Senior Platform Engineer - UK Remote
7Bridges
Posted 4 years ago £45k - 58k (British Pounds)
Media coverage:
- 16 Jul 2020 - Here are the 15 hottest European AI startups in 2020, Business Insider
- 16 Jul 2020 - Supply chain digitisation 10 to 15 years behind warns AI firm 7bridges
- 25 Jun 2020 - AI startup 7bridges raises $3.4m backed by LocalGlobe and Crane Ventures, Business Insider
- 25 Jun 2020 - UK startup raises $3.4m seed round, UKTN
About us
At 7bridges we’re reducing waste in global logistics by 50% with the use of data, technology and AI applied at an unprecedented scale. We’re processing millions of shipments, are backed by two of Europe’s largest VCs and are now in the exciting phase of scaling up to serve more businesses worldwide.
Our product is made up of 3 layers (see more detailed info here):
- Ecosystem - the logistics companies providing a wide range of logistics services (same day, express, green, locker, drone, container, self-storage, 3rd party storage, packaging etc) that our customers want to use via our platform
- Interface - UI and APIs to view information and interact with the ecosystem in a highly automated fashion. Automating booking, tracking, document creation, billing, returns all in one place
- L.E.O - the machine learning layer that makes millions of permutations, in the context of world events that disrupt supply chains, to automate the decision of how to use each service provider most optimally for every single shipment demand in a business
What you will be doing
- Architect, design and deliver complex features that span all 3 layers of the platform
- Translate business strategy directly into engineering problems and solutions
- Understanding and predicting the costs of development design decisions
- Mentoring junior members of staff
- Maintaining the quality of the production environment
Key technologies
It would be amazing if you were familiar with all of our key technologies but if you're not don't worry, that's why we offer skills training as one of our benefits.
- Python 3
- PostgreSQL
- Django
- Django REST framework
- Django Graphene
- GraphQL
- Celery
- Redis
- Pandas
- Pytest
- Splinter/Selenium
- Git
- Test Driven Development