Engineering Lead

Roadie, a UPS Company, is a logistics management and crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie offers businesses fast, flexible and asset-light logistics solutions for last-mile delivery. Roadie enables local delivery to more than 95% of U.S. households by providing access to more than 200,000 independent drivers nationwide – allowing businesses to offer their customers delivery optionality for almost any industry, from airlines to artisans.

Dedicated to RoadieXD™, Roadie’s brand new cross-dock solution, our Engineering Lead will oversee a team of ambitious engineers charged with leveraging our technology to create smart, innovative solutions for the logistics challenges of the 21st century. Your team’s work will evolve the architecture and design of the Roadie platform to meet the ever-increasing scalability and performance requirements for RoadieXD™. You will lead a fast-paced team comprised of backend, full stack, and mobile engineers so having a working knowledge of each area would be ideal. 

What You’ll Do

• Oversee a multidisciplinary team of engineers through technical project management and development 

• Implement a scalable model for software development that exceeds expectations in delivery, timing and quality

• Apply experience and knowledge of industry best practices to support and continuously improve the performance, efficiency, and maintainability of Roadie’s platform

• Partner with technology leadership to build technical strategy, and effectively define supporting objectives and key results for team to execute upon

• Streamline the software development life cycle

• Optimize engineering team by growing as needed, working to help attract top-technical talent, and continuously coaching and developing existing team members

Technology We're Using Now

• Backend: Go, Python, Ruby on Rails

• Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Redshift

• Heroku, AWS

• Docker, Kubernetes

• git, GitHub, CircleCI

What You Bring

• 7+ years of software architecture and software development experience

• 4+ years programming experience (Python, Ruby, Go preferred) 

• 2+ years experience managing and leading engineering teams, demonstrating a track record of successful deliveries 

• BS or MS in Engineering or other STEM discipline, preferred 

• Working knowledge of how mobile and web clients interact with the backend

• Desire for continuous improvement of processes, code, and efficiency

• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex problems into digestible insights

Why Roadie? 

• Competitive compensation packages 

• 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself

• 401k with company match

• Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right - Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!) 

• Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO 

• Monthly 3-day weekends

• Monthly WFH stipend 

• Paid sabbatical leave- tenured team members are given time to rest, relax, and explore

• The technology you need to get the job done