Senior Software Engineer, DAT

• 5-7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping impactful products
• Backend Mastery: Strong proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js, including API design and debugging in production environments
• Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of consistency tradeoffs, failure modes, retries, and graceful degradation
• Data Expertise: Proficiency with SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) including schema design, migrations, and query performance
• Messaging & Cloud: Hands-on experience with message queues (Kafka or RabbitMQ) and cloud-native deployments (AWS)
• Product Mindset: You prioritize user outcomes and business impact over technical novelty. You are comfortable breaking down complex, undefined problems
• Communication: Excellent ability to advocate for technical direction and communicate progress to non-technical stakeholders

Desirable

• DAT is hiring Senior Software Engineers to join the teams building the Convoy Platform—a digital freight marketplace that connects brokers and carriers through industry-leading technology
• We currently have two high-impact openings: one within our Broker Tech team and one within Carrier Tech team. While each team focuses on a different side of the marketplace, both share a common goal: building a seamless, automated, and reliable ecosystem for the logistics industry
• Broker Tech: You will build tools that enable brokers to match shipments and grow their business within their own ecosystems. Your work will focus on things as diverse as:
• Building smarter tools and visibility that boost broker match rates
• Enabling brokers to expand through better pricing, new freight categories, and integrations
• Creating unified, timely communication channels so brokers stay informed and engaged in real time
• Carrier Tech: You will own the systems driving the Convoy marketplace and carrier experience.Your work will focus on things as diverse as:
• Search and discovery
• Carrier onboarding and engagement
• Fraud prevention
• Marketplace impression tracking
• Drive Technical Delivery: Lead substantial product initiatives from concept to production. You will drive design and deliveryensuring inter-team dependencies are accounted for
• Full-Stack Development: Write, test, and deploy production-quality code. Our stack primarily leverages js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with React/React Native powering our web and mobile experiences
• Architect for Scale: Design message-driven workflows (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and distributed systems that handle the complexities of a real-time marketplace
• Own the Lifecycle: Manage the full software lifecycle in a high-ownership, low-process environment. This includes observability, incident response, and performance tuning
• Collaborate & Mentor: Partner with Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders to solve ambiguous problems. Mentor junior engineers and uphold high standards for code reviews and documentation