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FreightRoll | Software Engineer | Remote (US only) | $150k – $175K (Salary + Equity) | Full-time

We are an AI-first logistics technology startup.

Role:

-Experience with Elixir or Erlang in production, or polyglot engineer able to pick up new languages quickly

-Solid understanding of Postgres (beyond basic CRUD)

-Hands-on distributed systems experience

-Nice to have: Python & React experience

How We Work

- Remote-first: pairing when it helps, heads-down when it doesn't

- Extreme ownership: You own your work, your mistakes, and your growth

- Flat structure: Engineers talk directly to each other and to customers

- Lean team: Low process, high expectations

- Growth Mindset: We learn from each other to grow as an engineering organization

What You'll Do

- Design, build, and operate production Elixir/Erlang services

- Learn new technologies and design new architecture patterns, prototype, industrialize

- DB schema design, query optimization, scaling strategies

- Collaborate closely with the team on architecture decisions

- Ship incrementally and learn from production

- Debug problems across the stack

- Improve our tooling, and processes as we grow

Compensation and Benefits - Competitive early-stage startup salary + Equity Package

- Health Insurance

- 401k

- Not eligible for visa sponsorship

- Semi-annual hackathons

Please send a resume to hiring@freightroll.com with Software Engineer in the subject and mention HN Who is hiring Feb 2026

Posted: 2/2/2026Source: Hacker News