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@Raft
[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Raft
Mar 31, 2025 - Raft is hiring a remote Senior Software Engineer. đź’¸ Salary: unspecified. đź“ŤLocation: UK.
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Role Description
As a Senior Backend Engineer with a focus on LLM/AI at Raft, you'll be instrumental in shaping the architecture and capabilities of our platform to support cutting-edge logistics features powered by AI. This is not a traditional engineering role—it's a high-impact opportunity where you'll design robust cloud infrastructure, develop scalable APIs, and enhance our data pipeline ecosystem to support AI/ML workloads.
- Architect, build, and maintain scalable, cloud-based infrastructure to support LLM and AI workloads.
- Design, implement, and maintain sophisticated databases, APIs, and data pipelines optimized for AI/ML applications.
- Integrate LLM and AI models into the Raft platform to power new and innovative features.
- Drive the evolution of platform features that require complex engineering solutions powered by AI/ML.
- Collaborate across functions to ensure our platform is secure, reliable, and optimized for performance.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in backend development with a strong focus on Python, supplemented by experience in other programming languages.
- Deep expertise in designing and maintaining scalable databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and understanding the latest trends in database technology, particularly relevant to LLM and AI applications.
- Proficient with FastAPI/Starlette and can demonstrate experience in building scalable APIs with Python for AI/ML applications.
- Solid track record in multi-cloud environments and understanding how to architect and implement software libraries that thrive in distributed, multi-cloud settings.
- Ability to design and implement a sophisticated logging, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure to ensure high availability and quick troubleshooting of AI/ML systems.
- Understanding and implementing best practices in security and data privacy, with a proven ability to secure complex data flows, particularly for LLM/AI applications.
- Extensive experience with containerised tools like Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm, and understanding the intricacies of deploying these in production, specifically for LLM/AI workloads.
Requirements
- Join a company on the leading edge of logistics technology, competing with industry giants while leveraging cutting-edge AI/ML and backend engineering.
- Work in a product-driven environment where your contributions shape real-world solutions for a global customer base.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across industries and continents, gaining unparalleled exposure to the logistics and automation sectors.
- Thrive in a high-energy, growth-focused environment that pushes you to expand your technical and strategic skill sets.
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive, and multi-cultural team where innovation and continuous improvement are celebrated.
Company Description
Raft is the intelligent logistics platform that’s rewriting the technology playbook for freight forwarders and customs brokers in the automation era.
- Empower our customers to drive efficiency, collaborate effectively, and deliver more value to their shipper end-customers by automating shipment execution across the entire lifecycle—from operations, finance, customs, and sales to visibility and emissions reporting.
- Embed AI into workflows and standardize diverse data inputs—whether email content, EDI, or API—in order to drive lower-touch shipment execution.
- Founded in 2017, Raft serves 60 freight forwarders in 30+ countries globally, including 40% of the A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List.
- Our platform is used to execute over 300k shipments per month, saving customers up to 2 hours on every shipment.
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Software Development
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Mar 31, 2025
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