Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job title: Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Roadie, a UPS company, is a leading logistics and delivery platform that helps businesses tackle the complexities of modern retail with unmatched delivery coverage, flexibility and visibility. Reaching 97% of U.S. households across more than 30,000 zip codes — from urban hubs to rural communities — Roadie provides seamless, scalable solutions that meet a variety of delivery needs.

With a network of more than 310,000 independent drivers nationwide, Roadie offers flexible delivery solutions that make complex logistics challenges easy, including solutions for local same-day delivery, delivery of big and bulky items, ship-from-store and DC-to-door. For more information, visit www.roadie.com.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Roadie, you’ll design and build systems that power large-scale logistics solutions. You’ll play a key role in evolving the architecture of Roadie’s platform to meet growing scalability and performance needs. The ideal candidate has strong technical experience, enjoys solving complex problems, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain core services and infrastructure that drive Roadie’s logistics platform

• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring reliability and scalability

• Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and other engineering teams to deliver impactful features

• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and the improvement of engineering best practices

• Take ownership of projects from concept to production, balancing speed and quality

• Stay up to date with new technologies and bring forward ideas to improve our systems

• Technology We’re Using

• Languages: Golang, Ruby on Rails

• Data: Postgres, Redis, Kafka

• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes

• Tools: git, GitHub, CircleCI

• What You Bring

• 6+ years of professional software development experience

• Solid understanding of service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, and API design

• Proficiency in Golang or Ruby

• Experience working with or migrating from a monolithic architecture

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment

• Why Roadie?

• Competitive compensation packages

• 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself

• 401k with company match

• Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right - Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!)

• Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO

• Monthly 3-day weekends

• Monthly WFH stipend

• Paid sabbatical leave - tenured team members are given time to rest, relax, and explore

• The technology you need to get the job done

• This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.