--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Frontend at Optimal Dynamics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-frontend-optimal-dynamics-remote-eg4tq0fhye4g' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Senior Software Engineer, Frontend at Optimal Dynamics - **Company:** Optimal Dynamics - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $165k–$195k - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-04-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/optimaldynamics/jobs/5969675004 ## Job description ## About Our Company Built on over four decades of pioneering research at Princeton University, our platform represents the leading edge of innovation in freight and transportation planning. We help customers unlock double-digit revenue gains and drive smarter, data-driven operations at scale. With the recent close of our Series C funding round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, we’re entering an exciting new phase of growth. Today, Optimal Dynamics is a high-growth company of ~70 employees, backed by top-tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, Activate Capital, and Koch. We're on a mission to redefine the way logistics decisions are made—and we’re just getting started. ## About Our Team We are a team of bright, kind, and solution-oriented people focused on creating value for our customers. We can solve problems individually, but understand that the best solutions are found when the team brainstorms ideas together. We are excited about balancing the need to deploy new solutions quickly and designing solutions that are secured, reliable, maintainable, and scalable for the long run. ## About the Role Optimal Dynamics is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend to join our Product Engineering team and lead the development and evolution of our customer-facing web applications. This role is focused on building high-performance, intuitive interfaces that translate complex logistics workflows into elegant, usable experiences. As a senior-level individual contributor and frontend technical leader, you will define frontend architecture, establish best practices, and drive the development of scalable design systems. You’ll work closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive, end-to-end user experiences that balance speed, reliability, and maintainability while elevating frontend engineering standards across the organization. This is a full-time, remote-friendly role open to candidates across the U.S., with the option to work from our New York City headquarters. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help redefine the logistics industry! ## What You’ll Do - Frontend Architecture & Development Design, build, and scale performant, accessible, and maintainable frontend systems using modern frameworks (React, TypeScript). Own key UI architecture decisions, including state management, component design, and application structure. - Design Systems & UX Excellence Lead the development and evolution of reusable component libraries and design systems that ensure consistency and scalability across the platform. Collaborate closely with design to deliver polished, user-centric interfaces. - Performance & Quality Optimize application performance, load times, and responsiveness. Establish best practices around testing, observability, and frontend reliability. - Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless, end-to-end features. Translate complex domain requirements into intuitive UI/UX solutions. ## Who You Are - Educated: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience. - Experienced - Senior level expertise in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems - Proven experience building and scaling complex, production-grade web applications (SPAs) - Deep understanding of frontend architecture, including state management, performance optimization, and component design patterns - Experience integrating with APIs and distributed backend systems - Familiarity with modern frontend tooling, testing frameworks, and CI/CD workflows - Experience collaborating with design teams using Figma, including interpreting design specs and contributing to design systems ## Nice to Have (Bonus Points) - Experience mentoring engineers, driving technical decisions, and frontend excellence across teams. - Experience building or maintaining design systems or component libraries - Familiarity with data-heavy or real-time UIs (e.g., dashboards, operational tools) - Experience working with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka) - Background in logistics, transportation systems, or other complex operational domains ## About our Tech Stack and Development Practices At Optimal Dynamics, our entire infrastructure runs on AWS, leveraging a wide range of services including DynamoDB, Aurora, SSM, and SQS to power our intelligent logistics platform. Our tech stack includes: - Backend & AI: Python 3 and Java - Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript for our web-based SPA - Data Stack: Trino, Dagster, dbt, DuckDB, and Preset - IaC: Terraform and Spacelift - Cloud: AWS (ECS/RDS/S3/etc) - CI/CD: Bazel, Github, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild - GenAI: Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT Codex, GitHub Copilot We follow modern development best practices with all code stored on GitHub. Every pull request undergoes thorough code reviews, is fully unit tested, and deployed through our CI/CD pipeline for continuous quality assurance. Pay Range $165,000—$195,000 USD ## Benefits - Competitive compensation, including Series C level equity - Health / Dental / Vision 100% covered for employee and 50% for dependents - Life Insurance, with optional supplemental insurance - Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Health Spending Account (HSA) - 401(k) with match - Unlimited PTO (vacation, personal days, sick days, jury duty, military leave, bereavement) - 11 Holidays - Paid Parental Leave for all employees - Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurances, and AD&D Insurance - Fitness membership reimbursement - Commuter benefits Optimal Dynamics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex (including pregnancy), age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optimal Dynamics is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to careers@optimaldynamics.com once you've begun the interview process. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law. ## About Optimal Dynamics ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Optimal Dynamics provides an AI-powered Transportation Decision System (TDS) that automates and optimizes strategic, tactical, and real-time operational decisions for enterprise truckload carriers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2017 (incorporated); 2018 (founded per LinkedIn); go-to-market launch in 2020 - **Founders**: Daniel Powell (CEO) and Warren Powell (Co-founder & Chief Analytics Officer) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Truck Transportation / Logistics Technology - **Target customers**: Enterprise truckload carriers (private fleets, dedicated capacity, and for-hire carriers) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To redefine the way logistics decisions are made by automating and optimizing complex planning processes, empowering teams to focus on high-impact work. ## Products & Services - **Transportation Decision System (TDS)**: A unified platform that automates and optimizes decisions across the entire truckload operation lifecycle. It includes: - **Network Management**: Intelligent, agentic freight procurement across channels to improve utilization, service, and profitability. - **Bid Analysis**: Identifies the best lanes to bid on and simulates the impact of each bid to optimize profitability, coverage, and service. - **Dispatch Management**: Real-time automated dispatch decisions, allowing a full day’s plan to be completed in minutes. - **Network Simulation**: A digital twin of the network to model scenarios and answer critical "what if" questions before executing changes. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$129.1M** (including a $40M Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies in 2024). Annual Revenue estimated at **$65.0M** (per LinkedIn). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Koch Disruptive Technologies, Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, Activate Capital. - **Growth Signals**: Triple-digit average annual growth since go-to-market launch in 2020. Headcount grew 22.2% year-over-year to ~72 employees. The company is expanding its footprint among enterprise carriers and recently closed a $40M Series C. ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary AI Engine**: Built on 40+ years of research at Princeton University, using a proprietary "Artificial Decision Intelligence" engine that goes beyond simple optimization to automate complex, real-time decisions. - **Comprehensive Platform**: The only "Transportation Decision System" that unifies planning, procurement, dispatch, and simulation in a single platform. - **Proven Results**: Delivers measurable outcomes for customers, including an 80% increase in productivity and a 12.5% increase in weekly revenue per truck. - **Deep Domain Expertise**: Focused exclusively on the complex, high-stakes world of enterprise truckload operations, creating a deep moat. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the Decision Layer**: The company is focused on becoming the "decision layer" for logistics, expanding its platform's capabilities and customer base. - **Product-Led Growth**: With a strong product that delivers clear ROI, the company is scaling its go-to-market efforts (Sales, Marketing) to capture a larger share of the enterprise trucking market. - **Continued Innovation**: Investing in R&D to further automate and optimize network decisions, leveraging the latest advances in AI and decision science. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact Work**: Employees work on some of the hardest problems in logistics, directly seeing their contributions improve customer outcomes (e.g., double-digit revenue gains). - **Culture of Autonomy and Learning**: The company values autonomy, ownership, and continuous learning. It offers periodic courses on advanced decision analytics taught by co-founder and AI visionary Warren Powell. - **Flexible Work Environment**: The company supports a remote-first culture, believing the office is a tool for meetings and connections, not a requirement. They offer a flexible work environment. - **Strong Benefits Package**: Includes unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 weeks for secondary), a $125/month fitness reimbursement, and a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care. - **Culture**: Described as a "no-blame culture" that encourages learning and improvement. The team is described as bright, kind, and solution-oriented. - **Growth Stage**: As a high-growth company (~70 employees) with strong funding and a clear market fit, it offers significant opportunities for career growth and ownership. ## Sources 1. [optimaldynamics.com](https://optimaldynamics.com/) 2. [optimaldynamics.com/about](https://optimaldynamics.com/about) 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/optimaldynamics](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/optimaldynamics) 4. 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