Remote Senior Software Engineer - AI Pricing & Automation

C.H. Robinson; Portland (ME); Remote; USD 113,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

PTO / Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Stock Purchase Plan

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

C.H. Robinson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on our Book-It-Now/Digital Negotiator Costing team where you will collaborate with data science to automate pricing and costing, improving uptime and data management in real-time.

This fully remote role focuses on building harnesses to accelerate AI and human pricing adjustments, including context management, verification guardrails, and live experimentation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level Python development skills.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and API design.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering productivity practices, including coding agents and harnesses.
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications.
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Git and Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of software security principles and secure development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable Python-based services, APIs, and event-driven solutions that power digital freight pricing, booking, and carrier experiences
• Build intelligent platforms and experimentation frameworks that improve the speed, accuracy, and reliability of AI-driven and human-assisted pricing and costing decisions
• Partner with data science teams to deploy, validate, and continuously optimize machine learning solutions that drive automation and measurable business impact
• Develop real-time and near real-time systems that improve platform performance, data quality, observability, and operational excellence
• Lead technical design discussions, translate complex business challenges into scalable solutions, and influence architecture decisions across multiple domains
• Implement engineering best practices related to testing, security, monitoring, automation, and continuous delivery to ensure highly available and resilient systems
• Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and help elevate software development practices across the team
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Revenue Management, Operations, and Engineering partners to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions
• Contribute to AI-assisted engineering capabilities, including coding harnesses, validation guardrails, and productivity-enhancing development tools

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

SQL

NoSQL

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Job description

C.H. Robinson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on our Book-It-Now/Digital Negotiator Costing team where you will collaborate with data science to automate pricing and costing, improving uptime and data management in real-time.

This fully remote role focuses on building harnesses to accelerate AI and human pricing adjustments, including context management, verification guardrails, and live experimentation.