Senior Software Engineer - LSP

We expect every project44 team member, regardless of role or function, to actively leverage AI in their day-to-day work. Whether you're building product, serving customers, managing people, or running operations, AI is a tool you're expected to use with intent, curiosity, and judgment. We don't expect everyone to be a data scientist. We do expect everyone to be an intelligent user of AI: able to identify where it adds value, direct it effectively, evaluate outputs critically, and govern it responsibly. We invest in our team's AI fluency because we believe it's a competitive advantage for every person at project44, not just our engineers

If you’re driven to solve meaningful problems, leverage AI to scale rapidly, drive impact daily, and be part of a high-performance team – we should talk. 

The Role 

You will work in a fast-paced Agile environment designing, building, and operating backend systems that power decision intelligence capabilities for logistics service providers. You won't be a cog in a large engineering machine — you'll be close to the product, close to customers, and shipping things that matter. 

What You'll Work On 

• Design, build, and operate backend systems that power decision intelligence capabilities, using AI and analytics to help LSP customers make informed, timely, and confident supply chain decisions 

• Build services and workflows that reduce manual effort and enable action — helping customers collaborate more effectively with carriers and partners 

• Own and modernize core platform services such as identity and access management (IAM) and search infrastructure, keeping them secure, scalable, and extensible as new AI capabilities are introduced 

• Transform large-scale logistics data into actionable insights — supporting recommendations, decision support, and automated actions 

• Partner closely with product, data, and design to translate ambiguous customer problems into well-scoped, scalable technical solutions 

• Build and operate systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), leveraging managed services for reliable, scalable backend delivery 

• Take shared ownership of development, testing, deployment, and operations for your team's systems 

• Participate in on-call rotation, debugging and resolving issues across your team's services 

• Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling to ensure system reliability 

• Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and documentation — setting a high bar for quality and maintainability 

• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance 

What We're Looking For 

Qualifications 

• 5+ years of professional experience building large-scale, cloud-based systems 

• Strong programming and debugging skills with proficiency in Java 

• Experience designing and building scalable Java-based microservices 

• Experience designing and consuming APIs and web services (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger) 

• Experience working with NoSQL and/or relational databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Postgres, or similar) 

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment 

• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar) while maintaining high standards for code quality and correctness 

Nice to Have 

• Event-driven systems and stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar) 

• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) 

• Experience designing or working with agentic AI systems — multi-step or autonomous LLM-powered workflows 

• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks or patterns: task planning, tool invocation, stateful agents, workflow orchestration 

• Building platform or framework-level solutions that enable AI-driven automation and decision-making 

How You Work 

• Clear communicator — you can explain technical decisions through design docs, discussions, and reviews, and work well with both technical and non-technical partners 

• Analytical and comfortable with ambiguity — you make tradeoffs explicit and navigate uncertainty without waiting to be told what to do 

• Strong sense of ownership — you voice ideas, take feedback, and iterate toward better solutions 

Logistics 

Candidates must be authorised to work in the EU/Netherlands without current or future employer-sponsored visa support. Our office is where ideas spark and innovation comes alive. We're looking for candidates committed to joining us on-site three days a week. 

In-office Commitment: Our office is where ideas spark, connections thrive, and innovation comes alive. We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic and committed to joining our team on-site, in our beautiful headquarters 3 days a week. Together, we’re building something extraordinary—learn, grow, and thrive in our fast-paced, transformative environment.

Diversity & Inclusion 

At project44, we're designing the future of how the world moves. As we work to deliver a truly world-class product, we're intentionally building teams that reflect the unique communities we serve. We're focused on creating a company where all team members can bring their authentic selves to work every day. 

project44 is an equal opportunity employer. If you share our values and passion for the future of logistics, we'd love to review your application. Even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, please consider applying — studies show you can still be a strong candidate at 50%. 

For any accommodation needed during the hiring process, please email recruiting@project44.com.