As an Air Pricing Associate, you will be a foundational member of the team, learning all aspects of the trade, mastering Flexport’s advanced technology systems, and working on the front-lines to ensure Client Solutions Teams - and by extension, Flexport customers - have the right solutions and the right prices so that supply chains run smoothly. You will be an expert in coordinating and executing the end-to-end shipment lifecycle: procurement, solution design, rate setting, and administration of marketplace prices.

Your responsibilities: 

Develop end-to-end pricing solutions for Flexport customers

• Execute the end-to-end creation and delivery of pricing solutions for Flexport customers by working with cross-functional stakeholders (Trucking, Supply Chain Operations, Partner Team, etc) to secure necessary procurement costs. 
• Procure rates for customer requests within our network of vendors (ie carriers, subcontractors, partners) and ensure they are clearly recorded and available in cost databases
• Fulfill dynamic pricing requests for both fixed and spot rates and ensure solutions are clearly recorded and available in sell databases for immediate consumption by Account Management
• Follow up with customers on spot pricing submissions to increase likelihood of conversion

Act as the first point of contact for all Air pricing issues, requests, or questions & take the lead in resolving

• Triage incoming pricing requests and find a resolution 
• Resolve all pricing escalations raised by account management or sales teams as quickly as possible, with an eye for mitigating future escalations of the same nature; exercise good judgment on when to escalate
• Constantly monitor group emails, Slacks, and offer support wherever possible

Drive and support initiatives to promote growth and profitability for the region

• Ensure high integrity and accuracy of all rates stored in internal database; record all rates and rate updates timely
• Leverage internal tools and processes to mitigate potential revenue leakage (Conversion reports, etc)
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing strategies and increase profitability
• Proactively follow-up on lost pricing requests and new opportunities

Identify areas for process improvements and contribute to future automation designs

• Master all Flexport internal tools and databases for maintaining buy and sell rates
• Take a critical approach to company and customer SOPs and identify ways to improve them
• Be a general expert, able to support procurement, solution design, rate setting, vendor audits and implementation cycles for all geographies in your region
• Proactively share risks & barriers with regional air freight leadership and work to resolve them
• Embody a “can-do” attitude at all times

Requirements:

• Minimum BA/BS and 2-3 year(s) of related work experience
• Knowledge of operations, procurement and technology within the industry
• Experience with regards to imports and/or exports from a sales, operational or procurement perspective 
• Experience building and maintaining relationships and partnerships with vendors
• Analytical skills and metric / data based approach to solving problems
• Strong analytical background and knowledge of analytical tools (Excel, etc); basic programming capabilities a plus
• Strategic vision and ground floor execution
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

We offer: 

• An opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing companies, where you’ll have the chance to create a global impact while being a part of a  thriving multinational environment
• Lunch food delivery 4 days a week incl. vegetarian options, a salad bar and special menu options, plus breakfast options, snacks, soft drinks and barista coffee.
• Health insurance:  employee contribution part is covered by Flexport
• 25 paid vacation days
• Equity program: every team member becomes a shareholder, aligning our success with yours. As a private company in a multi-trillion dollar industry, you have a direct stake in our collective growth and success.
• Employee Assistance Program through Aetna Resources for Living: Flexport provides an employer-sponsored program at no cost to you and your household members
• Parental leave benefit: Flexport is here to support you and your families in one of the most important times in life – the birth of a child! Our parental leave program allows both mothers and partners to take time off from work for pregnancy, childbirth, and to bond with your new child.

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The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward.   

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
• Review pull requests, and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges 
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Familiarity with Android components
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
• Product design intuition and user empathy
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what's outlined in the spec
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• Excellent communication skills
• User oriented problem solving approach
• Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus:

• Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
• Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS

Technologies we use:

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We offer:

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Overview

Primary Focus: To set up all new orders containing the most time-sensitive commodities for success, provide proactive updates to customers on any deviations and track order status progression from start to finish. These job requirements were carefully crafted in order to provide you with the basic building blocks of the Airspace Operations team and pave the way for a continued path forward as you grow within this company.

Importance of Role

The operations team is the backbone of our company  and by working on the front lines you represent, first-hand, everything that we stand for. Not only will you be in direct communication with our customers, commanders and agent service providers, with extreme attention to detail, having the ability to catch something so small can ultimately be the difference maker in being able to save a human life!

Responsibilities

Must be able to perform all Responsibilities included in the Operations Specialist II Job Description

Advanced Problem Solving

• Ability to independently resolve all escalated issues using provided resources with minimal to no assistance
• Ability to assist in resolving team member escalations and questions
• Understand Margin vs Total Cost for an order and apply knowledge to additional charge approvals 
• Expert on all International regulations, Import, and Export requirements 
• Ability to understand big picture decisions for customers balancing service with customer margins. Ability to balance speed, cost, and customer impact without defaulting to escalations
• IE. Choosing one airline because we have a service agreement for faster offloads and minimal service failures over the fastest or cheapest option based on error rate. 
• Balancing cost of service quality and expectations with margin. 
• Minimal to no errors & service failures
• Make educated decisions under pressure 
• Anticipate problems before they surface and act early 

Operating the Airspace Platform

• Hold and maintain Dangerous Goods Certification . Remain knowledgeable on all Dangerous Goods requirements and adhere to current policy procedures. 
• Assist in resolving team member inquiries for DG flagged orders
• Gain knowledge of additional sector processes 
• Provide SOP guidance hand in hand with leadership 
• Uphold team expectations leading by example 

Maintaining Balanced Level of Performance

As an OSIII, you will be expected to meet minimum metric requirements and customer service standards. Expectations will increase with each advancement. All expectations will be communicated to you through your direct reporting supervisor.

Requirements

• Ability to work weekend shifts
• Ability to work out of our Frankfurt, Germany office on a hybrid schedule
• German language proficiency strongly preferred (at least B1/independent user level)

Compensation

€50,000 - €65,000 annual salary