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We’re building Velix.\nVelix is a venture-backed startup building a financial operations platform for logistics. Our early customers lose countless hours and tens of thousands of dollars every year reconciling, managing disputes, and connecting fragmented systems. We’ve built a product that streamlines that work and connects finance, operations, and partners in one unified platform. We’re now hiring a Founding Engineer — a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation and culture of Velix. You’ll join as one of the first engineers, working directly with the founders to translate customer pain into scalable, elegant systems that make logistics finance work like magic. 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