Backend Engineeer

About the Role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who thrives in one of the hardest environments in business: legacy supply chains, enterprise customers, startup speed, and chaotic real-world operations. At Vorto, engineers are builder-owners who turn messy, ambiguous problems into automated, scalable systems that transform how freight moves across America.

You’ll work across the stack to design, build, and operate mission-critical services - embedding AI agents, stabilizing and scaling high-volume systems, and automating workflows that eliminate manual work. Successful engineers here move with 10× speed, recover quickly, understand fundamentals deeply, and own outcomes end-to-end. If you want to build world-class systems, solve real-world complexity, and operate at the intersection of AI and logistics, this role is for you.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and operate services used daily by shippers, carriers, and drivers
• Automate developer-dependent tasks (e.g., tool creation and debugging) to accelerate internal and customer automation efforts
• Embed AI/LLMs (Vertex AI, open-source models, agentic tools) to automate decision-making and super-charge developer productivity
• Stabilize backend services
• Own Problems end to end
• What You'll Work With
• Backend: Golang, Python, Postgres, Redis
• Infra: GCP
• What Sets You Up for Success

Must-haves

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems at scale.
• Strong background in product driven backend development
• Deep understanding of what makes systems performant, scalable, and maintainable
• Fluency with SQL schema design and data modeling for transactional & analytical workloads.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage LLMs/AI agents to boost velocity and solve novel problems.
• Superior product reasoning skills
• Exceptional written & verbal communication; able to align technical decisions with business outcomes.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven track record of owning problems end to end
• Startup experience
• Experience stabilizing and scaling large code bases

How We Work

• Autonomy with accountability - small, mission-focused squads own features from concept to customer value.
• AI-accelerated development - Copilot, Cursor, and our own agentic tools are part of the standard toolkit.
• Continuous delivery mindset - we ship daily, sometimes multiple times a day. We love dark launching and aren't afraid of hotfixes or rollbacks

Benefits

At VORTO we are committed to developing our employees and providing them exciting opportunities to grow and prosper in their careers.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits package as well as numerous additional perks, including:

• Competitive compensation package
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Flex and Health Savings Plans
• Company-paid life and short-term disability insurance
• Company-paid parking or RTD pass
• Voluntary income protection benefits including Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Protection Insurance
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Free or discounted legal program
• We supply the industry's best hardware and productivity software

• VORTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• This position will be posted until a qualified candidate is hired.