Senior Software Engineer

About DAT

Job Application Deadline: 5/31/2026

The Opportunity

DAT is hiring Senior Software Engineers to join the teams building the Convoy Platform—a digital freight marketplace that connects brokers and carriers through industry-leading technology.

We currently have two high-impact openings: one within our Broker Tech team and one within Carrier Tech team. While each team focuses on a different side of the marketplace, both share a common goal: building a seamless, automated, and reliable ecosystem for the logistics industry.

• Broker Tech: You will build tools that enable brokers to match shipments and grow their business within their own ecosystems. Your work will focus on things as diverse as:
  • Building smarter tools and visibility that boost broker match rates
  • Enabling brokers to expand through better pricing, new freight categories, and integrations
  • Creating unified, timely communication channels so brokers stay informed and engaged in real time
• Carrier Tech: You will own the systems driving the Convoy marketplace and carrier experience.Your work will focus on things as diverse as:
  • Search and discovery
  • Carrier onboarding and engagement
  • Fraud prevention
  • Marketplace impression tracking

What You’ll Do

• Drive Technical Delivery: Lead substantial product initiatives from concept to production. You will drive design and deliveryensuring inter-team dependencies are accounted for.
• Full-Stack Development: Write, test, and deploy production-quality code. Our stack primarily leverages js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with React/React Native powering our web and mobile experiences.
• Architect for Scale: Design message-driven workflows (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and distributed systems that handle the complexities of a real-time marketplace.
• Own the Lifecycle: Manage the full software lifecycle in a high-ownership, low-process environment. This includes observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate & Mentor: Partner with Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders to solve ambiguous problems. Mentor junior engineers and uphold high standards for code reviews and documentation.

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• 5-7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping impactful products.
• Backend Mastery: Strong proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js, including API design and debugging in production environments.
• Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of consistency tradeoffs, failure modes, retries, and graceful degradation.
• Data Expertise: Proficiency with SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) including schema design, migrations, and query performance.
• Messaging & Cloud: Hands-on experience with message queues (Kafka or RabbitMQ) and cloud-native deployments (AWS).
• Product Mindset: You prioritize user outcomes and business impact over technical novelty. You are comfortable breaking down complex, undefined problems.
• Communication: Excellent ability to advocate for technical direction and communicate progress to non-technical stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in in Computer Science, related field.

Bonus Skills 

• Mobile Experience: Familiarity with React Native or app modernization.
• Modern API Patterns: GraphQL experience (schema design, performance, caching).
• Specialized Domains: Experience in logistics, fintech/payments, fraud prevention, or two-sided marketplaces.
• DevOps Culture: Experience with CI/CD, feature flags, and environment promotion strategies.

Our Culture

We are a collaborative, data-driven team that values respect, work-life balance, and self-organization. We move quickly on ambiguous problems and support each other in delivering business impact. Whether you're interested in the broker or carrier side of the house, you'll find a team dedicated to technical excellence and user-centric solutions.

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Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We’ve been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado’s 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington State Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $154,000.00 - $209,000.00 + target bonus.  DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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