Full-Time
2026 New Grad
Software Engineer, Full-Stack, Chicago
Posted on 6/16/2026
Loop
51-200 employees
AI-driven freight audit and payments platform
Compensation Overview
$125k/yr
Chicago, IL, USA
In Person
In-person role; must work from Chicago office 4 days/week.
Bachelor's, Master's
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- Graduating with a Bachelor of Science or higher in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields; available to start full-time in 2026.
- Working in person in the San Francisco or Chicago office 4 days a week.
- Proficiency with a modern technology stack and ability to deliver a modern web application quickly.
- Ability to unblock yourself and thrive in ambiguity; deliver high-quality products and business impact.
- AI literacy with strong intuition on how large language models work and experience with AI native tools (Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, etc.).
- Ship critical infrastructure; Manage real-world logistics and financial data for the largest enterprise in the world.
- Own the why by building deep context through customer calls and pushing back on requirements if a better solution exists.
- Full-stack proficiency across system boundaries including frontend user experience, large language model agents, database schema, and event infrastructures.
- Leverage artificial intelligence tools to handle boilerplate while focusing on high-leverage work such as quality, architecture, and product taste.
- Raise the velocity bar by optimizing development loops, refactoring legacy patterns, automating workflows, and fixing broken processes.
Loop provides a data platform and full-stack AI system to modernize transportation spend management. It unifies invoices, shipment tracking, and contract terms into a single source of truth for high-volume shippers, carriers, and 3PLs, enabling automation of invoice processing (up to 99%), real-time exception handling, and predictive analytics to surface cost-saving opportunities. Its products—such as the Loop Control Suite and Parcel Contract Intelligence—use machine learning to identify potential overpayments before they occur, and operate as a SaaS solution with a dedicated customer success team. This combination differentiates Loop from competitors by combining data unification, proactive AI-driven insights, and a hands-on service model to streamline freight audit and payments. The company's goal is to turn freight audit from a cost center into a strategic advantage, improving working capital and financial clarity across global logistics operations.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$160M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2021
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Loop closed a $95 million Series C on April 17, 2026, led by Valor.
- May 4, 2026 launches added customs, tariff review, and purchase-order matching.
- Customers reported 100% audit coverage, millions recovered, and roughly 9x ROI within nine months.
What critics are saying
- Freehand, Intelligent Audit, and Sifted target Loop's core freight-audit budget in 2026.
- The recent StrategIQ integration can disrupt product focus and customer workflows through 2027.
- If ERP vendors ship native agents first, Loop becomes a replaceable point solution.
What makes Loop unique
- DUX 2.0 normalizes invoices, PDFs, emails, and ERP data into one system.
- Loop moved from freight audit to Logistics Data Platform on May 4, 2026.
- Its Exception Agent automates disputes and invoice verification without human intervention.
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Health Insurance
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401(k) Retirement Plan
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Professional Development Budget
Physical and Mental fitness subsidies
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↑ 31%Mesirow has acted as exclusive financial advisor to StrategIQ Commerce on its sale to Loop Payments, Inc. The transaction strengthens Loop's position in AI-native transportation spend management following its recent $95 million Series C funding round. Chicago-based StrategIQ Commerce provides real-time data and visibility solutions for supply chain management, offering services including transportation expense management, predictive analytics and customised reporting for freight and parcel sector clients. Loop Payments specialises in centralising fragmented data and automating supply chain decision-making processes. The combined entity aims to advance AI-native solutions across the freight and parcel shipment ecosystem. Mesirow has completed over 350 transactions in the technology services sector in recent years.
Trucking announcements: c-suite appointments at Clarios, CMC, Harbor Logistics. Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Harbor Logistics has appointed Scott Auslund as CEO and CMC announced that Joseph Pignataro has been promoted to chief financial officer. Clarios appointed Alexander van Laack as the company's chief technology officer. In Canada, meanwhile, B.C.-based Sutherland Group has welcomed Gary Muuren as director of human resources, and Ontario's Polaris Transportation announced it has joined the Government of Canada's Net-Zero Challenge. Harbor Logistics appoints new CEO. Harbor Logistics has appointed Scott Auslund as CEO, effective May 4. The Charleston, S.C.-based company said Auslund brings more than 15 years of transportation and logistics experience, including leadership roles focused on warehousing, freight services and supply chain operations. Most recently, Auslund served as chief operations officer at loop.com, where he managed the integration of two back-to-back acquisitions. He previously held CEO roles at Data2Logistics and GR Holdings. Earlier in his career, he served as a CEO and chief strategy officer at Mariner, vice president of supply chain solutions at Covenant Logistics, and held a leadership role at Uber Freight. "We are excited to welcome Scott to Harbor at such a critical moment for the platform," said board chairman Marc Kramer in a news release. "His operational depth and sector-specific experience make him exceptionally well-suited to lead Harbor into its next chapter." Auslund succeeds Kevin Shuba, who led Harbor through a period of operational integration and regional expansion across the Southeast. CMC promotes Pignataro to chief financial officer. U.S. intermodal transportation services provider CMC announced that Joseph Pignataro has been promoted to chief financial officer. He most recently served as senior vice president of finance and has been with the company since 2022, overseeing financial operations, compliance and strategic growth initiatives. He also played a role in integrating the ITI Intermodal and Columbia Group merger. "Originally brought on to modernize financial reporting, he quickly expanded his role to lead a high-performing finance team supporting both daily operations and long-term planning," the company said in the release. Prior to joining CMC, Pignataro worked in audit and tax, serving clients in manufacturing, financial services, logistics and intermodal transportation. He had also advised CMC since 2013, prior to joining the company full-time. "Joe has been a part of our business for quite some time, and his long-term contributions have helped shape where we are today," said Vincent J. Marino, CEO of CMC. "He's been a steady leader through periods of growth and change, and as we continue to build out our leadership team, we're confident in our direction and our ability to keep growing together." Van Laack named CTO at Clarios. Low-voltage battery technology developer Clarios appointed Alexander van Laack as its chief technology officer (CTO). Van Laack joined Clarios in 2024 as vice president of sales for OEM Americas and had served as interim CTO since February 2025. Van Laack has nearly two decades of experience across engineering, technology, and commercial leadership roles in the automotive sector, including senior positions at Forvia and Faurecia Clarion Electronics. In his new role, he will lead Clarios' global engineering, advanced development, validation, and innovation activities. He will focus on strengthening engineering execution, shaping the company's low-voltage system architecture, and delivering scalable solutions that meet evolving customer and regulatory requirements. Sutherland Group appoints Muuren director of HR. B.C.-based Sutherland Group has welcomed Gary Muuren as director of human resources. He will oversee HR shared services, support leadership teams and help advance the company's people and workplace initiatives as the organization continues to grow, according to the release. Muuren brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across multi-site and unionized operations, with a background in workforce planning, labour relations and organizational development. Before joining Sutherland Group, Muuren served as vice president of HR at Tahltan Nation Development Corporation. He also previously held senior leadership roles with Nch'Kay, JJM Construction, Paper Excellence Group, Baptist Housing and Kal Tire. Earlier in his career, he worked in organizational development and rail operations in South Africa with Transnet Freight Rail. Polaris joins federal Net-Zero Challenge initiative. Polaris Transportation announced it has joined the Government of Canada's Net-Zero Challenge, committing to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2050. The Mississauga, Ont.-based carrier said the commitment formalizes its long-term emissions reduction strategy covering both fleet operations and facilities. The company already has an interim target of reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 30% by 2030. The federal Net-Zero Challenge program encourages Canadian businesses to establish science-based emissions reduction targets and publicly report progress toward decarbonization goals. "By joining the Net-Zero Challenge, Polaris Transportation Group is demonstrating leadership through net-zero planning. This Government of Canada initiative supports businesses in setting ambitious targets that not only reduce emissions but also strengthen their long-term competitiveness," said Julie Dabrusin, minister of environment, climate change and nature, in the release. Polaris said it is also advancing sustainability initiatives beyond direct emissions. This includes waste diversion programs, employee commuting initiatives and sustainable procurement practices, although it has not yet established formal Scope 3 emissions targets. "For Polaris, sustainability is not just an initiative, it's a responsibility," added Dave Cox, CEO of Polaris Transportation Group. "By participating in the Net-Zero Challenge, we are strengthening our long-term commitment to reducing emissions, investing in responsible operations, and supporting a more sustainable future for the transportation industry." Krystyna Shchedrina's work has been focusing on transportation and logistics since 2022, and she is an honors graduate of the journalism bachelor program at Humber College. Reach Krystyna at: [email protected] Have your say This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. 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Loop introduces new features for LDP. May 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM Loop has introduced a series of new features for its Logistics Data Platform (LDP), which is based on a data engine. According to a statement from the company, which specializes in supply chain challenges, the new platform aims to enhance the efficiency of logistics teams. Features for efficiency enhancement. The LDP utilizes the new data engine "DUX 2.0," which provides validated and verified data. This is intended to help companies accelerate their digital transformation processes. A newly developed exception agent is designed to promote workflows and increase employee efficiency. This is to be achieved through consistent execution of logistics processes. Additionally, the platform offers a feature called "Loop Intelligence," which integrates an AI assistant. This is intended to help companies leverage decision intelligence to enhance business value through optimized global logistics networks. According to the manufacturer, the new features of the LDP are designed to create a solid data foundation that drives automation through artificial intelligence.
Loop, a supply chain AI company, has launched its Logistics Data Platform featuring new AI capabilities including DUX 2.0 data engine, Exception Agent for autonomous operations, and Loop Intelligence with an AI Assistant. The platform addresses the logistics industry's fragmented data challenge by extracting and normalising cross-operational data, performing automated audits, and delivering validated information. The Exception Agent manages exceptions autonomously, handling carrier disputes and invoice verification without human intervention. Early customers report significant results: a Fortune 100 food company achieved 100% audit coverage and uncovered millions in untracked costs, whilst a beverage company recovered 2% of total freight spend with approximately 9x ROI within nine months. Founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, Loop has raised $295 million to date and aims to transform logistics from a cost centre into a strategic business driver.
Loop launches The Logistics Data Platform powered by new AI capabilities. San Francisco, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) - Loop, the full-stack AI company tackling the supply chain's systemic data challenge, today launched an expansive suite of capabilities that form the foundation of the Logistics Data Platform (LDP). Loop's Logistics Data Platform, the industry's first AI-native supply chain data system, was purpose-built to tackle the three biggest mandates of modern enterprise logistics teams, featuring brand new capabilities: * A new data engine, DUX 2.0, provides validated, audited data to accelerate digital transformation * A new Exception Agent helps create frictionless operations to increase employee efficiency and deliver consistent execution * New Loop Intelligence with an AI Assistant powers advanced decision intelligence to drive material business value through optimized global logistics networks With these new capabilities, Loop's Logistics Data Platform helps enterprises develop solid data foundations that fuel AI automation, improving accuracy, consistency and enhancing employee efficiency. With employees' time unlocked, platform intelligence provides the insights and analysis to improve capital usage that make data-driven decisions that drive better business outcomes. The Fundamental Logistics Data Challenge For decades, the logistics industry has attempted to tame fragmented, unstructured supply chain data with manual, error-prone processes. Critical information regarding spend, cost to serve, and vendor performance remains trapped in emails, physical documents, and disconnected systems. Core teams are left operating in disjointed realities: transportation struggles to optimize costs, finance lacks visibility into true landed costs, and customer care is stuck in reactive mode. Meanwhile, transformation teams struggle to implement successful AI pilots due to incomplete or poor-quality data. Loop took a disruptive approach to these problems by building an AI-native platform from the ground up. By combining an extensible data foundation with flexible operational policies for governance, Loop delivers powerful intelligence for existing workforces and agentic tools to autonomously augment those teams. "Automation and AI are only as powerful as the data foundation they operate on," said Matt McKinney, CEO and Co-Founder of Loop. "With this launch, Loop fundamentally shifts from a platform that helps humans work faster to an autonomous system that executes complex logistics strategies on their behalf. We are delivering the pristine data foundation required to bring agentic AI to the supply chain." The Three Pillars of the Logistics Data Platform The Logistics Data Platform uses advanced AI to deliver three primary outcomes, designed specifically to address the most severe pain points plaguing enterprise shippers today: * Best-in-class data: Loop's new data engine, DUX 2.0, is designed to extract and normalize cross-operational, messy data. It introduces a new level of flexibility, expanding to new use cases like customs and tariff document review, purchase order matching for inbound freight visibility, and comprehensive audits of business-specific fields. Meanwhile, built-in AI agents perform extensive checks and autonomous adjustments to deliver high-quality, validated data - creating a single, trustworthy source of truth. * Frictionless operations: When fueled with trusted data from the Logistics Data Platform, Loop's AI-powered automation and tailored policies help shippers streamline overall operations. Loop's new Exception Agent delivers touchless exception management, integrating directly with the audit to initiate disputes with carriers, resolve carrier questions, and ensure you pay the correct amount for every invoice. * Decision intelligence: The new Loop Intelligence feature turns company data into strategic power, delivering immediate financial clarity, network optimization, and accelerated dispute resolution. An Intelligence AI Assistant integrates directly with this data, allowing users to ask detailed questions and surface key insights using simple natural-language prompts. Customers across categories are already using Loop's Logistics Data Platform to turn previously unstructured and incomplete data into measurable savings. A Fortune 100 food company achieved 100% audit coverage and surfaced millions in previously untracked inbound freight costs. A fast-growing beverage company operating in more than 65,000 retail locations recovered 2% of total freight spend and reached ~9x ROI within nine months. "You can't drive supply chain automation with fragmented data. What makes Loop's Logistics Data Platform so effective is that it solves the data problem first," said the transportation leader at a modern beverage leader. "With that foundation in place, we are able to automate routine tasks, freeing up high-performing employees to focus on strategic priorities that improve margins and increase customer satisfaction." Scaling Logistics Without Scaling Headcount For enterprise shippers navigating today's challenging economic environment - facing rising carrier costs, compressed margins, and ever-growing supply chain complexity - the imperative is clear: finance and operations teams must do more with the resources they have. Loop's Logistics Data Platform is built precisely for this reality, unifying messy logistics data into a trusted foundation with the intelligence required to optimize global logistics networks. Logistics becomes less of a cost center and more of a driver of material business value. About Loop Loop is a full-stack, verticalized AI platform for logistics and supply chains. The company helps enterprises turn fragmented operational and financial data into better visibility, tighter cost control, and stronger decision-making across logistics, finance, and supply chain workflows. Founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, Loop began in freight audit and payment and has expanded from that foundation into a broader platform for logistics data and enterprise intelligence. (C) 2026 Business Wire, Inc.