Staff Software Engineer

Project44; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office three days weekly

Job summary

project44 is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team in Chicago. You will own technical solutions for broad integration challenges and influence multiple teams with architectural decisions and mentoring.

You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment, shaping strategy for cross-team systems, and partnering with stakeholders to align requirements and drive delivery of scalable, resilient integrations.

Qualifications

• 9+ years professional experience building large-scale, real-time or near-real-time cloud systems.
• Strong programming and debugging skills, with deep proficiency in Java.
• Demonstrated experience owning technical solutions end-to-end and leading their execution across a team.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and technical direction for state-of-the-art integrations that expand our network of carriers and customers.
• Manage integrations through their full life cycle and improve the visibility platform.
• Own data-consistency and changelog pipelines across downstream consumers.
• Design resilient integrations with external providers, handling rate limits and retries.
• Build systems in a multi-cloud environment (AWS and GCP).
• Mentor engineers across teams and lead technical direction.

Skills

Java

Cloud architectures

Microservices

Mentoring

Leadership

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

Kinesis

AWS/GCP

Job description

We challenge the status quo because we know a better supply chain isn’t just possible—it’s essential. Better for our customers. Better for their business. Better for the world.

With our Decision Intelligence Platform, Movement we’re redefining how global supply chains operate. By transforming fragmented logistics data into real-time, AI-powered insights, we empower companies to connect instantly, see clearly, act decisively, and automate intelligently. Our Supply Chain AI enhances visibility, drives smarter execution, and unlocks next-gen applications that keep businesses moving forward.

Headquartered in Chicago, IL with a 2nd HQ in Bengaluru, India we are powered by a diverseglobal team that is tackling the toughest logistics challenges with innovation, urgency, and purpose.

AI at project44

We expect every project44 team member, regardless of role or function, to actively leverage AI in their day-to-day work. Whether you’re building product, serving customers, managing people, or running operations, AI is a tool you’re expected to use with intent, curiosity, and judgment. We don’t expect everyone to be a data scientist. We do expect everyone to be an intelligent user of AI: able to identify where it adds value, direct it effectively, evaluate outputs critically, and govern it responsibly. We invest in our team’s AI fluency because we believe it’s a competitive advantage for every person at project44, not just our engineers

Description:

project44 is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment owning technical solutions for broad and complex integration challenges, helping accelerate how project44 connects to the world’s logistics networks. This role carries deeper technical ownership and cross-team influence than our Senior Software Engineer track, and is expected to shape strategy for their team’s systems while mentoring engineers beyond their immediate team.

Key accountabilities: What you’ll work on

• Own the design and technical direction for state-of-the-art integrations that expand our ever-growing network of connected carriers and customers, applying insightful and strategic approaches to broad or ambiguous requirements.
• Manage integrations through their full life cycle, and drive how your team monitors, operates, and improves the supply chain visibility platform it owns.
• Own data-consistency and change-propagation guarantees for shared master data, including event-driven changelog/CDC pipelines that fan out to a wide set of downstream consumers.
• Design resilient integrations with external, non-p44 API providers — handling rate limits, retries, and circuit-breaking for third-party and regulatory data sources.
• Build systems in a multi-cloud environment (we use AWS and GCP; experience with other clouds such as Azure is valued).
• Initiate and facilitate discussions with cross-functional partners on complex technical problems, communicate standards, and get buy-in on solutions.
• Partner with business stakeholders to align requirements, and proactively identify solutions to issues affecting your team and adjacent teams.
• Share ownership of all facets of software delivery — development, operations, and test — and set the standard for code quality and maintainability on your team.
• Assume on-call responsibilities for systems built and owned by your team, and lead investment in tools, monitoring, and automation to improve the on-call experience for the whole team.
• Mentor engineers on your team and across other teams, both technically and culturally, and act as an emerging leader and role model.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to spec out high-level design for large projects from a PRD, and occasionally contribute to org-wide engineering strategy.

Qualifications:

• 9+ years professional experience building large-scale, real-time or near-real-time cloud systems.
• Strong programming and debugging skills, with deep proficiency in Java.
• Demonstrated experience owning technical solutions end-to-end and leading their execution across a team.

Experience in:

• Building systems in a multi-cloud environment. We use AWS & GCP but value experience in other cloud environments such as Azure.
• Creating and working with scalable Java-based micro-services, including architecture-level decisions that affect multiple teams.
• Working with databases (preferably Postgres or other SQL-based DB) as well as document stores such as MongoDB.
• Event stores and stream-processing in Kafka or Kinesis, including change-data-capture / changelog publishing patterns.
• Working in an agile software development environment, including leading initiatives and meetings within a team or functional area.
• Mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team.

Desirable and helpful (but not necessary):

• Experience investigating large and complex codebases across service boundaries.
• Hands-on experience with DynamoDB, MongoDB, Postgres.
• Experience applying or refining a team’s security strategy.
• A track record of garnering resources and motivating teammates toward a common goal.
• Personal drive and a high pace, with intentionality about the projects and roles you take on.

In-office Commitment: This position requires a commitment to contribute to our collaborative culture by working in-office Three days weekly.

Diversity & Inclusion

At project44, we’re designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. As we work to deliver a truly world-class product and experience, we are also intentionally building teams that reflect the unique communities we serve. We’re focused on creating a company where all team members can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

We’re building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for, and our journey of becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization, where all have a sense of belonging, is shaped through the actions of our leadership, global teams, and individual team members. We are resolute in our belief that each team member has an equal responsibility to mold and uphold our culture.

project44 is an equal opportunity employer seeking to enrich our work environment by creating opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to thrive.

More about project44

Since 2014, project44 has been transforming the way one of the largest, most important global industries does business. As transportation and logistics continue to evolve and customer expectations around delivery become more demanding, industry technology must rise to the occasion. In just a few short years, we have created a digital infrastructure that eliminates the inefficiencies caused by dated technology and manual processes. Our Advanced Visibility Platform is used by the world’s leading brands to track shipments, collaborate with supply chain partners, drive operational efficiencies, and create outstanding customer experiences.