Senior/staff Backend Engineer

YCombinator - North America, 🇺🇸 US, New York, NY

| Job Description: BlueCargo is a fast-growing, VC-backed technology company transforming the logistics and supply chain industry. As the leader in container visibility and freight audit automation, our platform integrates fragmented data from terminals, carriers, and ports to deliver a single, intelligent interface that empowers shippers and logistics providers to make better, faster decisions. Our mission is to bring transparency, efficiency, and automation to global trade - one container at a time. Responsibilities - Collaborating with various internal stakeholders including product managers, designers, data scientists, and other software engineers. - Translating product requirements and technical designs into well-engineered, low-defect, robust code. - Researching new technologies and methodologies to improve the architecture, software components, user experience, and development processes. - Performing extensive unit testing, system testing, and regression testing to ensure reliability and efficiency. Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in a software development environment. - 5+ years of Python engineering experience, developing and deploying software using Agile methodologies. - Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision and oversee complex tasks while prioritizing multiple projects based on strategic goals. - Interest or experience in logistics and/or supply chain management. - Startup experience. - Experience with large-scale systems. - Experience working on cloud infrastructure, especially AWS.