Staff Backend Software Engineer, DAT
$170-220k
+ Target bonus and ESPP
Digital freight marketplace
Open for applications
Digital freight marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$170-220k
+ Target bonus and ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver actionable information and solutions that help customers succeed.
Role
Who you are
- At least 8 years of experience in software development with significant experience as a senior or staff-level backend software engineer and a track record of delivering complex, scalable systems
- Significant experience as a senior or staff-level backend software engineer, with a track record of delivering complex, scalable systems
- Deep expertise in Node.js and the related ecosystem
- Extensive experience designing, deploying, and managing applications on AWS
- Expertise with containerization and orchestration, specifically Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficiency in setting up and using Datadog for monitoring, logging, and observability
- Strong understanding of microservice architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed systems design patterns
- Expertise with relational and NoSQL databases, and messaging systems like Kafka
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences
- A proven ability to mentor and lead technical projects with high ambiguity
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- We're looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer who is passionate about architecting and implementing highly scalable, reliable, and observable systems to join our team
What the job involves
- As a Staff Backend Software Engineer, you will be a key technical leader, responsible for the design, development, and delivery of our core backend services
- You will tackle complex technical challenges, set architectural direction, and champion best practices across the engineering organization
- This is a highly visible role for an expert who wants to have a major impact on our platform
- Technical Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, high-performance backend systems and microservices using Node.js
- Best Practices: Drive the adoption of modern software development practices, including automated testing, conduct code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code
- Cloud Architecture: Architect, maintain and monitor robust, scalable and reliable services on AWS, leveraging services like EKS, EMS (Kafka), and S3
- Mentorship: Mentor other backend engineers and provide technical guidance to elevate the skill level of the entire team
- Incident Management: Lead the response and resolution for complex production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, DevOps, and front-end engineers, to deliver timely, high-quality and performing end-to-end solutions
- Observability: Design and implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting strategies with Datadog to ensure the health, reliability, and performance of production systems
Application process
- Job Application Deadline: 11/30/2025
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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