Full-Time

Staff Engineer

PortPro

PortPro

51-200 employees

SaaS TMS for drayage container shipments

Compensation Overview

$180k - $220k/yr

New York, NY, USA

Remote

Category
AI & Machine Learning (2)
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Required Skills
LLM
MLOps
Agile
Machine Learning
SCRUM
Responsibilities
  • You'll lead the architecture design and execution to build machine learning-based solutions in the cloud and on a mobile app. This will include but is not limited to the use of Generative AI/Large Language Models (LLMs), Optimization Problems, building Domain Specific Large Language Models.
  • You will be expected to work full stack across mobile app, cloud services to deliver ML-backed features for customers
  • You will identify, invent and follow best practices for deploying ML to the cloud and app.
  • Translate ambiguous product definition into detailed requirements, and end-to-end technical strategy docs.
  • Define and develop infrastructure to build, release and test updates to underlying ML models in production systems. You will build solutions that let the team quickly experiment while maintaining an exceptionally high quality bar for shipped software.
  • You will lead SCRUM/Agile ceremonies to create and execute consistent and timely delivery. You will identify and represent technical risks to the customer experience, or its delivery to senior leaders and stakeholders.

PortPro provides a software-as-a-service transportation management system (TMS) tailored for container drayage carriers. Its flagship product, drayOS, helps carriers manage shipments more efficiently by offering AI-based order entry, real-time container tracking, appointment setting, and customer messaging through a user-friendly web interface. The platform includes a customer portal so shippers can communicate with carriers and receive updates. PortPro monetizes through subscription fees and optional premium services such as enhanced support and training. By focusing on drayage-specific workflows and seamless implementation, PortPro differentiates itself from broader TMS vendors and aims to become the go-to TMS provider for drayage carriers.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$12M

Headquarters

Jersey City, New Jersey

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Drayage market grows from $6.1 billion in 2022 to $8.3 billion by 2027.
  • drayOS Track automates vessel ETA and demurrage tracking since March 2023.
  • $12 million funding fuels expansion for drayage TMS innovations.

What critics are saying

  • XPO Logistics and J.B. Hunt vertically integrate drayage, eliminating broker customers.
  • Samsara and Geotab commoditize tracking, undercutting PortPro's value proposition.
  • Port Authority API changes disrupt drayOS Track integrations within 6-12 months.

What makes PortPro unique

  • drayOS offers AI-based order entry and real-time container tracking for drayage carriers.
  • Embedded Email Inbox launched June 5, 2024, integrates inbox management into TMS.
  • AI Agents autonomously think, learn, and execute actions for drayage operations.

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Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

Asiashift
May 12th, 2025
AI Meets Drayage: PortPro Launches AI Agents at a Critical Moment for the Industry

To help address these challenges, PortPro today announced the launch of AI Agents - digital tools that can think, learn, and take actions on behalf of users.

PRUnderground
Nov 22nd, 2024
PortPro Ranks #84 of the Fastest-Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte Technology's Fast 500(TM)

PortPro ranks #84 of the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte Technology's Fast 500(TM).

DC Velocity
Jun 5th, 2024
PortPro Launches First-Ever Drayage TMS with an Embedded Email Inbox

(Jersey City, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California - June 5, 2024) - PortPro, the premier transportation software provider for the drayage industry, today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Embedded Email Inbox feature for drayage carriers and brokers looking to better command and control their operations by better managing their inboxes, improving operational efficiency and teamworkflows, and strengthening customer communications.

Transport Topics
Mar 15th, 2024
PortPro Launches TMS for Drayage Carriers and Brokers

PortPro also has introduced PortPro for Drayage Brokers, a web-based system tailored to non-asset drayage brokerages that broker loads to different drayage trucking companies.

DC Velocity
Mar 5th, 2024
PortPro Launches New Carrier and Brokerage TMS Solutions for Drayage Industry

PortPro launches new carrier and brokerage TMS solutions for Drayage industry.