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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Flexport Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Salary:** $196,875.0 - $246,094.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Distributed Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Ruby on Rails, Workflow Management Systems, AI Infrastructure, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Spring-boot, Backend, Stack Overflow - **Published:** June 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9911e1bd-bc06-4c09-8ad1-5b121a64e3ff ## About the Role * LLM Fluency: Experience with agent patterns, RAG, and prompt engineering. You know what works in production versus what only looks good in a demo. * Agentic Orchestration: Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal) and building reliable systems around non-deterministic AI. * Entrepreneurial Drive: You don't wait for a spec; you find the highest-leverage automation problems and design the AI-driven solution. * Product Instincts: You can identify what is worth building, not just execute on a spec. You have a proven track record of building data-heavy applications where high-quality user interaction is the priority. * Architecture Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or systems, specifically in building unified interfaces that aggregate data from various backend systems. * Technical Rigor: A love of simple, well-tested code that is easy to extend and hard to break, combined with experience building large-scale distributed systems. * Technical Communication: The ability to convey technical ideas in common terms to business partners, product managers, and engineers alike. It's a plus if you have * Experience with elements of our tech stack: Java, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, React, AWS. * Experience in logistics, supply chain, or freight technology. * Experience building internal tools or operator-facing applications. * A bias for action: When you see a problem, you solve it. #LI-onsite ## Description The Autonomous Freight Systems team is a brand new, AI-first engineering team in San Francisco. This team will own Flexport's client-facing rates platform and the self-serve freight booking experience-two of the highest-leverage surfaces in our Client App that dictate how clients see pricing and book freight without manual intervention. As a Staff Engineer, you will be the technical anchor for our next-generation AI-powered rates platform. We aren't just building a UI; we are building AI agents that handle real logistics work: parsing complex rate sheets, managing pricing intelligence across ocean, air, and trucking, and making "Self-Serve" a reality for thousands of shippers. You will build the intelligence layer that allows clients to commit freight on technology alone, with no account executive and no operations touch. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape technical direction, set up a new codebase, and build the platform that moves Flexport from an assisted-sales model to a tech-run one for the long tail of our client base. You will partner with Pricing, Sales, Ops, and Design on hard domain problems and ship to the most-used client surfaces at the company. You will * Design and ship end-to-end AI agents that handle pricing intelligence and booking compliance without human oversight. * Create the tooling and secure AI infrastructure required to expose internal logistics data to LLMs safely. * Navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of agent patterns, RAG, and prompt engineering to solve problems that don't have "Stack Overflow" answers yet. * Build and launch products rapidly and incrementally: we ship to production dozens of times per day. * Mentor and uplevel engineers across the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence. * Partner with the Engineering Manager to define the team's technical roadmap and hiring bar. ## Related Videos - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)