Lead Software Engineer

Mentium.io; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-of-the-line health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Mentium.io, located in Austin, Texas, is seeking a full stack / backend engineer passionate about creating solutions in a fast-paced environment. This role is pivotal in delivering innovative AI-driven solutions for the logistics industry, addressing real operational challenges.

The ideal candidate has over 6 years of backend engineering experience and is skilled in SQL databases, ETL, and data ingestion concepts. A strong focus on autonomy and fast-paced decision-making will be essential for success in this dynamic role.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend engineering.
• Strong background in delivering high-quality software.
• Familiar with distributed systems and data ingestion concepts.

Responsibilities

• Create solutions for evolving product requirements.
• Deliver high-quality software quickly to production.
• Develop frameworks for complex needs.

Skills

Backend Engineering Experience

Systems Thinking

SQL Databases

ETL

Data Ingestion Concepts

Cachings Systems

Autonomy in Fast-Paced Environment

Tools

Postgres

Redis

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Backed by Tier-1 VC Lerer Hippeau, Matchstick VC, Tower Research Capital, Antler, MBA Ventures, and onboarded Mike Witte as an adviser and investor.

Mentium.io builds AI workers for the supply chain and logistics industry, using AI to solve some of the hardest real-world operational challenges.

In the U.S. alone, nearly two million people spend their day moving freight forward through calls, texts, and emails. Mentium helps logistics teams handle that work with AI agents across carrier sales, track and trace, collections, customer updates, and more.

Founding Team

The founding team has an extensive background in the finance and supply chain industry, consulting, and building ML platforms.

• Matthieu - CTO & Co-founder: Matt built machine learning solutions at Brain Corp for 3 years. After that, he became a founding team member at Paragon, a YC-backed Series A startup, where he architected and developed system integrations from 0 to 1.
• Aziz - CEO & Co-founder: Aziz is an MIT MBA candidate and a graduate of Johns Hopkins with over 10 years of experience in supply chain logistics and finance. He spent 7 years at BCG, where he led multi-million dollar growth efforts within the supply chain and logistics industry. Afterward, he founded and scaled a logistics company to $10M in ARR within 15 months and successfully exited.

About you

We are looking for a full stack / backend engineer who enjoys a fast-paced work environment and iterating quickly on product. You will have an ever-evolving set of problems and requirements that will need solutions that do not exist today. You are a solutions-thinker who knows how to hack together MVPs and understands what’s needed to quickly deliver them to production.

• You should have 6+ years of Backend Engineering Experience: You have a strong background in backend engineering, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• We are looking for a systems thinker who can easily recognize patterns to develop frameworks and solutions to solve complex needs. Familiar with ETL, Queues. Understands data ingestion concepts.
• Expertise in SQL Databases and Caches: You are comfortable working with SQL databases like Postgres and caching systems like Redis. You understand the nuances of optimizing data storage and retrieval.
• Autonomy and Fast-Paced Environment: You thrive in a high-autonomy, fast-paced environment where you're empowered to make decisions that shape the direction of the company. Your ability to adapt and make informed choices is essential.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with Distributed Systems
• Experience with Pyton / Go / Temporal
• DevOps Experience: Exposure to DevOps tools such as Terraform, Grafana or Prometheus

Compensation

• Top-of-the-line health, dental, and vision insurance