(Senior) Technologist - Pricing

What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade - creating a seamless and efficient logistics process.  

About the role

As a Senior Technologist in the Pricing Team, you'll be instrumental in shaping the strategies that drive our selling and buying rates. Your mission will be dedicated to ensuring accurate quotes and empowering our specialists with powerful tools. We leverage AI and machine learning to optimize pricing throughout the entire shipment process, ensuring precision is always a given.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust systems for capturing, storing, validating, and reflecting both selling and buying rates, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.

• Centralize and optimize the rate input process, with a clear roadmap for subsequent automation, significantly reducing manual effort.

• Develop and enhance tools that facilitate dynamic pricing adjustments based on demand prediction and other market factors.

• Collaborate closely with operations managers and product teams to streamline the quotation process, both automated and manual.

• Contribute to the design and evolution of our event-driven microservices architecture to support scalable and resilient pricing functionalities.

• Refactor and improve existing pricing-related systems to enhance performance, maintainability, and scalability.

• Explore and integrate cutting-edge AI/ML models for demand forecasting and dynamic pricing strategies.

• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement within the pricing domain.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives to align pricing strategies with overall business objectives, working closely with Product and Commercial teams.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis, particularly as they apply to large-scale data processing and financial calculations.

• Proven professional software craftsmanship, with a focus on building high-quality, maintainable, and testable code (an understanding of TDD is a plus).

• Expertise in designing and implementing large-scale, event-driven microservices architectures and robust APIs, with a keen understanding of data consistency in distributed systems.

• Deep understanding of synchronous vs. asynchronous communication patterns and their impact on system performance and reliability

• Hands-on experience developing distributed backend applications, with a strong focus on data consistency, system quality, low latency, and high availability.

• Proficiency in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and their application in microservices, with hands-on experience in backend technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration for deploying and managing scalable pricing services.

• Experience with cloud providers (AWS or GCP preferred) for deploying and managing highly available and scalable applications.

• A collaborative, team-oriented mindset with strong critical product thinking and a sense of ownership over the accuracy and effectiveness of pricing data.

• Fluent in English, both verbal and written, for effective communication within a global team.

Don’t fit all of our criteria? That’s okay! We know that you might be hesitant to apply if you don’t meet all our requirements, but here at Forto, we pride ourselves on embracing diverse perspectives and celebrating potential. If you are passionate about this position and the Forto values, please apply anyway. There could be a place for you in this role - or another one that’s a perfect fit! 

Our team is hard-working, constantly seeking to maximise the impact of their work, but we put our people first, always winning with care. We value efficient systems and swift, direct communication. We want everyone to have their time to speak, so that we can embrace diverse perspectives to help drive towards solutions always.