Engineering Lead, Transportation & Logistics

Pleasanton · Pleasanton, CA (HQ) · USD 160,000-220,000 / year · 3+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 19, 2026

At a glance

Avathon is hiring an Engineering Lead to build and run the Logistics and Transportation product on the Avathon platform.
This is a hands-on lead role in Product Engineering where you will write code, own the architecture, and lead a team of engineers.

Own the technical architecture for logistics services: shipment and event models, ETA services, exception workflows and routing
Build and maintain integrations with TMS platforms, carrier and 3PL APIs, EDI feeds and visibility providers
Build streaming pipelines that process shipment events in near real time and keep shipment state accurate
Productionize ETA, anomaly detection and routing models built with our AI scientists
Model shipments, lanes, carriers and orders in the Computational Knowledge Graph so a delay can be traced to the production orders and parts it affects
Work with the agent team on exception management: detect, prioritize, recommend and route to the right team
Turn customer-specific integrations into reusable connectors and product components
Lead and grow a team of engineers; set priorities, review designs and code, and mentor
Partner with the Logistics product manager on roadmap, scope and release planning
Own quality, performance and reliability for logistics services in production

8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers
Built transportation, logistics or visibility software
Strong backend skills in Python, Java, Go or similar, with experience building APIs and integrations
Experience with event streaming and real-time data (Kafka, Pub/Sub or similar)
Working knowledge of EDI, carrier APIs, TMS data models and freight operations
Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field