Python Software Engineer

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 software engineer to work on our vessel and voyage optimisation products. You will design and implement new features and improvements to existing features based on user, product and business requirements, in collaboration with the team of AI and other departments. You will maintain and improve the quality of our codebase. You will brainstorm ideas and come up with the best technologies to solve problems that appear within our dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will write, test and deploy production code, review the code of other developers, and ensure changes are tracked and documented.

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 cover our customers’ needs and make our back-end infrastructure scalable.

Our stack includes Python, TensorFlow, Rust, Java using Spring Boot and React. Our cloud platform is hosted on AWS, and we are in the process of transitioning our infrastructure to container orchestration using EKS.

These include:

• Undergraduate/postgraduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering.

• 3+ years programming experience in Python.

• Familiarity with Object-Oriented Design.

• Fluency in both spoken and written English.

• Good communication skills, guaranteeing effective engagement with AI Researchers, Data Scientists, Business Users and Software Developers on use cases.

• Experience with RESTful API such as Flask will be considered an asset.

• Knowledge of Git-Like Version Control protocols will be considered an asset.

• Familiarity with Unit Testing and Code Review Practices.

Desired, but not mandatory:

• Experience in working with data using machine learning tools and data analysis tools like pandas, Sklearn, TensorFlow.

• Experience with frontend development frameworks.

• Experience with Python to SQL interfaces.

• Experience with Docker, Kafka, Airflow or related technologies.

• CI/CD pipelining with Jenkins or Travis.

• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence suites.

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.