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.

The Role
Do you have a track record of building both internal and external-facing software services in a fast-paced environment? Are you passionate about introducing disruptive and innovative software solutions for the $1T shipping and logistics industry? Are you ready to deliver immediate impact with the software you create?

We’re looking for Senior Software Engineer- Frontend like you to become key members of our product development organization. Because you are curious and driven, you’ll naturally explore how to build UI-focused features that drive customer value and impact along the way. Because you value a sense of community and shared commitment, you’ll collaborate closely with others to ship software that delights our customers. Are you up for the challenge?

Who You Are

You have 1 to 3 years of software development experience with a frontend focus
You deliver well-written software in JavaScript and are familiar with React
You pay attention to details, and love writing beautiful, well-designed and tested code that can stand the test of time
You’ve built high-quality software, solved technical problems at scale and believe in shipping software iteratively and often
You’ve owned a project from concept to production including the design and execution phases
You consider the effect of your work across multiple teams and proactively manage potential issues
You build experiences for users that span their many devices and intents
Significant practical experience with client-side JavaScript, CSS, component-driven UI development, and front-end tooling
You have solid engineering fundamentals
You have a delivery-oriented mindset, with a focus on quality and testing

What You'll Do

Build compelling and modular user interfaces for our software products
Define reusable patterns that encourage and inspire your teammates to contribute UI code alongside you
Craft, deploy and support performant production software on AWS, with a focus on front-end technology
Share ownership of all facets of software delivery, including development, operations, and test
Be a positive role model and mentor for junior developers in all areas of code health
You’ll work alongside other engineers on product teams to build and improve user experiences
You don’t mind pulling down the JavaScript framework of the day and play with it for a few hour
Evaluate front-end technologies and contribute to decision-making conversations about applying them to your team’s product
You’ll spend time with other engineers helping them level up their JavaScript skills
You will assume on-call responsibilities for systems 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

Tech We Use.

We have a modern Javascript frontend built on Node, React/Relay, and GraphQL
Our application stack runs entirely on Docker – frontend, and backend
Our infrastructure is on AWS and uses managed services whenever possible. Current examples: RDS, EC2 Elastic Container Service (Docker), Kinesis, SQS, Lambda and
Redshift
Java is our language of choice for long-lived backend services
Python for tooling and data science
Postgres is our SQL database of choice

Diversity & Inclusion

We are designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. We can only deliver a truly world-class product and experience if our teams are as diverse and unique communities we are building for. It is up to us to create a company where anyone can bring their authentic self to work every day. We are constantly working to improve, and we accept our responsibility to elevate the voices left in the margins. It is on every one of us.

Our focus on inclusion manifests in the way we hire, the customers we serve, and the regions we prioritize. We are building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for: a company that celebrates you for being you.

We pride ourselves on celebrating everyone — project44 is an equal opportunity employer actively working on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where underrepresented groups can thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we would love to review your application!

Even if you do not meet 100% of the above qualifications, 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.

More about project44

Since 2014, project44 has been transforming the way one of the largest, most important global industries does business. As transportation and logistics continue to evolve and customer expectations around delivery become more demanding, industry technology must rise to the occasion. In just a few short years, we’ve created a digital infrastructure that eliminates the inefficiencies caused by dated technology and manual processes. Our Advanced Visibility Platform is used by the world’s leading brands to track shipments, collaborate with supply chain partners, drive operational efficiencies, and create outstanding customer experiences.

A candidate will be asked to conduct a pre-employment criminal back ground screening test as a standard routine to minimize moral & integrity risks among our staff and to ensure Project44 is compliant with its internal pre-employment screening policy and SOC 2, Sarbanes Oxley Act and ISO 27001 compliance. We will only ask you to conduct a criminal background check when we believe it is proportionate to the role that you will fulfil within your team and/or department A criminal back ground check will be facilitated by our third party vendor Accurate who will assist you to get the appropriate documents from authorities in the country where you will be employed. Depending on the country where you will be employed your local authority will provide a Certificate of Conduct or similar document upon your request. If there are any costs related to screening, these will be borne by Project44. When our vendor Accurate will reach out to, you will be asked for your consent. We would like to emphasize that at all time you can decide to withdraw from the application process and/or to withdraw the consent to perform a screening test.