Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Who We Are

Baton is seeking ambitious individuals who desire the autonomy and agility of a startup environment combined with the backing, power, reach, and stability of a highly respected logistics industry giant.

Baton is the Silicon Valley-based technology innovation lab for Ryder, a leading logistics company that owns 260k trucks and manages $7.4B of freight.

Prior to the September 2022 acquisition, Baton was a venture-backed start-up that operated a fleet of trucks and hung out at truck stops to truly understand the challenges at hand.

The Problem We’re Solving

Our mission is to eliminate supply chain waste by creating a digital platform to manage freight and eliminate supply chain waste.

There are 500 million hours wasted in trucking each year, over 3 billion gallons of fuel wasted per year from trucks idling, and 1 in 5 trucks on the road driving empty at any given point. This has a massive impact on the environment, the lives of millions of drivers, and ultimately, the cost of goods that we all pay. Baton is fixing that, and you will too through the impactful work you’ll do here.

Role Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Location Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA

Basic Job Details

Office days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Work from home days: Monday, Friday
Job type: Full-Time

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team, you will help lead creating of robust testing infrastructure that enhances engineering productivity and sets a high standard for code quality. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of software engineering principles, the ability to lead the development of testing tools, and a strategic approach to improving our development processes. This role is crucial to our mission of delivering reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions. You will play a pivotal part in our software development lifecycle by building the tools and infrastructure. You will work with our Head of Engineering to enable our engineers to produce high-quality code as well as layout the foundational groundwork for what code quality looks like here now at Baton and in the future.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices
  • (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Lead and Collaborate: Work with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and operations, to identify, prioritize, and address engineering challenges related to testing and quality.
• Testing Tools Development: Create and maintain sophisticated testing tools and infrastructure that empower engineers to improve code quality and productivity.
• Design and Code Reviews: Participate in design and code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and overall software quality, while also providing guidance on testing strategies.
• System Integration: Develop systems that integrate multiple components, improving performance, reliability, and scalability, and ensuring these systems are testable.
• Automation Strategy: Design, develop, and implement advanced automation strategy frameworks that integrate seamlessly with our CI/CD pipelines, enhancing the overall efficiency of the software development lifecycle.
• Automated Testing Frameworks: Develop robust automated testing frameworks for complex integrations, ensuring continuous delivery and deployment without compromising quality.
• Data Validation: Implement stringent data validation processes within the testing tools to ensure accuracy and integrity in software development.
• Code Security: Strengthen security within testing environments, preventing system failures and ensuring secure operations.
• Standardize Engineering Excellence: Commit to superior engineering by applying industry best practices and innovative methods to create efficient and high-quality software solutions.

Required Qualifications 

• Python Proficiency:
  • Advanced proficiency coding in python at a senior level
• Enterprise-grade Testing:
  • Ability to Design and Implement enterprise-grade testing automation strategies
• First Principle Thinking:
  • Capability to apply first principle thinking to project planning in order to reach impactful milestone achievements
• Technical Leadership:
  • Technical Leadership and cross-functional collaboration across an org

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in computer science or related field
• 5+ years experience in software development
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern big data

The Perks

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Annual bonus and Long Term Incentive Plan participation
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401k with matching
• Medical, Dental, and Vision health coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount to market value)
• Hyper stable, publicly traded enterprise
• Collaborative, fun, and tech forward office in Hayes Valley (San Francisco)

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $222,000 - $296,000*. Compensation will vary based on factors including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Baton's full-time employees are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

Why You Should Join

• Have an immediate impact
  • With Ryder’s existing customer base of 50,000+ companies and an internal headcount of 43,000, the scale and impact of our products will be large and far-reaching, from day one.
• Opportunity to grow and lead in a Fortune 500 company
  • You’ll get to work in a rapidly growing, startup-like environment while having the stability and backing of Ryder and its full executive team.
• Creative, fast-paced environment to solve impactful problems in supply chain
  • We’re going to design completely new tools for an industry that hasn’t been rethought in decades. And to do this, we need people who think differently.