**Why project44?   **

At project44 we’re on a mission - to make supply chains work.  

project44 optimizes the movement of products globally, delivering better
resiliency, sustainability, and value for our customers. As the supply chain
connective tissue, we operate the most trusted end-to-end visibility platform
that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for the world’s leading
brands. The undisputed leader in the market, project44 was named the Leader in
the Gartner Magic Quadrant, #1 in FreightWaves’ FreightTech 25, and the
Customer’s Choice in Gartner Peer Insights’ Voice of the Customer report.
project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse and fast-growing, global
workforce.  

If you’re eager to be part of a winning team that works together to solve some
of the most challenging supply chain challenges every day, let’s talk.  

We're looking for a Staff Engineer who has experience as being a technical
lead and deliver projects with a team of 5-7 engineers. You will work directly
with engineering leadership to shape the future of our technology stack and
products, collaborating with product managers, product designers, data
scientists and other engineering teams. You will be a thought leader
designing, building, and implementing our best-in-class integrations platform
with a strong focus on accelerating how project44 connects to the world’s
logistics networks.  

**Key accountabilities: What you'll work on  **

  * Work closely with cross-functional teams and our business stakeholders to architect and develop new features to improve our existing products 

  * Dive into the product side, translating the vision and high-level roadmap into a plan with feasible specifications and deliverables 

  * Build project44s future integrations platform with a mission of making integrations self-service and clicks-not-code 

  * Build systems in a multi-cloud environment. We use GCP but value experience in other cloud environments such as AWS and Azure 

  * Design and implement large scalable Java-based micro-services leveraging the Spring Boot and the Spring Portfolio 

  * Share ownership of all facets of software delivery, including development, operations, and test 

  * Be a mentor and work closely with the engineering leadership to help grow the team 

  * You will assume on-call responsibilities for systems (together with the team) that are built and owned by your team. If local regulations require – we will compensate you for the duration of on-call 

  * You will invest in tools, monitoring and automation to improve on-call experience for everyone on your team  

**Qualifications:   **

  * 7+ years of experience with backend development, distributed systems, and micro services architecture 

  * Strong programming and debugging skills, with proficiency in Java & Spring, multithreading, networking, and memory management 

  * Event stores and stream-processing in Kafka or similar message processors  

  * Building large scale and real time or near real time cloud systems 

  * Google Cloud Platform or other cloud environments 

  * Working with databases  

  * Working in an agile software development environment 

**Desirable and helpful (but not necessary) are experience in  **

  * Building high volume data ingestion pipelines 

  * Creating API's/web services: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger is a plus 

  * Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and development environments, parse through complex amounts of information, develop systems with reliability, monitoring and security in mind 

  * Willing to learn, experiment, and think creatively 

  * Effective communication skills, verbal and written 



**Diversity & Inclusion**  

At project44, we're designing the future of how the world moves and is
connected through trade and global supply chains. As we work to deliver a
truly world-class product and experience, we are also 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.  

We’re building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work
for, and our journey of becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive
organization, where all have a sense of belonging, is shaped through the
actions of our leadership, global teams and individual team members. We are
resolute in our belief that each team member has an equal responsibility to
mold and uphold our culture.  

project44 is an equal opportunity employer seeking to enrich our work
environment by creating opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds and
experiences to thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the
way the world moves, we’d love to review your application!  

For any needed accommodations during the hiring process, please email
[recruiting@project44.com](mailto:recruiting@project44.com). Even if you don’t
meet 100% of the above job description you should still seriously consider
applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet
just 50% of the role’s requirements.



