John Buether

John Buether is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in logistics and automation technologies. Currently serving as a Staff Engineer at Flexport since June 2023, John focuses on shipment planning. Prior to this role, John spent nearly four years as a Staff Software Engineer at Grubhub, specializing in automated driver dispatch optimization and collaborating with data scientists to enhance dispatch solutions. John also held positions as a Senior Software Development Engineer at zulily, a Software Development Engineer II at Expedia, Inc., and a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, where John innovated full-stack solutions and contributed to patent applications in logistics. John's career began as a Robotics/Automation Research Assistant at Michigan State University, where John developed software systems for robotic control. John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University in 2011.