Baton Looking for Software Engineer – Backend at San Francisco, CA Full Time

Baton is the Silicon Valley based technology innovation lab for Ryder, a leading logistics company with 260,000 vehicles under management and $10.7 billion purchased and/or executed in customer freight moves. In September of 2022 Ryder acquired Baton to be their technology innovation lab. Prior to Ryder, Baton was a venture backed start up that was voted the #4 most disruptive company in freight (Amazon was #3)!

The problem we’re solving

Our mission is to eliminate waste in supply chain by creating a digital platform that uses AI to improve how freight is planned. There are 500 million hours wasted in trucking each year, over 3 billion gallons of fuel wasted per year from trucks idling, and 1 in 5 trucks on the road driving empty at any given point. This has a massive impact on the environment, the lives of millions of drivers, and ultimately, the cost of transportation that we all pay.

ROLE

Software Engineer – Backend

LOCATION

Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of mission critical backend services — from data pipelines to data model all the way up to the API layer to, you’ll be the go-to person when adding new features.
• Invent and tinker. Imagine completely new ideas, experiment, and build transformative solutions for the freight industry.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in software development
• Backend development experience with Python or other modern programming languages
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern web architectures

Nice to have

• Interest in the freight and logistics space
• Prefer experience with Go/Golang

THE PERKS

• Competitive salary, bonus structure, & 401k with matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Hybrid work schedule
• Medical, Dental, and Vision health coverage
• Collaborative, fun, and tech forward office in Hayes Valley (San Francisco)

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $136,000 – $181,000*. Compensation will vary based on factors including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. In addition to base salary, Baton full-time employees are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

Tags:* Python, FastAPI, AWS, Python, GraphQL, Web, Google ORTools, ML, Optimization, Big Data*

Why you should join

• Have immediate impact
• With Ryder’s existing customer base of 50,000+ companies and an internal headcount of 43,000 the scale and impact of our products will be large and far reaching, from day one.
• Opportunity to grow and lead in a fortune 500 company
• We are primed to rapidly grow our team size in the next 12-18 months in efforts to build innovative products to help propel the transportation industry into the future.
• You’ll get to work in a high paced, startup-like environment, while having the stability and backing of Ryder and their full executive team.
• Creative, fast paced environment to solve impactful problems in supply chain
• Our team isn’t afraid to do what it takes to get the job done – whether that’s hacking something together to quickly test a prototype, hanging out at a warehouse all day to make sure we understand exactly what needs to be built, or designing and deploying innovative technology based solutions.
• We’re going to design completely new tools for an industry that hasn’t been rethought in decades. And to do this we need people who think differently.

The Perks

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401k with matching
• Medical, Dental, and Vision health coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Collaborative, fun, and tech forward office in Hayes Valley (San Francisco)