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What they do

Flexport is a freight forwarding company that builds software for global trade. It moves goods by ocean, air, and truck, clears customs, and runs warehouses for fulfillment. Its mission is to make global trade so easy that there will be more of it. Flexport has over 2,000 employees and 45 offices, and 13,000 brands ship with it.

What they value

• Empower the client: we win only when customers win.
• Play the long game: act with integrity, and put safety and trust first.
• Act like an entrepreneur: stay curious, and never settle for the status quo.
• Simplify: turn complexity into clarity, and communicate clearly.
• Win as a team: work as one global team, without silos.

Where they hire

The biggest hubs are San Francisco, Chicago, Amsterdam, Bellevue, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Shanghai. Other roles are in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and at US warehouses. Only three roles are remote, two in the US and one in Germany. Some offices meet three times a week. No Posting mentions the right to work or visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

The board lists 208 open roles.

• Sales and account management (65): account executives, sales development, and account managers.
• Operations (about 60): ocean and air gateway teams, freight management, customs, trucking, and global operations.
• Fulfillment (18): warehouse and customer service roles.
• Engineering (24): software, security, platform, SRE, and applied AI engineers.
• Product, finance, trade advisory, partnerships, marketing, and people.

Engineers work in Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, Java, Go, Python, and TypeScript. Senior engineers in the US earn $206,181 to $252,000.

What they look for

Many Postings ask for excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. About half ask for experience in logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain. Many ask for a bachelor's degree, and some entry roles also accept one year of relevant experience. Enterprise account executives need 2 or more years in a quota-carrying sales role, and 5 or more years in freight forwarding, logistics, or supply chain. Many roles ask for comfort in a fast-paced setting, and some ask for Excel or SQL.