Lead Software Engineer

About Surpath

Surpath is on a mission to revolutionize the logistics experience for businesses, consumers, and the world through the power of data and technology. We connect the dots in a long, fragmented journey with strategically located warehouses, advanced software, and cost-effective shipping rates so that clients can easily manage all their multinational shipping, tracking, and reporting needs within one system.

Founded in 2019 by a team of former Amazon and Maersk logistics experts who saw a need for better data quality and greater visibility, Surpath has attracted over $20M from leading VC firms in our Series A and A+ funding. We aim to increase revenue by 400% and increase employee headcount by 150% worldwide in 2022.

Learn more about us at https://surpath.us

About the Role

You will work with our incredibly talented US team who are strong believers in quality, results, and diverse perspectives.

Your responsibilities as a Tech Lead include:
Manage US Tech team of SDE and UI/UX designers while working with a global team to ensure alignment across the company’s tools, systems, and platforms.
Lead software development cycles; design, implement, test, and deliver highly scalable and performant products.
Partner with product managers and executive leadership to research, plan, and shape core products.
Design and develop internal tools and scripts for auto operational jobs.
Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and impacts.
Maintain tech stack quality through regular code reviews and providing feedback based on best practices.

Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
3 - 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
Experience with software design and architecture.
3 years of experience with web development with one or more of modern frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Angular).
3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems.
Strong database fundamentals including SQL, performance, and schema design.

Preferred qualifications
Master's degree in Engineer, Computer Science, or related technical field.
1 - 3 years of experience in technical leadership role, in addition to software development experience in a linux environment.
Proficient in using Spring Cloud components (e.g. spring boot, Eureka, Fegin, Ribbon, Api GateWay).
Experience with Redis, ES, Kafka and other development components, and understanding of mainstream OLTP storage engines.
Familiar with CSS3, HTML5 and W3C specifications, mainstream browsers compatibility, and common Web protocols.