Engineering Manager, Trucking

The Engineering Manager for the Trucking team in Chicago will work closely with business partners to drive goals and strategy for Trucking procurement and planning. This team is responsible for maintaining all procured rates and modeling trucking procured inventory. The Engineering Manager will manage and coach a team of talented engineers, work with product and business stakeholders to drive strategy for Trucking planning and procurement, and work with engineering leaders across Flexport to help build scalable programs that standardize information flow and increase operational capacity. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of technical experience building scalable systems, experience hiring and building diverse and inclusive teams, and a track record of ideating, planning, executing, and reflecting on multi-month initiatives.

• Expertly design and own technical solutions for broad or complex requirements with insightful, strategic approaches.
• Manage and coach a team of talented engineers and help develop their careers.
• Work closely with product and business stakeholders to drive strategy for Trucking planning and procurement.
• Work with engineering leaders across Flexport to help build scalable programs that standardize information flow and increase operational capacity.
• Set a standard of technical excellence on the team and drive impact.
• Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally. We ship to production dozens of times a day.
• Geek out about shipping and logistics. (We do this often.)
• Have 8+ years of technical experience building scalable systems.
• Experience hiring and building diverse and inclusive teams.
• Track record of ideating, planning, executing, and reflecting on multi-month initiatives.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team with product, design, and data.
• Bias for constantly learning new technologies and driving a culture of excellence across the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to weigh trade-offs.
• Experience in a fast-paced work environment & a bias for action. You ship quality code quickly and decisively.

• 8+ years of technical experience building scalable systems.
• Experience hiring and building diverse and inclusive teams.
• Track record of ideating, planning, executing, and reflecting on multi-month initiatives.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team with product, design, and data.
• Bias for constantly learning new technologies and driving a culture of excellence across the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to weigh trade-offs.
• Experience in a fast-paced work environment & a bias for action. You ship quality code quickly and decisively.