Staff Engineer, Platform
Core
Own and evolve the developer platform and tooling that powers Flexport engineering, enabling hundreds of engineers to ship code moving freight across 112 countries.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Developer Platform & Infrastructure)
Builds
CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, artifact repositories, GraphQL/gRPC ecosystem, IAM solutions, container orchestration, and observability stack.
Domain
Global logistics and supply chain technology
Required skills
Full-stack engineering, developer platform design, CI/CD systems, container orchestration, GraphQL, gRPC, IAM, observability, user research, cross-functional alignment
Preferred skills
AWS, Terraform, data-driven DevX metrics (DORA), Identity and Access Management at scale (JWTs, OIDC)
Technologies
Buildkit, Github Actions, Gradle, Bazel, npm/pnpm/bun, Go, Cargo, Artifactory, ECR, github, Kubernetes, ECS, Openmetrics, Datadog
Responsibilities
Design and ship self-serve tooling to remove friction for engineers; Act as steward for GraphQL and gRPC ecosystem; Conduct user research with developers to ground decisions in data; Align with product teams to ship org-wide changes; Evolve IAM solutions and container orchestration stacks.
Seniority
Staff, high-leverage individual contributor with strategic ownership
