Staff Software Engineer, DAT

$186-257k

Salary is benchmarked on rates for Washington, and may vary in other locations. Plus Employee Stock Purchase Plan and target bonus

SQL

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

GraphQL

Kafka

Node.js

Azure

RabbitMQ

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Denver

More information about location

Digital freight marketplace

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Digital freight marketplace

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceLogisticsFreightAnalyticsSaaSDelivery

Be an early applicant

$186-257k

Salary is benchmarked on rates for Washington, and may vary in other locations. Plus Employee Stock Purchase Plan and target bonus

SQL

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

GraphQL

Kafka

Node.js

Azure

RabbitMQ

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Denver

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BMarketplaceLogisticsFreightAnalyticsSaaSDelivery

Company mission

To deliver actionable information and solutions that help customers succeed.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

7+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong proficiency with TypeScript, Node.js, including API design, performance, and debugging in production
Familiarity with frontend development in React
Production operational competence: observability (logs/metrics/traces), incident response, root-cause analysis, and on-call readiness
Experience with distributed systems fundamentals: consistency tradeoffs, failure modes, timeouts, retries, and graceful degradation
Proficiency with datastores (SQL strongly preferred; NoSQL a plus) including schema design, migrations, and query performance
Hands-on experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and cloud-native deployments (Docker/Kubernetes on AWS/Azure/GCP)
Ability to own architecture and code end-to-end in a high ownership, low process environment
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Desirable

Experience designing and operating microservices in production: service boundaries, versioning, backward compatibility, and reliability
GraphQL experience (schema design, performance, caching) or strong REST + contract discipline
Experience working in a CI/CD environment: automated builds, safe deploys, rollbacks, feature flags, and environment promotion
Background in transportation, logistics, or complex B2B integrations

What the job involves

Write, test, and deploy production-quality code; establish code review and documentation standards
Implement message-driven workflows (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and reusable integration components
Improve the code structure and architecture as you develop new features
Be the technical lead for projects, contributing to the planning, design, development, deployment, and maintenance of product features. You will drive design + delivery, not people management
Ensure that technical and inter-team dependencies are understood and accounted for
Partner with product and business stakeholders to clarify requirements in a complex domain
Mentor junior developers and ensure that established codebase standards are adhered to

Application process

Job Application Deadline: 02/27/2026

Our take

DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America, deploying freight-matching and analytics solutions to companies all across the freight logistics industry. At its core, the company exists to help businesses optimize their freight operations and achieve pricing power over a hyper-dynamic marketplace.

The company derives its data from the millions of freight matches powered by its platform, as well as a database of market transactions. This enables it to provide transportation brokers, carriers, industry analysts and other organizations with clear and actionable insights into market trends.

Having been a market leader for over 40 years, the company has grown from being a single bulletin board at a gas station in Oregon to seeing its technology deployed to millions of end users. DAT has been consistently focused on R&D and the expansion of its offering, including by acquisitions such as that of the freight-matching Convoy Platform.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.6)

Company

Company benefits

Remote/hybrid flexibility
20 days PTO from day one, plus 10 paid holidays annually
Wellness allowance
Parental leave
Career development paths
Leadership training, mentorship programs, education reimbursement & industry certifications
Performance bonuses & annual merit increases
Immediate 401(k) matching
Stock purchase program
Premium health coverage, plus dental & vision
Mental health support
FSA/HSA options
Life insurance

Company HQ

Denver Tech Center, Greenwood Village, CO

Leadership

Jeff Clementz

(President and CEO)

Formerly CEO and President at Shift, SVP/GM of Marketplace and Partner Operations at Walmart (where they spent 6 years) and VP/MD for Australian and NZ at PayPal (where they spent 12 years).

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