What if... your work empowered change in an industry that essentially impacts the prosperity of the entire world? Forto is in business to exactly do that - disrupt logistics! Simplifying global trade has been our mission from day one. Our exponentially growing team of technology and logistics experts forge ahead each day with the goal to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless and sustainable digital supply chain while chasing towards our moonshot goal of achieving climate neutral operations by 2025.
In our Engineering department we solve one of the biggest challenges of global logistics and supply chain management: reducing the industry's high complexity with a digital and sustainable approach. We architect creative solutions that drive efficiency and innovation.
Your role
As a Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/d) in Forto's first Tech Hub in vibrant Istanbul, you will be in close collaboration with a highly competent team in Berlin to disrupt global trade by taking ownership in building and maintaining Forto's software backbone.
You will
- Be actively involved in a team: building and improving quoting and routing algorithms, handling various types of cargo live tracking data, or enabling a high degree of automation
- Be exposed to challenges, such as: leading engineering-wide initiatives, interacting with different teams and stakeholders, and writing concise Architectural Decision Records (ADRs)
- Automating processes to lift the degree of automation from 5% to 90% - killing faxes, emails, and phone calls from logistics once and for all
- Own the full cycle of designing building scalable and extendable event-driven microservice architectures with advanced patterns like CQRS and event sourcing design to help solve very challenging problems we are facing within an evolving domain
- Continuously improve existing systems, including refactoring of critical components of our platform
- Mentor others across the engineering team, explore together, and enable team growth
What you bring
- Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals such as data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis
- Professional attitude towards software craftsmanship with a good understanding of different types of testing and why TDD is important
- Experience with large scale architectural patterns, event-driven microservices, well-designed APIs and efficient algorithms
- Strong professional experience with some of the backend technologies we use: Node.js, Javascript, Typescript, MongoDB, message queuing systems, AWS or Google Cloud, and Kubernetes
- Critical product thinking, ownership mentality, accountability, and challenging the status quo
- Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
- Company language: English
- 17+ offices across Europe & Asia
- 800+ employees
- 30+ nationalities represented
- 2500+ customers
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Team:
- At our core, we are in love with progress and cannot cope with the standstill.
- We are constantly striving for ways to be even better tomorrow. We are facilitators, we are explorers, we are visionaries.
- Forto provides a sense of belonging, where everyone has equal access to opportunities, career advancement and recognition. It stands for a workplace where people from all walks of life, with diverse perspectives and experiences can do their best work, while being their authentic selves. That’s why we encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ages, races, religions, and abilities to apply for our opportunities!
Work Life:
- Experience a company culture where we work on eye level and knowledge sharing, as well as mentoring is on our daily agenda.
- We love our work and tackling business challenges but also believe in the importance of having a healthy balance with our personal life. That's why we appreciate a flexible work setup that fits around family, friends, and physical health.
- We have the freedom to work in a hybrid setup.
Company Offering:
- Sustainability Team
- Emission Offsetting
- Green Energy
- Organic Food
- Paperless Office
- Inspiring Office Spaces
- Flexible Working Hours
- Team & Company Events
- Hybrid Work
- Peer Learning Program
- Mentorship Program
- Leadership Training
- L&D Budget
- Best Onboarding Program
- Visa & Relocation Support
- Remote Onboarding
- Buddy Program
Top Skills
What We Do
Forto was founded with the vision to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless, and sustainable digital supply chain. Forto platform technologies address the entire process stream, from offer, booking, document administration, tracking and tracing to pro-active exemption processing and analysis, supporting our customers with greater visibility, insight, and control. Leading manufacturers and e-commerce brands are among the 2.500 customers using Forto’s digitally-focused offerings as part of their supply chain delivery. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the company currently has more than 900 employees with 21 locations across Europe and Asia including offices in Berlin, Milan, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Forto's privacy policy: https://forto.com/en/privacy-policy/ Our imprint: https://forto.com/en/imprint/
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