mattpratt

Caspian Trade | Product Engineer | Full-Time | SF | meetcaspian.com

We're building trade software that actually works.

Our first product is duty drawback. Every year $10B in potential refunds are left unclaimed. Data is unstructured, fragmented and trapped in legacy systems that don't talk to each other. We're helping companies organize and understand their trade data. Leveraging the wedge product, we intend to quickly grow beyond our initial product.

You'll work with a small (5-10), well-funded and experienced team. We have paying customers and are scaling up quickly in an established space. Our engineering culture emphasizes simplicity, autonomy and end-to-end ownership. Node, Typescript, React, PostgresQL

Feel free to reach out to [email protected]

Caspian | Full-time | Hybrid w. in-office requirement (SF)

At Caspian, we're helping companies understand and control their duty and tariff exposure. We're a small, well funded early stage company applying modern technology to one of the world's oldest industries.

The team is small, experienced (10+ years in logistics) and moving quickly figuring out how to scale our solution (yes, we have customers) to the next cohort of customers.

We're looking for engineers who love to learn quickly, build with autonomy and are excited to provide solutions to real businesses. We're working out of the Presidio in San Francisco. If you're up for a challenge, let's talk [email protected]

Hiring for Software Engineering :)

Caspian | SF | Full-time

Caspian is an early-stage venture backed startup focused on helping corporations manage their duty and tariff exposure. We're starting with duty drawback, a filing that gets companies money back for activity they are already doing. Over $7B in duty drawback claims go unclaimed every single year.

We're looking for engineers who are excited to learn quickly and bring modern technology to an old, unloved industry. The current team is < 5 people and has 10+ years of experience in building enterprise products in the logistics space. You'll help shape the early team and product. We're currently working out of the Presidio in San Francisco.

Current Openings

- (Senior?) Software Engineer

- Applied AI Engineer

To apply: send your resume to [email protected]

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