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About Portex
Portex is building a procurement and payment operating system for the $4 trillion logistics industry - the backbone of the global economy. We're creating simple yet revolutionary freight procurement, payment, and financing products to help businesses achieve pricing efficiency and transparency in global trade.

Our founding team has backgrounds from Flexport, Uber, Motive, Plaid, and Autodesk. We've raised over $8M in seed funding from VC firms like Susa Ventures, Footwork, Cowboy Ventures, and Base10, along with angels from Uber, Affirm, Brex, Plaid, Cloudtrucks, Motive, and others.

About The Role
Portex is seeking an exceptional Head of Engineering with a strong backend focus. This role is pivotal, working closely with the CEO to define the technical vision and architecture as we scale. You will have a significant impact, playing a key role in our success, and actively coding daily.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the CEO to advocate for engineering and contribute to product strategy.
• Collaborate with Product and customers to understand requirements and solve problems effectively.
• Manage complex code migrations and customer demands.
• Design and implement the platform's long-term architecture.
• Develop end-to-end SaaS features with a focus on backend development.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers.
• Lead retrospectives with Product for continuous improvement.
• Estimate work, set release targets, and lead sprint planning.
• Oversee multiple projects, prioritizing effectively.
• Manage team members and assist in recruiting efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience building new products from scratch (0 to 1).
• Ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and team development skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience negotiating product roadmaps.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and proactive approach.
• High emotional stability under stress.
• Motivated with high personal standards.
• Willingness to take on informal Product Management tasks.
• Ability to prioritize and focus on critical tasks.
• Experience integrating AI or LLMs into B2B workflows.

Technical Skills

• Expertise in Typescript, Node.js, full-stack TypeScript architecture.
• Skills in React, PostgreSQL, Redux, Prisma (preferred).
• Experience with AWS, Pulumi is a plus.
• Knowledge of engineering best practices and culture.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and IT

Industries

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain

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