Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer
Gatik
Who we are:
Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of light & medium-duty trucks. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 customers including Kroger, Walmart, Tyson Foods, Loblaw, Pitney Bowes, Georgia-Pacific, and KBX; enabling them to optimize their hub-and-spoke supply chain operations, enhance service levels and product flow across multiple locations while reducing labor costs and meeting an unprecedented expectation for faster deliveries. Gatik’s Class 3-7 autonomous box trucks are commercially deployed in multiple markets including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada.
About the role:
We are seeking backend engineers for our software team to build our fleet management platform. This fleet telematics tool serves our customers and partners and provides seamless visibility into and interaction with our AV fleet that enables freight-only operations for unparalleled safety, efficiency, responsiveness, and reliability in middle-mile logistics.
What you'll do:
- Contribute to all technical aspects of backend development, including technical requirements definition, design, implementation, unit testing and integration
- Collaborate with the frontend and infrastructure engineers for successful implementation of product features
- Collaborate with the product and design teams on product alignment and deliverables
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software
What we're looking for:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 5+ years of industry experience in backend development and developing large-scale data driven applications
- Expertise in Python backend frameworks (e.g., Flask, Django)
- Experience with Relational Databases and NoSQL Databases like Cassandra or MongoDB
- Experience building REST APIs using Django Rest Framework or similar
- Experience with CI/CD and system monitoring tools like Datadog
- Good understanding of containers, build systems, and infrastructure automation
- Experience using Gitlab
Bonus Points:
- Familiarity with Azure cloud platform and cloud native architecture
- Experience with data lakes and publish-subscribe protocols like MQTT