Senior Software Engineer

C.H. Robinson is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Book-It-Now/Digital Negotiator Costing team. The role develops and improves software, experimentation frameworks, and AI- and machine-learning-based pricing and costing systems to increase automation, reliability, and measurable business impact.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support scalable Python-based services, APIs, and event-driven solutions that power digital freight pricing, booking, and carrier experiences
• Build intelligent platforms and experimentation frameworks that improve the speed, accuracy, and reliability of AI-driven and human-assisted pricing and costing decisions
• Partner with data science teams to deploy, validate, and continuously optimize machine learning solutions that drive automation and measurable business impact
• Develop real-time and near real-time systems that improve platform performance, data quality, observability, and operational excellence
• Lead technical design discussions, translate complex business challenges into scalable solutions, and influence architecture decisions across multiple domains
• Implement engineering best practices related to testing, security, monitoring, automation, and continuous delivery to ensure highly available and resilient systems
• Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and help elevate software development practices across the team
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Revenue Management, Operations, and Engineering partners to deliver innovative customer-focused solutions
• Contribute to AI-assisted engineering capabilities, including coding harnesses, validation guardrails, and productivity-enhancing development tools

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expert-level Python development skills
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and API design
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering productivity practices, including coding agents and harnesses
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency with Git and Azure DevOps
• Strong understanding of software security principles and secure development practices
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production
• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar Python frameworks
• Experience with Azure cloud services, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads
• Experience building highly transactional systems
• Experience with pricing, booking, order management, logistics, transportation, or marketplace platforms
• Experience working with data-intensive applications and real-time decisioning platforms
• Experience improving the quality, reliability, and maintainability of large-scale software platforms