Position Summary
R+L Carriers is seeking an experienced AI & .NET Developer to join our Enterprise EDI team. This role will design, develop, and support applications that improve EDI operations, automate business processes, and leverage Artificial Intelligence to increase efficiency across customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, exception handling, and operational reporting.
The ideal candidate has strong Microsoft .NET development experience, understands enterprise integrations, and is excited about applying AI technologies to solve business problems.
This position is more than a traditional .NET developer role. It is an opportunity to modernize enterprise EDI by combining software engineering with practical AI capabilities. The successful candidate will help transform how the EDI team supports customers, manages trading partners, resolves production issues, and delivers scalable integration solutions across the organization.
Primary Responsibilities
Software Development
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, and SQL Server.
- Develop APIs and services that integrate with internal and external systems.
- Create web applications and internal tools supporting EDI operations.
- Build dashboards and reporting applications for EDI metrics and performance.
- Participate in architecture, design, code reviews, testing, and production deployments.
AI & Automation
- Develop AI-powered applications using Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, Microsoft Copilot technologies, or similar platforms.
- Build internal AI assistants that help analysts troubleshoot EDI issues.
- Develop document-processing and knowledge-search solutions using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Implement workflow automation to reduce manual processing.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend practical business applications.
EDI Integration
- Collaborate with EDI analysts to automate trading partner onboarding.
- Develop utilities for EDI validation, monitoring, and error detection.
- Support ANSI X12 transaction processing and integration with enterprise applications.
- Build tools that simplify troubleshooting and improve operational visibility.
- Assist in integration projects involving APIs, XML, JSON, FTP/SFTP, and other data exchange technologies.
Collaboration
- Work closely with EDI analysts, software developers, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.
- Participate in Agile development processes.
- Create technical documentation and knowledge base articles.
- Mentor team members on modern development practices and AI capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Strong experience with:
- C#
- .NET Framework and/or .NET 8+
- ASP.NET Core
- SQL Server
- REST APIs
- Entity Framework
- Git
Experience with:
- Visual Studio
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Functions
- IIS
- JSON/XML
- API development
- Object-Oriented Design
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more of the following:
Artificial Intelligence
- Azure OpenAI
- OpenAI APIs
- Microsoft Copilot Studio
- LangChain or Semantic Kernel
- Prompt Engineering
- Vector databases
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- AI Agent development
Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure App Services
- Azure SQL
- Azure Storage
- Azure AI Services
EDI
- ANSI X12 standards
- Transportation transactions (204, 210, 214, 990, 997)
- Trading partner onboarding
- EDI mapping concepts
- Integration platforms
- API/EDI hybrid integrations
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Strong experience with C#
- Strong experience with .NET Framework and/or .NET 8+
- Strong experience with ASP.NET Core
- Strong experience with SQL Server
- Strong experience with REST APIs
- Strong experience with Entity Framework
- Strong experience with Git
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience with Azure DevOps
- Experience with Azure Functions
- Experience with IIS
- Experience with JSON and XML
- Experience with API development
- Experience with object-oriented design
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, Microsoft Copilot Studio, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, prompt engineering, vector databases, RAG, or AI agent development
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, or Azure AI Services
- Experience with ANSI X12 standards, transportation transactions, trading partner onboarding, EDI mapping, integration platforms, or API/EDI hybrid integrations
What We Do
R+L Carriers is a family-owned global freight transportation and logistics company. Founded in 1965, it provides less-than-truckload and truckload shipping, international supply-chain management, warehousing, customs brokerage, intermodal, expediting, and specialized freight services. The company emphasizes safe, efficient operations, competitive pricing, customer service, modern technology, and a broad fleet and service-center network delivering integrated freight solutions for customers across domestic and international markets.









