Software Engineer – Python (f/m/d)

The role

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is excited to join us in building the first global supplier search. We believe that engineers should accelerate the business through technology, and collaborate across multiple teams to accomplish that. Your role will focus on building a scalable high-frequency data ingestion application and supplementary internal tooling. You will also have the opportunity to work with our data engineers to deliver data pipelining and data warehousing, the essential parts of our product and fundamental to the long-term success of our mission.

We mainly work with Python, PostgreSQL, dbt, Airflow, K8s, Terraform, and GitLab CI. We are open to using other technologies and excited to expand our tech stack.

If you don’t fit all the requirements, don’t be discouraged from applying. We are looking for the willingness to learn more than specific skills.

What we offer

• Working in a fast-paced environment with challenging tasks (zero-boredom-guarantee)
• High ownership and the freedom of managing your own projects
• Direct collaboration with the founders – true flat hierarchy
• Rapid professional development & leadership opportunities with a steep learning curve
• Awesome team events and an inclusive company culture with a diverse team

Your responsibilities

You will conceptualize, build, and maintain software projects for different steps in our data lineage. You will become the owner of one or several data projects and orchestrate them together with other engineers. Your focus will be some of the following:

• Expand our hand-tailored framework for data extraction and processing
• Build microservices upon our framework to fulfill business needs
• Create efficient data models, storage solutions, and/or upgrade existing ones
• Build service health monitoring and service visibility tooling
• Implement robust operational procedures for fail-safety
• Build new cloud infrastructure and expand existing architecture

Your experience

• 2+ years of relevant software development work experience
• Extensive experience in Python, preferably also pandas
• Solid experience with application containerization, e.g. Docker
• Good understanding of any DBMS, e.g. PostgreSQL or MongoDB
• Experience with small teams in fast-paced environments
• Nice-to-have skill sets:
  • web technologies, e.g. HTML, JavaScript, dynamic web pages
  • data pipelining or workflow orchestration, e.g. Airflow, Kubernetes
  • experience in building dashboarding/ internal tooling
• Bonus: experience in procurement, logistics, or manufacturing

 What we value

• Honest, fast, and open collaboration as well as strong communication skills (English)
• Resourceful self-starters who hold themselves and their team to high standards and have attention to detail
• Short release cycles, and active participation in our releases
• Team members who are excited about our mission & tech

If you’re a software developer who likes the startup spirit, we’d love to talk to you!

Alpas is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.