\nAt FourKites we have the opportunity to tackle complex challenges with real-world impacts. Whether it’s medical supplies from Cardinal Health or groceries for Walmart, the FourKites platform helps customers operate global supply chains that are efficient, agile and sustainable.\n\nJoin a team of curious problem solvers that celebrates differences, leads with empathy and values inclusivity. \n\nAs a Senior Staff Backend Engineer Engineer, you will get an opportunity to work on features end to end (backend & frontend) using the latest technologies such as Java, GoLang, React, Redis, PostgreSQL,etc. You will develop products that can change the logistics landscape and will be used by some of the biggest corporations in the world. You will develop integrations with our strategic partners to help expand our ecosystem. You will work closely with our US team and customers to develop features that help shape the logistics and supply chain industry.\n\nWhat you’ll be doing:\n\n\n* Develop, test and maintain Java backend applications\n\n* Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code\n\n* Design and implement data models and database schemas\n\n* Collaborate with the frontend team to integrate the backend with the user interface\n\n* Perform code reviews and ensure code quality standards are met\n\n* Troubleshoot and debug applications\n\n* Work with the DevOps team to deploy and manage applications in production\n\n* Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with new technologies and industry trends\n\n\n\n\nAbout the team:\n\n       Our product and engineering teams are dedicated to providing the industry’s best-in-class end to end supply chain visibility platform. We are committed to building a high-performing team with software craftsman-thinking who are dedicated to developing and enhancing our core platform, and we want you to be a central part of it!\n\nWho you are:\n\n\n* Proven experience as a Java Backend Developer or similar role\n\n* Strong understanding of Java, Spring Framework, and object-oriented programming principles\n\n* Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB\n\n* Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript\n\n* Good knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture\n\n* Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills\n\n* Ability to work independently and in a team environment\n\n* Strong knowledge of Git (branches, submodules, rebasing) and other Agile tools such as JIRA & Confluence.\n\n* Agile SDLC experience\n\n* Experience in Amazon Web Services or other cloud services is a plus.\n\n* Excellent oral and written communication skills\n\n\n\n\nWho we are:\n\nFourKites® is the #1 supply chain visibility platform in the world, extending visibility beyond transportation into yards, warehouses, stores and beyond. Tracking more than 2.5 million shipments daily across road, rail, ocean, air, parcel and courier, and reaching over 185 countries, FourKites combines real-time data and powerful machine learning to help companies digitize their end-to-end supply chains. More than 1,000 of the world’s most recognized brands — including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 food and beverage companies — trust FourKites to transform their business and create more agile, efficient and sustainable supply chains.  \n\nFourKites provides competitive compensation with stock options, outstanding benefits and a collaborative culture for all employees around the globe. To help you be your best, we have 5 global recharge days, in addition to standard holidays, and a hybrid, flexible approach to work. Parental leave for all parents, an annual wellness stipend and volunteer days also provide you with time and resources for self care and to care for others. Throughout the year, FourKites sets aside time during the workday to learn and celebrate diversity. And we're always listening for new ways to support everyone in and out of the office. \n\nBenefits\n\n\nMedical benefits start on first day of employment\n\n36 PTO days( Sick, Casual and Earned) , 5 recharge days, 2 volunteer days \n\nHome Office setups and Technology reimbursement\n\nLifestyle & Family benefits \n\nAnnual Swags/ Festive Swags\n\nOngoing learning & development opportunities ( Professional development program, Toast Master club etc.)\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, DevOps, Java, Cloud, Git, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $62,500 — $115,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nWhy should you be excited about working for Benefex?\n\n\n* Leading the backend for their latest product (v1 stage)\n\n* Opportunity to learn Go!\n\n* Forward thinking product culture where you can have an immediate and visible impact on the product\n\n* Working on a product that has 100,000’s of users and is used by global companies\n\n* Working with the latest tech and solving tough problems (Go, Istio, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes)\n\n* Fully remote working setup (after Covid too)\n\n* Working on products that could not be more relevant in today’s world (Covid-19 / employee wellbeing.\n\n\n\n\n\nWho are Benefex\n\nBenefex are leading the way for Employee Wellbeing. They believe no one comes to work to do a bad job or be actively disengaged, and that technology is instrumental in providing an excellent employee experience. They’ve built an all-in-one platform called OneHub that brings together employee benefits software, reward and recognition tech, and workplace communications, so your employees have everything they need for work in one place.\n\nBenefex believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day. Their workplace technology makes this happen.\n\n\nTech Stack:\n\n\n* Backend: REST API’s, Go, Java 8, Spring Boot, Tomcat, MongoAtlas.\n\n* Platform: Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Circle CI, Istio\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Role:\n\nYou'll be the Senior Backend Engineer within the Home squad. Home is the latest product with v1 being launched March 2021. There are still a number of core functionalities that need to be added to the product as well as enhancements to the existing services.\n\nAll new backend services will be built in Go, a small percentage of the work (under 20%) will be enhancing some of the older Java services. You'll work within a close knit squad (PM, 2x BE, 2x FE, QA and Platform) to ensure the backend is fit for purpose. \n\nAs a Senior you will mentor the mid Backend Engineer in the squad, as well as take a lead role within the Backend chapter discussing the backend strategy across the entire product suite.\n\n\nWhat experience/skills Benefex would like to see:\n\n\n* Either having experience in:\n\n\n* Building backend services in Java 8 and Spring Boot and interested in working with Go; or,\n\n* Having experience in building backend services in Go and happy to work on the existing Java services when needed\n\n\n\n\n\n* Knowledge of distributed system architecture\n\n* Creating REST API’s that the frontend team can build on top of\n\n* Building services for cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) and DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, MongoDB)\n\n\n\n\nWith extra points for:\n\n\n* Mentoring junior team members\n\n* Google Cloud Platform\n\n* Kubernetes\n\n* Docker\n\n* Event-driven architecture (CQRS / ES)\n\n\n\n\n\nCareer Progression: \n\nThe next promotion would be Lead Backend Engineer with opportunity to take on more leadership responsibilities within the Backend Chapter and/or more responsibility across the products/squads. After that it would be working towards Engineering Manager or Principal Engineer. \n\n\nBenefits:\n\n\n* Salary: £65,000-75,000\n\n* Fully remote working **NEED TO BE UK RESIDENT**\n\n* Benefits including 25 days holiday (plus your birthday off!)\n\n* £800 annual learning budget for training. Benefex will pay for exams, travel and accommodation for events separately.\n\n* If you ever want to work in the office it’s in the centre of Southampton, a 5 minute walk from the train station and a car park just opposite\n\n* Casual dress code\n\n* Pension, up to 3% contribution match\n\n* Healthcare, income protection, life assurance and access to our own award-winning online benefits scheme\n\n\n\n\n\nInterview Process:\n\n4 stages, completed within 2 weeks. Maximum of 3 candidates in process at one time. \n\n* Phone Interview with VP of Eng (45 min)\n\n* Tech Task (2.5 hours)\n\n* Technical Interview (1 hour)\n\n* Interview with CTO (30 min)\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Senior, Engineer, Backend, DevOps, Java, Cloud, Travel and Junior jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n