Engineer, Lead Software Job at Estes Forwarding Worldwide

Estes Forwarding Worldwide Richmond, VA 23235

Overview:
Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading domestic and international freight forwarder in the United States, providing customized logistics and warehousing solutions for clients around the world and across all industries via air, ground, and ocean freight. A subsidiary of Estes Express lines with corporate located in Richmond, Virginia, EFW is uniquely backed by Estes Express Lines’ extensive line haul network providing EFW clients with a hybrid transportation network. The company has received industry awards, including Specialty Carrier of the Year and E-Commerce Delivery Carrier of the Year, and has been recognized by Global Trade Americas as a leading 3PL to watch.

We are proud to offer highly competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability plans
  • Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Job referral bonus program
Responsibilities:
As a Lead Software Engineer at EFW, you’ll be a part of a growing team responsible for the design, documentation, implementation, and support of an assortment of projects. You will be a part of design and application architecture discussions, and a key player on a multidisciplinary team. You will also have the support of an experienced team with a strong desire to drive the growth of our services platform.

  • Management and maintenance of version control repositories.
  • Establish and maintain a culture of best practices, style and security.
  • Conduct code-reviews and help to organize pair programming sessions.
  • Assist in application architecture, design and service planning.
  • Design and implement highly available and mission critical systems.
  • Support solutions that include API security, authentication, identity management, traffic management, analytics and performance management for our solutions and services.
  • Develop tests against code to ensure quality delivery.
  • Resolve code issues with urgency.
  • Participate in and lead Agile ceremonies.
  • Help the team achieve and maintain an automated Agile CI/CD development cycle.
  • Solutions Documentation.
  • Comply with company C-TPAT and TSA security procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
  • Experience consuming and producing REST APIs.
  • Experience developing microservices in an agile development environment.
  • 3+ years Development experience using languages like JavaScript (TypeScript), Python, or Go.
  • Ability to write effective technical documentation, such as tutorials, API call specs, Open API / swagger specifications, and diagramming.
  • Ability to communicate with the customer’s technical staff.
  • Ability to communicate with business stakeholders in order to understand business needs.
  • Experience with APIs, gateway security, REST, and SOAP.
  • Experience with Microservice design, CQRS and similar principals.
  • Experience with HTTP(S) communication and error reporting.
  • Experience with modern operations technologies and network troubleshooting.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Applications, or past equivalent experience in the field.
  • Three plus years experience with the following or similar programs:
    • Maintaining test and deployment pipelines
    • Git / GitHub
    • Maintaining / managing GitFlow or other repository branching strategy
    • Cloud (Amazon Web Services) use and integrations
  • Preferred experience, but not required:
    • Javascript (TypeScript) backend programming (Node.js)
    • services Framework
    • Go, Gorilla/Mux, Kong
  • Strong communication skills, organizational skills, and the ability to problem solve.
  • Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced team environment.
  • Must be able to and comply with all company policies, rules, procedures and Code of Conduct.
  • Must be able to interact well with others.
  • Ability to read and interpret complex business and/or technical documents.
  • Ability to write comprehensive reports and detailed business correspondence.
  • Ability to work with groups of people such as other departments and communicate known concepts.
  • Ability to solve problems with a variety of concrete variables through semi-standardized solutions that require some ingenuity and analysis. Ability to draw inferences and follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve moderately complex problems.
  • Must be eligible to work in the United States.
  • At this time, EFW will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
  • EFW prides itself on the quality of its employees and as such, candidates who receive a job offer will be required to successfully pass a drug screen and a background check.
  • EFW offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

EFW is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran.



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