Software Engineer, DAT
Digital freight marketplace
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Digital freight marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver actionable information and solutions that help customers succeed.
Role
Who you are
- 0–2 years of frontend development experience, including internships, coursework projects, or personal projects that demonstrate an ability to build and ship working software
- Foundational knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, with a willingness to deepen your understanding of modern language features and tooling
- Some experience with at least one modern frontend framework such as Angular, React, or web components
- Exposure to or curiosity about component libraries and design systems
- Basic understanding of how frontend applications communicate with backend services via REST or GraphQL APIs
- Awareness of or interest in cloud deployment concepts; prior exposure to AWS (e.g., CloudFront, S3) is a plus
- Openness to learning containerization basics, including Docker, as part of a modern development workflow
- Familiarity with or eagerness to learn frontend monitoring tools like Datadog
- An emerging awareness of web performance, browser rendering, and accessibility (WCAG) principles
- A collaborative, curious communicator who asks good questions and is receptive to feedback
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience — bootcamp graduates and self-taught engineers are welcome to apply
What the job involves
- As an Frontend Software Engineer I, you'll work alongside experienced engineers to help build and maintain our customer-facing products
- You'll contribute to real features that impact our users while developing your skills across the full frontend lifecycle
- This role is a great fit for an early-career engineer who is curious, collaborative, and excited to learn how complex data and workflows get translated into intuitive interfaces — with plenty of support and mentorship along the way
- Design and Development: Contribute to the design, building, and maintenance of performant, accessible, and responsive web applications using our core frontend stack and frameworks, with guidance from senior engineers
- Component Ownership: Build and maintain UI components following established design system patterns, with attention to cross-browser compatibility and accessibility standards
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and engineers to translate requirements and design specs into production-ready interfaces
- Quality Assurance: Write unit and integration tests, participate in code reviews, and develop good habits around code quality, accessibility, and maintainability
- Observability: Learn and apply frontend monitoring practices using tools like Datadog to understand performance metrics and production health
- Incident Management: Support the response and resolution of frontend-related production incidents under the guidance of more senior team members, and contribute to root cause analysis
Application process
- Job Application Deadline: 06/30/2026
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
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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