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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** project 44, Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software Quality, Computer Programming, Databases, Software Debugging, Amazon DynamoDB, High-Level Architecture, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Swagger, SQL Databases, Openapi, Cloud Platform System, Multi-Cloud, Change Data Capture, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Build Tools, Data Management, Stream Processing, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/project44/jobs/8159006 ## About the Role * 9+ years professional experience building large-scale, real-time or near-real-time cloud systems. * Strong programming and debugging skills, with deep proficiency in Java. * Demonstrated experience owning technical solutions end-to-end and leading their execution across a team. Experience in: * Building systems in a multi-cloud environment. We use AWS & GCP but value experience in other cloud environments such as Azure. * Creating and working with scalable Java-based micro-services, including architecture-level decisions that affect multiple teams. * Working with databases (preferably Postgres or other SQL-based DB) as well as document stores such as MongoDB. * Event stores and stream-processing in Kafka or Kinesis, including change-data-capture / changelog publishing patterns. * Working in an agile software development environment, including leading initiatives and meetings within a team or functional area. * Mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team. Desirable and helpful (but not necessary): * Experience investigating large and complex codebases across service boundaries. * Creating APIs/web services: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger. * Container orchestration: Docker & Kubernetes. * Hands-on experience with DynamoDB, MongoDB, Postgres. * Experience applying or refining a team's security strategy. * A track record of garnering resources and motivating teammates toward a common goal. * Personal drive and a high pace, with intentionality about the projects and roles you take on. In-office Commitment: This position requires a commitment to contribute to our collaborative culture by working in-office Three days weekly. ## Description We expect every project44 team member, regardless of role or function, to actively leverage AI in their day-to-day work. Whether you're building product, serving customers, managing people, or running operations, AI is a tool you're expected to use with intent, curiosity, and judgment. We don't expect everyone to be a data scientist. We do expect everyone to be an intelligent user of AI: able to identify where it adds value, direct it effectively, evaluate outputs critically, and govern it responsibly. We invest in our team's AI fluency because we believe it's a competitive advantage for every person at project44, not just our engineers If you're driven to solve meaningful problems, leverage AI to scale rapidly, drive impact daily, and be part of a high-performance team - we should talk., project44 is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment owning technical solutions for broad and complex integration challenges, helping accelerate how project44 connects to the world's logistics networks. This role carries deeper technical ownership and cross-team influence than our Senior Software Engineer track, and is expected to shape strategy for their team's systems while mentoring engineers beyond their immediate team. Key accountabilities: What you'll work on * Own the design and technical direction for state-of-the-art integrations that expand our ever-growing network of connected carriers and customers, applying insightful and strategic approaches to broad or ambiguous requirements. * Manage integrations through their full life cycle, and drive how your team monitors, operates, and improves the supply chain visibility platform it owns. * Own data-consistency and change-propagation guarantees for shared master data, including event-driven changelog/CDC pipelines that fan out to a wide set of downstream consumers. * Design resilient integrations with external, non-p44 API providers - handling rate limits, retries, and circuit-breaking for third-party and regulatory data sources. * Build systems in a multi-cloud environment (we use AWS and GCP; experience with other clouds such as Azure is valued). * Initiate and facilitate discussions with cross-functional partners on complex technical problems, communicate standards, and get buy-in on solutions. * Partner with business stakeholders to align requirements, and proactively identify solutions to issues affecting your team and adjacent teams. * Share ownership of all facets of software delivery - development, operations, and test - and set the standard for code quality and maintainability on your team. * Assume on-call responsibilities for systems built and owned by your team, and lead investment in tools, monitoring, and automation to improve the on-call experience for the whole team. * Mentor engineers on your team and across other teams, both technically and culturally, and act as an emerging leader and role model. * Collaborate cross-functionally to spec out high-level design for large projects from a PRD, and occasionally contribute to org-wide engineering strategy. ## Related Videos - [Using code generation for test automation – the fancy way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/230-using-code-generation-for-test-automation-the-fancy-way) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [For the REST of us: API First and Conway’s Law](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1932-for-the-rest-of-us-api-first-and-conway-s-law) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [1, 2, 3... 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