Principal Engineer - Java

Company Description

First Connect Worldwide LLC, a licensed freight broker company, provides transportation and logistics services throughout the USA. With years of experience, our team delivers efficient and innovative transportation solutions to meet our customers' needs. As a top-rated logistics and transportation company, we prioritize customer satisfaction and strive for excellence in all our services.

Role Description

The core sales executive in a freight brokerage company plays a vital role in supporting the sales and logistics operations. This position bridges the gap between account executives, operations, customers, and carrier partners. The coordinator is responsible for managing customer inquiries, assisting with freight quotes, preparing sales documentation, and ensuring smooth coordination of freight movement. The goal is to provide excellent customer service, maintain organized communication, and support the sales team in achieving revenue goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support freight brokers and sales executives with day-to-day sales activities.
• Assist with quoting, order entry, and coordinating shipments with carriers and customers.
• Track shipments and provide status updates to customers and internal teams.
• Communicate with carriers to confirm availability, rates, and transit times.
• Prepare documents such as rate confirmations, bills of lading (BOL), and shipment schedules.
• Help generate and maintain reports on sales performance, customer activity, and KPIs.
• Provide high-level customer service and resolve issues or delays proactively.
• Coordinate with accounting for billing and invoice reconciliation related to sales.
• Maintain organized records of quotes, contracts, and shipment history.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, or a related field preferred.
• 1–3 years of experience in an ed tech, telesales, logistics transportation, or freight brokerage environment preferred.
• Familiarity with freight types (LTL, FTL, and intermodal) and logistics terms is a plus.

Skills:

• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and documentation.
• Team player with a customer-focused attitude.

About the job

About OptimHire

OptimHire is a fast-growing talent solutions and consultancy services provider, dedicated to helping clients source top-notch professionals for their critical business needs. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment of growth, innovation, and collaboration.

• Job SummarySenior Manager / Head of Salesend-to-end salesKey ResponsibilitiesBusiness Development & StrategyUS staffing and consultancy servicesClient Relationship ManagementCXOs and key decision-makersEnd-to-End Sales Cycleinitial outreachTeam Leadership & DevelopmentLead, mentor, and motivate a sales team, setting clear goals and targets.
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Qualifications & Requirements7+ years

Who We Are?

Bectran, the industry leading SaaS platform, has grown rapidly over the last 10 years to become the companion toolkit for the Credit Department just as CRM is for the Sales Department. From simple to complex organizations, SMEs to Fortune 500 companies, Bectran has helped companies cut down the time to process and approve credit by as much as 90% whilst significantly lowering the risk of credit defaults and the cost of collections. Our customers enjoy the ease, speed and cost-effectiveness of adopting the Bectran platform. Credit Professionals in various industries have described the Bectran platform as the future of the credit department.

Mid-Level Software Engineer (Java Fullstack Engineer/Developer)

This dynamic opportunity in a fast growing and multi-technology SaaS platform is for you!! As a Software Engineer at Bectran, it is essential that you have the breadth of knowledge to participate in design and development of a contemporary SaaS-based architecture. Practical development experience using Java/J2EE is required for the right candidate to succeed. You should be curious about technology and open to learning and applying new innovations.

What You’ll Do:

• Enable and exercise your problem solving and analytical skills.
• Design and develop Java/J2EE based full stack software components including complex modeling, MVC based UI, etc.
• Ensure applications are implemented to meet business and technical requirements.
• Work with high performing engineering teams across global locations.

.What You Need to Be Successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Solid 4-8 years hands-on design and coding experience.
• Familiarity with Agile development, JSF/Primefaces, JPA/Hibernate, Spring, ActiveMQ.
• Strong object-oriented design, Java/J2EE and MVC architecture based programming skills.
• Solid relational DBMS skills using MySQL, or other RDBMS products.
• Desirable - Experience in Big Data Technologies (Hadoop, ElasticSearch, Kafka, MongoDB, etc.)
• Nice to have - Real-world experience in large scale, and high availability implementations.
• Experience developing web services using REST and SOAP approaches.

What You’ll Love About Bectran:

• Developing strategic industry knowledge and driving your own success.
• Watching your hard work have a direct impact on success of the company and global customer base.
• All standard benefits.

As Bectran continues to expand in the Fintech SaaS industry, we are seeking intelligent, hard-working and highly skilled individuals to join our growing Engineering team. If you are ready to expand your knowledge as you solve complex problems, we want to hear from you!