Entry Level -Software Developer - Web Development

C.H. Robinson; Alton (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

C.H. Robinson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Plan/Optimizer team within Technology. The role focuses on building an intelligent planning platform to optimize freight movement, balancing cost, service, and capacity at scale.

You will develop platforms integrating optimization, automation, business rules, and operational intelligence to generate actionable shipment plans. The candidate will work on distributed systems and decisioning problems, collaborating with product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, or related field; or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of experience designing and implementing large-scale software products or distributed systems.
• Experience with modern development languages and frameworks (ex. .NET Core, C#).
• Experience designing and developing cloud-native applications and services (ex. Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (ex. SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with streaming platforms and integration technologies (ex. Kafka, Event Hubs, ESB).
• Experience establishing testing strategies, acceptance criteria, and reviewing automated tests.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment practices, and modern DevOps principles.
• Experience delivering end-to-end features including backend services, APIs, integrations, and operational tooling.
• Experience designing optimization, planning, scheduling, routing, allocation, or decision-support systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop platforms and services that evaluate constraints, cost, service levels, capacity, and customer objectives to generate actionable shipment plans.
• Build APIs, event-driven services, and workflow orchestration for enterprise integration across the organization.
• Partner with Product Managers, Supply Chain Engineers, Data Scientists, Architects, and stakeholders to translate customer needs into scalable solutions.
• Design systems balancing configurability, maintainability, and performance for diverse customer planning scenarios.
• Stay current on distributed systems, optimization technologies, AI, automation, and modern software practices.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and architectural direction of optimization, planning, and workflow orchestration services.

Skills

C#/.NET

Distributed systems

Azure/AWS/GCP

CI/CD

Databases SQL/NoSQL

Kafka

AI/Automation

Logistics domain

BS/Equivalent experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related

4 years of equivalent experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

SQL Server

Oracle

MongoDB

Cosmos DB

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Job description

Robinson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Plan/Optimizer team within Technology. Our mission is to build the intelligent planning platform that helps customers answer one of the most challenging questions in logistics: What is the optimal way to move freight through my network? As part of this team, you will develop platforms and services that combine optimization, automation, business rules, and operational intelligence to generate actionable shipment plans at scale. You'll work on systems that evaluate thousands of potential transportation decisions while balancing cost, service, utilization, constraints, and customer-specific business objectives. The technology you build powers Navisphere Optimizer and other planning capabilities that enable customers to minimize transportation spend, maximize trailer utilization, reduce total miles traveled, and improve supply chain performance.

We're looking for engineers who enjoy tackling difficult distributed systems and decisioning problems and who are excited by the intersection of software engineering, optimization, AI, and logistics. If you're passionate about building highly automated systems that help customers make better decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

• Robinson's planning and optimization platform that helps customers make intelligent freight planning decisions at scale
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and architectural direction of optimization, planning, and workflow orchestration services
• Design, develop, and operate resilient, scalable, and highly available cloud-native services that support critical supply chain planning capabilities
• Build platforms and services that evaluate transportation constraints, business rules, cost, service levels, capacity, and customer objectives to generate actionable shipment plans
• Develop APIs, event-driven services, and workflow orchestration capabilities that enable planning solutions to integrate seamlessly across the enterprise
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Supply Chain Engineers, Data Scientists, Architects, and business stakeholders to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions
• Design systems that balance configurability, maintainability, and performance while supporting diverse customer planning scenarios
• Evaluate and leverage AI-assisted development tools, intelligent automation, and emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity and platform capabilities
• Stay current on advancements in distributed systems, optimization technologies, AI, automation, and modern software engineering practices

6+ years of experience designing and implementing large-scale software products or distributed systems that span multiple applications and services

• Experience with modern development languages and frameworks (ex. .NET Core, C#)
• Experience designing and developing cloud-native applications and services (ex. Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (ex. SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Elasticsearch)
• Experience with streaming platforms and integration technologies (ex. Kafka, Event Hubs, ESB)
• Experience establishing testing strategies, acceptance criteria, and reviewing automated tests
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment practices, and modern DevOps principles
• Experience delivering end-to-end features including backend services, APIs, integrations, and operational tooling
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, or related field; or 4 years of equivalent work experience and a high school diploma/GED

• Experience designing optimization, planning, scheduling, routing, allocation, or decision-support systems
• Experience building highly automated, high-volume workflows where human intervention is primarily exception-based
• Experience with rules engines, decision engines, workflow orchestration platforms, or configurable business process frameworks
• Experience modernizing complex legacy platforms through incremental migration and domain-driven architecture approaches
• Experience working with transportation, logistics, supply chain, planning, or operational technology platforms
• Experience developing configurable and metadata-driven platforms that support diverse customer requirements without requiring custom development
• Experience integrating optimization engines, planning services, AI models, or advanced analytics capabilities into production systems
• Experience building AI-enabled applications, agent-based workflows, intelligent automation solutions, or LLM-powered capabilities
• Experience applying AI technologies in enterprise environments with appropriate considerations for reliability, observability, governance, and security
• Strong customer focus with the ability to connect technical investments to measurable business outcomes

Your individual base pay within this range is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Robinson, we’re building an inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. We are committed to a workplace and performance culture that reflects the strengths of our worldwide marketplace. We value unique experiences and diverse backgrounds of our people within our company, our business relationships, and our communities. EOEDisabledVeteran

Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. Three medical plans which include

• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid observed holidays
• 2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.Paid time off to volunteer in your community
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities