For decades, DTN has been the silent force behind some of the world’s most critical industries—helping businesses navigate complexity, uncertainty, and risk with smarter, faster decisions. From agriculture to energy to weather intelligence, our proprietary Operational Decisioning Platform transforms raw data into decision-grade insights—enabling companies to optimize supply chains, ensure market stability, and safeguard infrastructure against disruption. We don’t follow trends—we set the standard for precision, trust, and operational impact.
DTN is at an exciting inflection point. Building off a foundation of financial strength, profitability, and industry trust, we’re accelerating growth and expanding our global footprint. Our purpose-built solutions—powered by AI and honed by decades of vertical expertise—are helping some of the world’s most significant enterprises thrive amid operational constraints and uncover new opportunities in a fast-changing world.
Job Description:
Mid-level Software Engineer
Position Summary
The Software Engineering job family specializes in the design, development and testing of software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.
What You Will be Responsible For:
- Designs, develops, and implements GraphQL APIs to provide unified data access across multiple systems
- Development and expansion of semantic API architecture including schema design, resolver optimization, and data normalization strategies
- Establishes data governance and security practices for semantic API layers
- Collaborates with Data Engineering teams to integrate data sources and transformation patterns
- Quality improvement processes including code reviews, schema validation, and performance optimization
- Develops documentation for semantic API patterns and implementations
What You Will Bring to the Position:
Technical Skills
GraphQL & AWS:
- Proficiency in GraphQL and AWS AppSync including schema design, batch Lambda resolvers, pipeline resolvers, subscriptions, and caching
- Minimum 3 years of AWS cloud experience (Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch, X-Ray, Kinesis, Glue, Athena)
- Experience with AWS CDK or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code
- Understanding of Lambda optimization (cold starts, concurrency, VPC considerations)
Backend & Data:
- Node.js for building batch Lambda resolver functions
- Proficiency in Python for data processing and Lambda functions
- Understanding of Lambda batching patterns (DataLoader, batch aggregation, connection pooling, caching)
- SQL and database knowledge (Postgres, MySQL, Oracle)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB)
- Understanding of data architecture principles including modeling for transactional and analytical workloads
Development Practices:
- Git including branching strategies and code review processes
- CI/CD pipelines for AppSync and Lambda deployment
- Testing strategies (unit, integration, schema validation, batch operation testing)
- Performance profiling and optimization for serverless and databases
Professional Skills
- Minimum 4 years of software engineering experience with minimum 1-2 years focused on API architecture and data-intensive applications
- Data architecture background with understanding of data management, integration patterns, and governance
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
- Problem-solving mindset for performance, data consistency, and architectural issues
- Cost optimization experience in serverless environments
Bonus Qualifications
- AWS Certifications
- Background in energy, commodities, or supply chain domains
- Multi-tenant architectures experience
- Contributions to open-source GraphQL projects
- Database administration experience across multiple platforms
What You Can Expect from DTN:
- Competitive Salary
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible working hours
- Remote work model (position dependent)
- Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
- 6% 401K matching
- Unlimited access to 13k+ courses via learning platform to support employee career advancement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Compensation
The targeted hiring base pay range for this position is between $100,000 and $123,000. DTN is a pay for performance organization, which means there is the opportunity to advance your compensation with performance over time. The actual base pay offered for this position will be dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to: prior work experience, training/education, transferable skills, business needs, internal equity and applicable laws. The targeted hiring base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for market competitive variable pay and benefits.
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About DTN:
DTN is a global data and technology company helping operational leaders in energy, agriculture, and weather-driven industries make faster, smarter decisions. Our Operational Decisioning Platform turns complex data into decision-grade insights—empowering customers to expand their margins, accelerate growth, and outpace risk. With more than 1,200 employees globally, DTN serves the companies that feed, fuel, and protect the world.
At DTN, we value clarity, trust, and action. We’re a team of problem-solvers, outcome-drivers, and industry nerds who believe that precision matters – and that mission is at the core of what we do.
Trust Built: We earn it. We keep it. We protect it. Our neutrality, precision, and integrity are non-negotiable.
Confidence-Driven: We help customers move with clarity and conviction. We bring the data and operational knowledge leaders need to act.
Built for Industry: We speak operations because we come from operations. Our expertise is forged in fuel terminals, fields, flight paths, and forecasts.
Future-Forward: We see what’s coming- and we’re ready. We help customers lead through change with smarter decisioning.
Recruitment Fraud Notice:
DTN is aware of incidents where external parties have impersonated our organization, issuing fraudulent communications and/or job offers. Please be advised that all legitimate communication from DTN will come from an official @dtn.com email address or through our Paradox AI automated scheduling platform (Talent IQ). Any offers are extended directly by our Talent Acquisition team following a formal interview process.
If you receive a suspicious message or offer claiming to be from DTN, please do not engage. Contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] to verify the legitimacy of any communication. Report any fraudulent messaging as phishing or spam.
DTN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of data engineering experience including data pipelines, ingestion, ETL/ELT
- 5+ years cloud experience (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
- Advanced Python development skills for API, web, and data engineering
- Strong experience with ETL processes, SQL development, and data transformation methodologies
- Expert-level knowledge of relational databases including Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL
- Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake and AWS-native analytics solutions
- Experience building and managing cloud and legacy infrastructure environments
- Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs using Node.js
- Strong understanding of REST and GraphQL API integrations and consumption patterns
- Working knowledge of source control and versioning practices using Git
- Experience designing highly available, scalable, and high-performance systems
- Experience working within Agile development environments and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes technologies
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Experience with front-end technologies such as React, Angular, or Vue
- Experience designing enterprise-wide data architectures and governance frameworks
- Experience leading cloud modernization and large-scale data transformation initiatives
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership within distributed teams
- Background supporting analytics-driven or data-intensive SaaS platforms
DTN Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DTN and has not been reviewed or approved by DTN.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching is consistently referenced, bolstering long‑term savings. This provides a clear anchor in the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO and generous elements—such as paid volunteer time, multiple holidays, and paid parental leave—are highlighted. These features indicate breadth that supports work‑life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage appear alongside life and disability insurance, EAP, and FSA options. Descriptions of the insurance as good or affordable reinforce the strength of core health benefits.
DTN Insights
What We Do
As a data, analytics and technology company, DTN delivers operational intelligence to organizations with complex supply chains around the world. We are committed to breaking through the noise and providing operationally-critical, actionable intelligence customers can depend on to drive confident decision-making. We have earned our customers’ trust by delivering real-time insights that ensure decisions can be made quickly and confidently. Together with our customers, we uncover new insights and create solutions that improve entire industries. And, we do so while maintaining our independence to ensure our customers can make the right decision for their bottom line, their customers and their employees.
