applications (Azure preferred) with Kubernetes.
    • Hands-on experience with MongoDB (or similar), Snowflake (or equivalent), and Airflow or similar orchestration tools.
    • Strong background in APIs, distributed systems, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
    • Experience with AI-assisted development tools and agentic/LLM frameworks such as LangChain or LangSmith.
    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

    Nice to Have

    • Experience partnering with data science teams to put models into production.
    • Background in statistical modeling, experimentation, or data-driven decision systems.
    • Experience in pricing, logistics, or other high-scale transactional systems.
    • Familiarity with monitoring tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
    • Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical and product decisions.

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