Staff Software Engineer - Alvys

Join Alvys, an early-stage company ambitiously transforming the $800B US freight industry. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will lead the development and operation of our cutting-edge SaaS platform, playing a critical role in enhancing freight transportation logistics. Your leadership will streamline processes and drive significant advancements in a sector crucial for the movement of goods, leveraging your extensive experience in backend development and team leadership to elevate our engineering practices and product capabilities.

This role is ideal for a technical leader skilled in API design, database technologies, and operational system development. Your role will be crucial in integrating technical solutions with advanced research and data methodologies to drive efficiency, optimize complex operational challenges.

Industry Insight

Transportation logistics, a complex and fragmented domain, is ripe for technological revolution. You'll be at the forefront of automating and standardizing a sector that moves trillions of dollars' worth of goods annually, predominantly by truck, yet lacks modern tools and solutions.

About Alvys

Alvys is on a mission to revolutionize transportation logistics. Combining hands-on industry experience with a world-class technical vision, we're building a multi-tenant SaaS platform that's becoming an essential tool for transportation companies.

Our Principles

• Engineering Excellence: We're committed to a principled approach, blending the best of practical and theoretical techniques to ensure superior code quality and architecture.
• End-to-End Ownership: Our collaborative environment ensures that if you build it, you run it.
• Blameless Culture: We focus on ownership and learning from mistakes in a supportive, finger-pointing-free environment.
• Core Values: Trust, transparency, and fairness are not just our company values—they're also the solution to the industry's underlying problems.

Tech Stack

Our cloud-native environment leverages Azure, .NET/C#, CosmosDB, Cognitive Search, and a suite of Azure services. Our front end utilizes JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Dart, and Flutter. Monitoring and alerting are handled by Azure Monitor & Application Insights, alongside numerous integrations with external services.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Backend Development with a proven track record in demonstrating skills in large-scale software development and lifecycle management.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as C#, Java/Kotlin, JS/Typescript, Haskell, etc.
• Competency in both Relational and NoSQL databases, with experience working and supporting such systems in a production environment.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider Azure, AWS, GCP, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale systems, with a proven track record of managing and leading the development of complex, high-traffic backend systems.
• Strong leadership skills with experience leading small to medium-sized engineering teams, including mentoring and growing less experienced engineers.
• Deep familiarity with Azure DevOps for CI/CD is highly regarded.
• Extensive experience working with C# and ASP.NET is highly beneficial.
• Prior experience in logistics or transportation systems is highly valued, offering a unique perspective on our industry challenges and solutions.