System Engineer

Maven Machines•Pittsburgh, PA

7h•Remote

About The Position

Maven is reimagining how the world moves freight. We are a fast-growing tech startup based in Pittsburgh that is working on building the next era of fleet management, dispatch, and infrastructure technologies for the transportation and service industries. Over the past eleven years, Maven’s cloud-based solutions have been successfully deployed to thousands of drivers and companies across the country, with many of the nation’s top 100 trucking fleets running their operations on our software platform. We are looking for exceptionally bright and talented individuals to add to our growing world-class team of professionals. As a fulltime Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing the engineering, business and management aspects of a project or a system, and make sure that all the parts work properly together. You must be able to perform direct and advisory roles in oversight, planning and implementation of projects and initiatives. As a systems engineer you are concerned about the big picture of a project in addition to engineering aspects and must consider details like cost, schedules, and customer’s needs. The ideal candidate is based in Pittsburgh, PA or elsewhere in the continental U.S.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 – 5 years’ experience in back-end system management.
Bachelor’s Degree Required.
Rudimentary level understanding of JavaScript
Understanding of JSON frameworks
Experience Using Postman
Experience integrating RESTful APIs
Experience using SQL
Experience using JIRA
Experience using Firebase
Basic Git commands
Experience leading projects focused on delivery customer value through technology.
Customer-focused and business-oriented.
Excellent time management skills.
Strong communication and business writing skills.
Proficient in producing presentations and reports using office suite tools.
Ability to identify, resolve and follow up on issues leveraging subject matter experts.
Team player - strong initiative, independent thinker, driven to succeed, high energy with a commitment to work and follow-through.

Nice To Haves

Willingness to travel (25%).
Experience in deployment of SaaS software preferred.
Trucking Industry experience a plus.
Agile experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Speaking to and collaborating with a variety of people, such as clients, vendors, management and other team members during the creation and maintenance of a system.
Creating control features to ensure systems effectively meet the organizations’ quality standards.
Engaging in quality control procedures to ensure that systems are efficient and operational.
Develop a cost-efficient system for projects by performing a cost-benefit analysis
Ensuring that an organization’s solution is operating at maximum efficiency.