Overview

Portcast is a venture-backed, Singapore-based logistics technology startup helping freight forwarders turn data into better decisions and measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• • Guide solution design for complex customer use cases
• Ensure engineering effort maps directly to business impact

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, data, or ML environments
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Software heavy background who understands data, AI, system design and infrastructure
• Track record building and scaling production AI/ML systems
• Background in logistics or supply chain industry, or data-heavy SaaS is a strong plus
• Previous experience working in enterprises/fortune 500 is a plus
• Curious by Default: You dig deeper instead of following instructions to the letter. When something in the system surprises you, you chase the why, not just the fix. You treat every layer of the stack as something worth understanding, and you ask the good questions early
• Strong backend and system architecture expertise
• Deep understanding of MLOps, data platforms, and model lifecycle management
• Comfortable operating across engineering, data science, and analytics domains
• First-principles thinker who breaks down complex problems clearly
• High ownership and accountability
• Builder mindset with strong technical judgment
• Clear communicator across technical and business teams
• Focused on effectiveness and real outcomes
• Globally distributed, remote-first flexibility: Work with a fully distributed team across Asia and Europe, built on trust, accountability, and collaboration. Our diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and keeps us curious.
• Tech-first team: You’ll work with like-minded individuals who share a passion for solving difficult problems using technology.
• Accelerated growth: Compress the learning curve in a couple of years by owning the web app from day one as your own baby. We are building our company to be the next B2B market leader in predictive global supply chains and you’ll be a major part of our story.
• Impact you can see: With a lean structure, your work is effective from the start. You’ll see the results of your ideas and decisions directly moving the business forward.
• Curiosity: We read the code before we trust it. We dig into why a system behaves the way it does, not just how to make the error go away.
• Ownership: We act like founders. We don't wait for a ticket to fix what's broken, and we stay on a problem until it's actually solved in production.
• Raising the bar: We do not settle for code that only works locally or solves the immediate request. We aim for backend systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and easy for the team to reason about.
• Effectiveness: We focus on engineering work that creates real product and customer impact. We prioritize the right problems, make practical trade-offs, and ship solutions that improve outcomes, not just output.