Backend Engineer

This role is with Portcast, a startup supported by SGInnovate.

We make supply chains dynamic by predicting how cargo moves across the world. Our Portcast has already been used by global freight forwarding companies, manufacturers and cargo airlines. Our customers trust us to deliver fast, reliable and secure predictions to unleash greater profitability and realise the true value of their logistics data. We want to continue earning their trust, while also scaling and delivering new products to serve their needs.

As our Backend Engineer, you will be working closely with our Product, Data Science and Engineer teams to develop new products, scale existing ones and manage deployments and architecture. We are still a relatively small team and you will get a chance to work directly with our founders, counterparts in Bangalore office whilst reporting directly to our Head of Engineering in Singapore.

Duties & Responsibilities

What You'll Do:

• You'll design, build and maintain APIs, services and systems and debug production issues across multiple levels of the stack. 
• You’ll collaborate closely with our Business, Product and Data Science teams to understand and solve customer pain points at scale. 

What We're Looking For:

1. Tech Stack: You are proficient with Python based backend programming, web frameworks like Flask, Amazon Web Services. You are able to design RESTful/GraphQL APIs and are aware of best practices. Experience with Docker, Git, Elasticsearch, Spark, CI/CD is a plus. If you worked on a different tech stack, but confident to bring tons of transferable experience, do also get in touch. 
2. System Architecture: You understand how parts of a system fit together and have a strong background in building scalable products or systems. You are comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces / data sources and possess a meticulous attention to detail. You are quick to generate ideas and give suggestions on how to improve the tech stack and feature developments.
3. Team Player: You have experience working in a diverse, dynamic and cross-cultural team. This role is an opportunity to drive engineering excellence within the team and participate in key architectural discussions. You are a hands on goal-orientated engineer who works according to milestones and software guidelines, following agile principles.
4. Empathetic Communicator: You can communicate nuanced ideas clearly, from real time remote brainstorming to explaining a technical decision in writing. You may be opinionated, but in disagreements, you engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and can compromise when needed.

Bonus Points:

• You’ve been an early engineering hire who has built a technical product from scratch up to scale. We’d love to hear your learnings from doing that.
• You’ve tackled problems in geospatial time series, IoT sensor data