Senior Software Engineer

July 28

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Zencargo

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Transport • SaaS • Artificial Intelligence

Zencargo is a global digital freight forwarder that empowers businesses to make their supply chains a competitive advantage. They offer personalised freight solutions across ocean, air, and road, utilizing AI-driven technology to help customers make smarter decisions. Their platform provides enhanced visibility, real-time tracking, and collaboration tools to optimize supply chain management. Zencargo also focuses on sustainability, offering tools to reduce and offset CO2 emissions. They leverage data analytics to improve logistics and supply chain efficiency, ensuring businesses can adapt to market changes and maintain excellent customer service.

201 - 500 employees

🚗 Transport

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $42M Series B on 2021-05

📋 Description

• Zencargo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our core feature squad, working with Kotlin and Spring Boot to build and scale critical capabilities across our digital freight forwarding platform. • As a Senior Software Engineer in this team, you’ll be responsible for delivering high-impact features that sit at the heart of our customer experience, from booking and tracking shipments to streamlining operations for supply chain teams. You’ll contribute to designing and building robust, scalable services with a focus on quality, performance, and maintainability. • This is a hands-on role where you’ll own complex technical decisions, lead by example in code and design discussions, and support your teammates through mentorship and collaboration. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering squads to ensure we're building the right solutions in the right way, always keeping the needs of our users front and center.

🎯 Requirements

• Professional experience with Kotlin (or Java with a strong willingness to work in Kotlin) • Solid understanding and hands-on experience with Spring Boot 3 for building scalable, maintainable backend services • Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservice architecture, and integration patterns • Experience working with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL or MySQL) and designing efficient, maintainable schemas • Familiarity with automated testing approaches (unit, integration, E2E) and test-driven development • Understanding of monitoring and observability practices, including logs, metrics, and alerts • Awareness of system performance, scalability, and technical debt — and how to address them • Comfortable leading discussions around technical trade-offs, design decisions, and long-term code maintainability • Strong collaborator who can work effectively with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver features that align with business goals • Able to mentor peers through code reviews, pairing, and informal guidance • Experience working in an agile delivery environment, contributing to planning and estimation • Proactive, ownership-driven approach to delivering high-quality software