TEKsystems

Description

Client is looking to hire a Software Engineer for a 6 month contract to hire. This is a hybrid position, where the candidate will need to be onsite 3 days a week in Dallas, TX. We're expanding our engineering team with a key hire: a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE). Unlike a traditional software engineer, a FDE owns business problems from discovery through production. You'll work directly with engineering, operations, product, implementation, and customer stakeholders to understand operational challenges, design scalable solutions, build them, deploy them, and measure their impact. You'll solve complex challenges across our logistics platform, including Warehouse Management (WMS), Order Management (OMS), Transportation Management (TMS), Labor Management (LMS), billing, integrations, and AI-powered workflows. This is a high-autonomy role where ambiguity is expected, priorities evolve quickly, and success is measured by business outcomes - not tickets completed.

The new hire will pick up the highest priority project, read the spec, spend time with peers/Director on the relevant models, research and iterate with AI tools to document the plan. They run the technical design, align with stakeholders, and execute.

The product: new warehouse management and fulfillment platform, the operational backbone for e-commerce brands that ship physical goods. Think inventory control, order routing, carrier integrations, billing, and real-time warehouse operations, all running on software that has to work every time a shipment goes out the door.

The problem you'll help solve: The platform is scaling fast and the work reflects it. For example, the team is building an Inventory Transaction Ledger, a self-service audit trail that lets customers see every inventory movement in their account, end to end. They're standing up ephemeral preview environments so developers can spin up a full isolated copy of the platform per pull request, dramatically shrinking QA cycle time. And they're deepening integrations with carriers (Orderful, Netsuite, LTL, EDI) as new fulfillment channels come online. A new engineer here won't be maintaining a legacy system, they'll be building things that don't exist yet.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with Operations, Product, Customer Success, Implementation, and Engineering teams to solve complex business problems.
• Own initiatives from discovery through production, including solution design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Translate operational workflows into scalable software solutions.
• Build and maintain end-to-end logistics integrations (WMS, OMS, TMS, LMS).
• Develop and support Shopify integrations and iPaaS connectivity.
• Expand our in-house WMS fulfillment platform.
• Design scalable event-driven systems supporting orders, inventory, warehouse events, billing, and fulfillment automation.
• Develop EDI integrations supporting wholesale, retail, freight, and omnichannel customers.
• Build ERP integrations supporting financial synchronization, reconciliation, and operational reporting.
• Enhance billing capabilities including payment processing, auto-recharge, billing rules, and charge validation.
• Develop labor management capabilities including productivity metrics, forecasting, workforce planning, and operational reporting.
• Improve inventory visibility through enhanced traceability, lot control, expiration management, and warehouse analytics.
• Design highly reliable asynchronous processing using Celery and distributed task queues.
• Partner with QA and Infrastructure to improve CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, resilience, and deployment automation.
• Use AI engineering tools (GitHub Copilot, Codex, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to accelerate software delivery and improve engineering effectiveness.
• Participate in customer implementations, technical discovery sessions, architecture reviews, and operational design discussions when needed.
• Work across the entire platform rather than owning a single service or component.
• Drive technical decisions that improve customer experience and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent experience demonstrating exceptional ownership, independent delivery, and the ability to rapidly learn new technologies and business domains.
• Strong Python and Django experience, including Django REST Framework.
• Strong PostgreSQL experience, including schema design and performance optimization.
• Experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience building REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth2 integrations, and asynchronous messaging systems.
• Experience working with AWS (EKS, Kubernetes, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, etc.).
• Experience with Celery or comparable asynchronous processing frameworks.
• Understanding of warehouse operations including receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory management.
• Experience integrating with enterprise business systems including WMS, OMS, ERP, TMS, or LMS platforms.
• Experience working directly with cross-functional stakeholders to define technical solutions.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and systems thinking skills.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and business audiences.
• Comfortable operating with incomplete requirements and evolving priorities.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon Marketplace, or similar commerce platforms.
• Experience with NetSuite or other ERP systems.
• Experience with EDI transaction processing.
• Experience with iPaaS platforms (Alloy, Pipe17, Dropstream, etc.).
• Experience with React.
• Experience with ArgoCD, Helm, Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native deployment strategies.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or Sentry.
• Experience with AI coding assistants and autonomous development workflows.
• Experience participating in customer-facing implementation or solution architecture discussions.

About the product

• Product is a technology-first third-party logistics (3PL) provider on a mission to empower exceptional customer experiences through seamless, end-to-end fulfillment.
• Backed by WSI's 60 years of supply chain expertise, Kase combines enterprise logistics reach with modern cloud-native software to power fulfillment for leading e-commerce brands across DTC, wholesale, retail, and omnichannel commerce.
• Our platform spans warehouse management, order orchestration, billing, integrations, inventory visibility, and AI-driven operational workflows—all built by a collaborative engineering team focused on solving real customer problems.
• Learn more at 3PL Fulfillment for Ecommerce Brands | 3PL Fulfillment Company

Who You Are

• You think like an owner.
• You don't wait for someone to write perfect requirements before taking action. You enjoy working through ambiguity, asking the right questions, and turning messy operational problems into elegant technical solutions.
• Our FDEs don't receive fully written requirements. They work directly with operations, product, and customers to discover problems, define requirements, propose solution designs, and then build and deploy those solutions. They combine the discovery skills often associated with a Business Analyst or Solutions Architect with the technical depth of a software engineer.
• You treat software as one part of solving the customer's problem.
• When a warehouse process is inefficient...you investigate.
• When an integration is failing...you fix it.
• When a customer experiences friction...

you understand why and improve the system.

• You communicate effectively with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders. You know when to lead, when to collaborate, and when to ask for help.
• You move quickly without sacrificing quality, and you naturally balance technical excellence with practical business value.

Skills

Software development, Python, django, EDI, logistics, Shopify, BigCommerce, netsuite

Top Skills Details

Software development,Python,django,EDI,logistics

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Own business outcomes - not simply implementation.
• Lead technical discovery before development begins.
• Influence architecture across multiple products and domains.
• Continuously improve engineering quality, observability, documentation, and operational excellence.
• Identify opportunities for automation before someone asks.
• Champion AI-assisted development workflows across the engineering organization.
• Help shape technical strategy alongside engineering leadership.
• Mentor engineers through ownership, design thinking, and technical leadership

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Dallas,TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 14, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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