Senior Software Engineer

About DAT

DAT is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 45 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 400 million freights posted in 2022, and a database of $150 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. Our headquarters are in Denver, CO, with additional offices in Missouri, Oregon, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

The Opportunity

DAT is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - PHP/Laravel to join our team in Bangalore, India.

Position Overview

We are seeking a driven, Senior Software Engineer with expertise in modern PHP to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance SaaS solutions for the freight and logistics industry. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping our technology stack, system design, contributing to the success of our projects, and mentoring your fellow engineers. You will work on exciting new projects, as well as upgrading, modernizing, and scaling existing older projects. If working with huge amounts of geospatial data, driver route tracking, navigation, and helping freight get delivered all over North America excites you, this role is for you! We are currently exploring machine learning and large language models for projects later this year too.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Laravel monolith API applications, as well as microservices.
• Write modern, clean, efficient, and well-documented code while adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize software applications to ensure optimal performance.
• Lead and mentor junior developers, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Help us build our best products, tackle exciting engineering challenges as we scale

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on PHP development.
• Expertise in PHP and strong experience with Symfony or Laravel frameworks.
• Solid understanding of OOP, dependency injection, and IoC containers.
• Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL DBs.
• Expertise with software development best practices, including SOLID principles, design patterns, and unit testing.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to design and build secure, scalable, performant services
• AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure experience
• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in PHP development and apply best practices.
• Even if you don’t meet all the requirements, if you feel like you’re a good fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Nice to Have, Not Required:

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with serverless, lambdas, or fargate
• Experience with infrastructure as code such as CloudFormation or Terraform
• Experience optimizing MySQL queries and database design
• Experience with RESTful API development.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
• Contribution to open-source projects or a strong GitHub profile.

Success Measures:

A Senior Software Engineer will be successful in this role when they

• Are open, honest and willing to contribute and collaborate with others
• Develop confidence in finding their way across the platform
• Can take responsibility for the planning and execution of a major feature, representing Engineering when working with Product and Design
• Are willing to learn and contribute to all parts of the stack
• Are resolute in their approach to problem solving, balancing the needs of their team with the willingness to get to the bottom of issues
• Highlight areas for improvement

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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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