Software Engineer - Shippers Team

Dashdoc

About The Position

Join the newly formed Shippers team and help build the Shippers part of the company’s road freight transport product. The product includes an API, mobile app, and web app, and has a complex shared-data database architecture. The role involves evolving the data model, implementing APIs, documenting technical decisions, and helping the team establish practices that support its growth. The technology stack includes Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, React, and React Native. The team uses the Shape Up method, working in eight-week cycles: six weeks of feature development followed by two weeks of cooldown for refactoring, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Continuous deployment via GitHub and GitHub Actions supports daily releases, with feature flags used for controlled delivery.

Requirements

Entrepreneurial spirit and product sense, with an interest in solving user problems.
Ability to work autonomously and develop features from conception to completion.
Proficiency with AI coding tools and eagerness to explore their capabilities.
Commitment to writing clean code.
Clear written communication skills.
Efficiency and ability to work in a fast-moving team.
Spoken and written English proficiency.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a complex SaaS platform or social network.
Experience with Django.
Experience with databases at 1TB+ scale.

Responsibilities

Build the Shippers part of the product as part of a small, newly formed team.
Continuously refine and simplify the data model to accommodate changing product needs.
Implement APIs to enable product features.
Write decision records and documentation.
Help establish team best practices and ensure the team can scale.
Develop features from conception through completion.
Look for opportunities to simplify and optimize existing code.