Software Architect

At ACTNx, we're helping FTL carriers cut through the hype of the latest tech buzzwords and the disappointment of their under-utilized tech stack. We're developing tools that meet them where they are, and use the tech they already have to super-charge their profitability. In a sea of solutions focused on extracting from carriers - we stand out as the tech provider focused on those that keep the nation rollin'. Join us, in our mission to optimize FTL hauls and squeeze every mile for what its worth.
While we're currently a part of Enru Logistics & Postal Optimization, we operate just like an early-stage start-up. With the support of Enru and our PE backers, we're on plan to become our own entity in Q2. Combining the best of both worlds: we will be able to move quickly, while retaining the support from Enru, the most successful PE firm in its segment, and an amazing BoD with experience in transportation, technology start-ups, and large public companies.
Candidate must reside in the Chicago, IL, or Greater Chicago area.
Summary: ACTNx is looking to hire a Software Architect to support our engineering and development efforts this role sites onsite in Chicago, IL. Our state-of-the-art logistics optimization software as a service company is seeking a highly motivated and skilled architect to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate or early career individual to gain hands-on experience in the field of logistics technology and software development. If you are passionate about software engineering and want to be a part of a team that is revolutionizing the logistics industry, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities:

• Work in concert with software engineering leader on technology design and implementation needs
• Lead design discussions, ideation and concept generation to solve problems and document new designs
• Maintain diagrams, data flows, and relationships in how systems are connected
• Work across engineering and team leads to identify best practices and patterns, work with team to ensure designs adhere to designs
• Ensure solutions are holistic in design and consider error conditions and are secure
• Identify re-use patterns for modules, calculations, and other critical functions to ensure maintainability and modularity of solutions
• Apply development experience, automation, Linux, OO Concepts, Performance Tuning, best practices in building and maintaining software systems
• Partner with DevOPS engineers around monitoring opportunities and solution
• Work with Software Leaders to define security and other development/design standards
• Understand and differentiate when to apply various design patterns such as event driven, query/response, and others
• Partner with 3rd parties to jointly deliver technical solutions to enable business objectives
• Support daily standups, identify and manage dependencies and tracking deliverables in an Agile development environment
• Identify and drive data driven decisions
• Partner across organizations to understand data, solve problems and build working relationships
• Develop and maintain system design documentation, architecture diagrams and other artifacts
• Differentiate between availability needs and costs to apply balance
• Understand and apply concepts behind authentication vs authorization, integration with SSO for internal and external facing applications and services
• Lead vendor data integrations, establish integration strategies and standards
• Provide guidance for team around security best practices, apply in designs and patterns a security first approach

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent degree
• 5+ years of relevant job experience, inclusive of the following:
• Software development experience, application of object-oriented design concepts, code reuse and other modularization techniques
• Awareness of open-source projects/libraries/tools.
• Experience with UML sequence diagrams or other methods to communicate how modules interact with a larger system
• Practical application of Azure (preferred), AWS and/or Google cloud services and configuration
• Experience with Kafka, Azure Event Hub or other pub/sub event driven architectures
• Experience with Docker/Containerization of workloads
• Knowledge with Kubernetes
• Experience with development and/or architecture experience with building/running SaaS platforms
• Working knowledge of databases, data, data quality best practices
• Ability to follow company policies and understand any rules or regulations governing the work being completed
• Ability to understand the impact this role has on our department or company
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good collaboration and time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups of people
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas
• Linux command line experience (bash, csh, zsh, etc.) and ssh
• Experience with a programming language like Python, Bash and others
• Ability to understand complex problems and data
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and the ability to learn additional programs as needed
• Willingness to work extremely hard and go above and beyond in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.

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• Job Function Information Technology
• Pay Type Salary

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