Backend Software Engineer (Python)

About Us

DeepSea was founded to bring the latest AI technology to make the world of shipping leaner, greener, and better connected. Our cloud platforms harness deep learning models trained on real-time data to enable our customers to optimise the routes, speeds, operation, and maintenance of their vessels, saving fuel, money, time and reducing environmental impact. DeepSea talent is spread across Greece, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Romania, Thailand and Japan and we are growing quickly.

We are a scale-up company - meaning you will be bringing us to the next level and deliver a tangible contribution to a more sustainable shipping world. There is no complex hierarchy nor long approval processes. We just deliver. You will be joining a company with highly skilled and smart people who love solving complex problems.

About the position

We are looking for an experienced Python backend software engineer to join our Software Development Department. You will develop our products based on user, product and business requirements, in collaboration with your Team Leader, Architect and the Product Department.

Our products are used by shipping company engineers and captains to optimise the technical operations and navigation of their vessels based on our in-house developed AI and optimisation algorithms. You will need to gain a good understanding of the domain and our research output to design improvements that make our backend infrastructure scalable and cover our customers’ needs.

Our cloud platform is hosted on AWS, and we are in the process of transitioning our infrastructure to container orchestration using EKS.

Necessary:

• 4+ years of proven hands-on Software Development experience in Python ( version 3.8+ )

• Strong knowledge of at least one major Python framework (Django, Flask etc)

• SQL knowledge, especially related to query efficiency and optimization

• Experience with both external and embedded databases (relational), as well as with cache engines (Memcached, Redis)

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

• Knowledge of libraries such pandas, NumPy, SciPy

• Familiarity with pip and venv

• Solid understanding of both the functional and object-oriented programming paradigms and how they apply to the Python language

• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns, especially concurrent ones

• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Skill for writing reusable Python modules

• Knack for writing clean, readable Python code

• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, DBI, ORM and RESTful

• Basic understanding of Gunicorn, its limitations and weaknesses

• Microservice architecture

• Implementing unit tests

• Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication (also in English).

• Linux (CentOS, RedHat)

Desired, but not mandatory:

• Knowledge of Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem

• NoSQL databases (Cassandra, etc)

• Time Series Databases

• Cloud working experience

• Docker containers

• Experience in working with Atlassian platform (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)

• Message Brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka)

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong interest in emerging technologies and web trends.

• Desire and willingness to work in a collaborative, innovative, flexible and team-oriented environment.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and multi-task efficiently.

• Good organizational skills.

• Ability to work as part of a team.

• Attention to detail.

• Willing to adapt to DeepSea's way of working.

• Fulfilled military obligations.

What we offer

You will be part of a dynamic team focused on delivering results and continuous improvement while disrupting the industry, and will also receive:

• Competitive remuneration package: Skill & experience-based salary and eligibility for additional employee benefits.

• Health Package: Private health insurance coverage and mental health - therapist benefit

• Tech Equipment Package: Laptop and other policy-based equipment

• Paid leaves: Paid study, emergency, and medical leaves.

• Learning and Development Package: Access to courses platform and eligibility for seminars, conferences and workshops

• Team Building: Team outings and events. Paid trips to our offices to meet the team physically, if not based in Athens

• Remote Flexibility: Great office space in the heart of Athens and remote option. Fully remote option for the non-Athens based

At DeepSea, we are looking for people who share our values and are aligned with our mission. It is important to us to ensure that no-one who is eager and capable of contributing constructively to our team is excluded because of ethnic or social origin, gender or sexuality, age or family status, disability or medical conditions etc. Diversity is well-proven to be a vital characteristic of teams that succeed, so we do everything we can to make our environment welcoming and safe for everyone.