What the role involves
About BlueCargo
BlueCargo is a fast-growing, VC-backed technology company transforming the logistics and supply chain industry. As the leader in container visibility and freight audit automation, our platform integrates fragmented data from terminals, carriers, and ports to deliver a single, intelligent interface that empowers shippers and logistics providers to make better, faster decisions. Our mission is to bring transparency, efficiency, and automation to global trade—one container at a time.
Backed by Y Combinator (W18) and leading investors, we raised our Series A in 2022 and are entering an exciting growth stage. Our platform is already trusted by hundreds of active customers and is helping them eliminate millions in unnecessary freight costs each year. As we scale, we’re investing deeply in engineering leadership to evolve our architecture, expand product capabilities, and lead the industry in data-driven logistics.
Why Join Now?
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of a company with strong product-market fit, a modern tech stack, and real-world impact. You’ll work alongside a mission-driven founding team (including two female YC alumni), take ownership of a fast-growing engineering org, and play a key role in building a category-defining product that powers the global supply chain.
Our Tech Landscape
Backend: Python / Django
Frontend: JavaScript
Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, RDS, S3), CircleCI
Database: PostgreSQL
Location
Hybrid from our HQ in Culver City, Los Angeles
OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW
- Mission/Responsibilities
- As a Junior Engineer at Blue Cargo, you will play a crucial role in building the platform technology and infrastructure that drives our product delivery. Your responsibilities will include:
- Design, develop, and improve functions and algorithms that drive our core audit product, even in the face of conflicting information.
- Translate product requirements and technical designs into well-engineered, low-defect, robust code.
- Scale/breakdown our Django application into its next evolution as a data platform.
- Become a near-expert in the freight industry over time.
- Qualifications
- In addition to the following technical skills, we are looking for PROBLEM SOLVERS with an entrepreneurial mindset.
- 1+ year of Python development experience, ideally with Django.
- 1+ years of database modeling experience for production use cases.
- Experience with a popular cloud provider (AWS preferred)
- High attention to detail, being able to execute at a high level with minimal supervision
- A relentless desire to grow technically and learn about the industry
Classification
Perks
- Medical benefits + unlimited PTO
- Fun perks: flexible and international environment
- Support/Community: Enjoy being a member of a Y Combinator company!
What they ask for
About BlueCargo
BlueCargo is building the automated solution for complex freight transactions. We envision a world where BlueCargo manages all financial transactions between logistics businesses, so they can focus on moving cargo. We help global shippers optimize their supply chain with accurate and automated financial and operational audits, and a tech first user experience. Our startup was founded by two female entrepreneurs, graduated from Y Combinator (2018 batch), and has raised a 4 million seed round followed by a $11m Series A. The company has two offices located in Los Angeles and New York. We are at the beginning of an exciting growth phase where we have already developed product-market fit, a working platform, and hundreds of daily active users. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineers to grow the team and deliver a product to bring us to the next level. If working to bring technology to the logistics industry sounds exciting, then we’d like to connect with you! We are looking for a highly experienced professional who has created several full stack web applications and has experience with AWS.
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