Software Engineer II, Core Services

Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading domestic and international freight forwarder in the United States, providing customized logistics and warehousing solutions for clients around the world and across all industries via air, ground, and ocean freight. The company is looking for a Software Engineer II to join its Core Services team, which builds and maintains foundational APIs and reusable backend services that enable key logistics workflows and power customer/vendor interactions.

Requirements

• Design and develop backend microservices using Node.js (Moleculer) and Go.
• Build and consume RESTful and asynchronous APIs, integrating with both internal services and external third-party systems.
• Collaborate with product owners and engineering leadership to break down business requirements into technical solutions.
• Write clean, testable, and well-documented code and proactively participate in peer code reviews.
• Contribute to continuous integration and delivery pipelines using Jenkins.
• Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot services in Kubernetes-based environments using tools such as Datadog.
• Own the full lifecycle of service features—from ideation to production support.
• Participate in incident response and contribute to system reliability improvements.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, documentation, and informal guidance.
• Document service architecture, workflows, and operational processes.
• May be asked to participate in an after-hours on-call support rotation.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Sick time
• Holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Job referral bonus program