Product Engineer, Freight Tech

Ally Logistics•Kentwood, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Ally Logistics is seeking a Product Engineer for its Product Solutions team to drive internal product outcomes. The role connects business strategy with technical execution, translating operational problems into scoped and delivered solutions across business leaders, internal teams, and the development team. It is a technically fluent problem-solving role rather than a traditional development position; the engineer may build solutions using AI-powered and low-code tools or provide the development team with precise plans to execute. The Product Engineer owns problems end-to-end, from stakeholder discovery through production delivery and ongoing improvement. The role determines whether an idea should remain a prototype, become a team tool, or grow into a full product, while ensuring work advances the company's strategic vision. It also involves connecting tools, data, and teams; shaping product direction; building and maintaining solutions; and improving freight operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience building and shipping software.
Portfolio of software projects built and shipped, ideally independently using AI-powered development tools.
Strong working knowledge of LLMs, agentic coding frameworks, and AI-powered development tools.
Technical fluency to understand how systems are built, integrated, and scaled, without necessarily hand-coding every solution.
Strong understanding of APIs, including RESTful design, authentication patterns, and communication between services.
Ability to lead discovery conversations and translate ambiguous business needs into structured, actionable project plans.
Project management skills, including defining scope, building timelines, managing dependencies, and driving initiatives from kickoff through delivery.
Experience owning products or tools end-to-end, from ideation through delivery and ongoing maintenance, and understanding how individual tools connect into a larger product.
Comfort operating across business processes, tooling, data, and people.
Experience with low-code/no-code automation platforms.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong documentation skills, including producing technical specifications, process guides, and decision records.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Experience with project management software such as Jira, Asana, Linear, Monday.com, or similar.
A cover letter is required; applicants should explain their fit and include a link to something they have built.

Nice To Haves

Experience in freight brokerage, trucking, or logistics, including TMS, load boards, or carrier vetting.
A projects portfolio is highly encouraged.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery conversations with business leaders and internal teams to understand operational pain points, workflows, and goals.
Translate business needs into scoped project plans that define requirements, architecture, timelines, and success criteria.
Own product areas across internal tools and operational software platforms, from opportunity discovery and solution development through prioritization, adoption, and continuous improvement.
Sequence work from prototype to tool to product by validating ideas, strengthening effective solutions, and scaling those that earn adoption.
Connect tools, data, and teams to shape a broader product vision and roadmap.
Select problems in line with leadership's strategic outcomes and demonstrate how each build advances those outcomes.
Rapidly prototype and deliver solutions using AI coding agents and low-code development tools, building solutions directly when needed.
Architect scalable solutions and consider how systems should be structured, integrated, and maintained.
Use LLMs and agentic tooling to design and build intelligent, automated workflows that reduce friction in freight operations.
Write technical specifications and handoff documentation that give the development team the context needed to execute.
Coordinate cross-functional adoption of new tools and processes, promoting alignment and communication across departments.
Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies through end-user feedback and propose actionable improvements.
Configure, customize, and maintain the TMS and broader operations technology stack.