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From the algorithms that optimize a driver's route to the systems that predict terminal throughput hours in advance, our engineering decisions have a direct impact on millions of deliveries every day.\nWe're now looking for a Staff Engineer to join our technical leadership group - someone who doesn't just write great code, but shapes how entire teams think, build, and deliver.\nAbout the Role\nThis isn't a traditional engineering role. As a Staff Engineer in Group Operations, you sit at the intersection of technical strategy and real-world logistics. 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You'll lead initiatives to improve testing environments and deployment speed, keeping our engineering organization sharp and efficient.\n\nBridge Business & Tech: Translate complex business requirements into evolvable technical designs. You'll help teams understand how their code directly impacts the P&L of our logistics network - and why that matters.\n\nMentor & Build Culture: Act as a role model for the engineering community. You'll mentor senior engineers, promote a culture of learning from failure, and foster cross-team collaboration to ensure we don't reinvent the wheel.\n\nEnable Data-Driven Decisions: Work closely with Data and Product teams to ensure our systems produce high-quality insights that power company-wide decisions.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nYou don't need to be an expert in everything your teams do - but you should care deeply about helping them succeed. Since the teams you'll be leading work across both software engineering and data science, we're looking for someone who is comfortable in both worlds.\nWe think you'll thrive in this role if you are:\nA Leader with Dual Competencies: You have a background in mathematics, forecasting, or machine learning, yet have spent years building robust, production-grade software systems. You're as comfortable discussing model accuracy as you are system reliability.\n\nA Technical Leader: You have broad experience building distributed systems and can navigate deep technical dives and high-level architectural trade-offs with equal confidence.\n\nStrategic & Pragmatic: You know that \"perfect is the enemy of good.\" You favor an iterative mindset, delivering value early and often rather than waiting for the ideal solution.\n\nOperationally Curious: You're fascinated by the intersection of software and physical operations. 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