Senior Software Engineer - Python
Job Summary
Job Description
The Senior Software Engineer - Python will be responsible for developing and optimizing a highly scalable production system for an AI platform focused on object detection within the Geo Intelligence team. They will be involved in creating resilient, high-scale, low-latency, distributed microservices, designing and operating a control plane for the Geospatial AI platform, and implementing authentication and authorization services with a focus on security and privacy. The role requires strong practical knowledge of Python or experience with dynamic typing, a deep understanding of authentication protocols, and experience designing and deploying large-scale systems in AWS.
Must have:
- Strong practical knowledge of Python.
- Deep understanding of OIDC, JWT and other authentication protocols.
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Good grasp of software engineering fundamentals.
- Experience designing, developing and deploying large scale systems in AWS.
Good to have:
- Experience working with CRS systems
Perks:
- Cutting-edge innovative projects for leading Tier 1 enterprise customers.
- Opportunity to apply knowledge to practical industrial-scale innovation.
- Healthy work-life balance.
- Innovative start-up where your work can have an impact.
- Meaningful work: Innovation focused, global-scale, real-world problems.
- Friendly atmosphere, with amazing and passionate colleagues.
- Personalized benefits (learning opportunities, mental wellbeing programs, healthcare plan).
13 skills required
Job Details
Satellite and drone imagery access is on the rise, and traditional image processing methods are struggling to keep up. We’ve never had more data, and yet it’s never harder than ever to gain meaningful insights.
Our scalable AI platform enables custom model training on global features, providing real-time, on-demand geospatial insights with impressive speed and accuracy. The application turns months of manual work into mere minutes, and with much better results. We work with customers from various domains, from intelligence and defence, local and federal governments, to small and large enterprise enterprises, which requires us to have a lot of flexibility on how we deploy and maintain our services.
We kicked off in 2020 and have secured $35 million in series A funding from a lineup of top US and European investors, among which Microsoft M12, Point72 Ventures, Maxar, In-Q-Tel, SAFRAN, and ISAI/Capgemini.
We are searching for a senior software engineer to play a key role in the further development of our AI platform for object detection. You will be part of the Geo Intelligence team responsible for building and optimizing a highly scalable production system.
In particular, you will
- Work within a highly motivated team to create resilient, high-scale, low latency, distributed microservices that run on hundreds of nodes in the cloud
- Design, implement and operate a control plane for our Geospatial AI platform
- Implement authentication and authorization service with focus on security and privacy
YOUR PROFILE
- You have strong practical knowledge of Python or experience with dynamic typing
- Deep understanding of OIDC, JWT and other authentication protocols
- You have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, and like to solve technical challenges independently
- You are familiar with databases such as PostgreSQL
- You have good grasp of software engineering fundamentals: unit testing, CI/CD, automated quality assurance, integration testing, reliability, and reproducibility
- You are outcome-oriented, and keep the big picture in mind to proactively identify and solve issues
- You have experience designing, developing and deploying large scale systems or pipelines in AWS
Ideally:
- You have experience working with CRS systems
Tech Stack
- Python
- Fast API
- Postgres
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Redis
- AWS
- GDAL
- Raster.io
WHY JOIN US?
- Cutting-edge innovative projects for leading Tier 1 enterprise customers in a wide range of industries.
- Opportunity to apply your knowledge to practical industrial-scale innovation, developing your skills on a dynamic team of talented colleagues, guided by science and fueled by passion.
- Healthy work-life balance
- Innovative start-up where your work can have an impact that matters and lasts.
- Meaningful work: Innovation focused, global-scale, real-world problems (not piece-meal work in fantasy worlds that go stale a year later with the next sequel)
- Friendly atmosphere, with amazing and passionate colleagues from all backgrounds and nationalities.
- Personalized benefits (learning opportunities, mental wellbeing programs, opportunity to personalize your benefits according to your needs, healthcare plan)
- A competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.
The minimum salary is 56.000,--€ gross per year. The effective salary depends on qualification and experience and may be significantly higher!
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About The Company
Blackshark.ai, a pioneering deep tech A.I startup, is on a mission to revolutionize earth observation analytics and transform the field from a niche market to a mainstream enterprise solution. Our scalable AI quickly extracts global features, providing real-time, on-demand geospatial insights with impressive speed and accuracy. We are turning…
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