As we steer our ambitious roadmap for ShipIntel feature development and analytics forward, we're looking to expand our backend team significantly over the next six months. To create a more balanced set of skills and experience, we're actively recruiting both mid-level and senior backend developers.

Roles Available:

• Mid-Level Backend Developer: You have a couple of years of experience and are looking to grow your skills in a dynamic setting.
• Senior Backend Developer: You have a proven track record and substantial expertise, ready to take a leadership role in the execution of our tech roadmap.

You will be working with and learning from the original developers of the ShipIntel AIS real-time analytics pipeline. We expect you to bring a hunger for learning and the experience required to work independently or even guide others, depending on the role you apply for.

Qualifications we are looking for:

• At least 2 years of experience working on a development team delivering cloud based software
• Experience with some of the common CI or CD tools
• Experience with Azure and/or Kubernetes
• Experience with the Go programming language, or sufficiently broad language skills to pick it up quickly
• Hunger to learn and improve

For the senior role you should have at least 5 years of relevant experience.

Who we are:

Maritime Optima AS was established in 2018 and came into operation in May 2019. We aim to modernize the “office” part of the commercial shipping since most of the companies were using old software tools while technological developments in satellite surveillance and real-time data analysis opened the door to new levels of automation and decision support. It became possible to create software to answer questions such as “what are my competitors doing” and “what are the most profitable contracts I can find for my vessels”.

Financed by the founders and shipping investors, we are developing two products: ShipIntel and ShipAtlas - for professional teams and individuals, respectively. We just passed 150 000 users on ShipAtlas this summer, a respectable number for our market, and the growth is strong.

Our 15 employees work out of representative offices in Vika Atrium, Oslo. We work mostly on-site because we value the “in real life” community and culture and frankly find it more productive when working on complex exploratory challenges. Even though we are going on our 6th year it is still very much a startup vibe here, the whole crew being extremely enthusiastic about what we do.

The development team is currently 11 people, a mix of backend, frontend and data science. If you are familiar with scrum you will understand most of what is going on here, the biggest local adaptation being designated leads on each major area of functionality or infrastructure. We have done this to handle multiple complex areas: global vessel tracking and real-time analysis, vessel routing, position list & voyage calculations, web & mobile applications. The keyword summary of our tech stack is:

• Kubernetes clusters running on Azure
• Backend services in Go
• Web applications in React
• Mobile applications in ReactNative
• Analysis pipeline on Azure Databricks
• Github for code and CI
• ArgoCD for automated deployment

What you can expect:

Apart from the normal stuff - challenging work, lots of opportunities for learning, competitive compensation, nice offices and flexible working hours - the most important single thing to be aware of is the tech startup culture. Working here is a lot like being on a professional sports team; demanding work, competent and driven colleagues, competing as a team on a global arena where winners tend to take all. 

If this sounds like something you would want to be a part of please contact our CTO Pål-Robert Engnæs at preng@maritimeoptima.com