Software Engineer – Forecasting and Modelling

Maersk is achieving an unprecedented transformation in the growth of our businesses, rethinking the way we engage with customers and partners, and how the world’s trade flows across our global network. Our software and technology are center stage in creating value for our business and our customers. In this Software Engineer role, you will be working within the Offer-to-Agreement business platform as part of the forecasting and modelling data science team, developing software and systems for real-time dynamic pricing and related revenue management needs.

We wear what makes us feel comfortable in our newly renovated office; we meet for walks along the water; we enjoy breakfast and lunch in our canteen - or in our collaboration lounges - while finding solutions to problems that affect millions of people every day. If you are passionate about working in an entrepreneurial environment supporting an ambitious team on a great transformation journey – then this role is the perfect next step in your career!

We offer

This position offers a unique opportunity to develop and apply your cutting-edge knowledge of software and data engineering to create results and insights that are transforming the transport and logistics industry. As a Software Engineer with Maersk, you will be part of the community of software engineering practitioners across the company, where we develop the foundations of our future business.

• We operate in a fast-paced environment utilizing modern technologies.
• We embrace innovation methods where we have a close dialogue with end users, make early use of mock-ups & POCs and are committed to incremental development.
• We value customer outcomes and are passionate about using technology to solve problems.
• We are a diverse team with colleagues from different backgrounds and cultures.
• We offer the freedom, and responsibility, to shape the setup and the processes we use in our community.
• We support continuous learning, including through conferences, workshops and meetups.

This is an extremely exciting time to join a dynamic team that solves some of the toughest problems in the industry and builds the future of trade & logistics. Maersk’s Technology organisation offers a unique opportunity to impact global trade via the largest container shipping company in the world. In our Copenhagen office, we are a team of more than 30 nationalities. We focus on our people and the right candidate will have broad possibilities to further develop competencies in an environment characterised by change and continuous progress.

Key responsibilities

You will be part of a strong data science team that also implements its work in software, shaping product and business decisions to help drive digital transformation at the largest container shipping company in the world. Collaborating closely with data scientists and engineers, your responsibilities include:

• End-to-end role in designing, architecting, and implementing the software elements of data science solutions. Relentless focus on iterative development through POCs and MVPs while also being able to fully mature and own the winning solutions.

• Use your software development expertise to define processes and standards for software solution development and ownership. Engage with applicable teams and forums to ensure alignment and conformance with e.g. cyber security, coding and testing standards.

• Learn our customer and business problems and apply your knowledge of software development to deliver the outcomes our customers need. We care about team members who are not only technical specialists but are excited about understanding the logistics domain - no prior experience in logistics required, so long as you are committed to learning!

• Embrace a DevOps model, collaborate with other local and remote development teams, and for business-critical solutions, share ownership and support needs to meet agreed-on SLAs.

• Independently direct your time and resources together with other data/software engineers and the data scientists in the team. You will need to participate in transforming the way we work. The cultural transformation of our business and industry is the guarantee of long-term growth and success.

We are looking for

• You possess a bachelor’s degree, ideally in computer science or engineering, or closely related field. The ideal person will possess an advanced degree with a focus on software development, distributed systems or cloud technologies.

• Ideally more than 4 years of professional software development experience, in either a software or analytics-intensive industrial company, as part of a team developing software. This is a hands-on development role and you must be able to independently write good software.

• Person with a humble mindset towards sharing technical knowledge in a team and ability to both learn and teach new technology.

• More generally you have a track record or high familiarity with many or most of the following:
• Programming languages: Java, C#, Go, Rust, Typescript or Python. Strong Python skills or readiness to reach high ability required.
• Open-source software: Apache projects and similar
• Software-development: design patterns, performance optimisation, exception handling, memory handling, garbage collection, object-oriented and/or functional design and programming.
• Test frameworks: pytest, nunit or junit
• Web frameworks: Django, FastAPI, Flask, PHP, ASP.NET, Spring (or similar)
• Front-end frameworks: React, Angular or similar
• Data-engineering framework: Spark/Databricks, Hive or similar
• Databases: SQL/relational databases (required), graph database (e.g. Neo4J) or key-value stores (e.g. Mongo, Cassandra)
• Pub/Sub: Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis or Azure Event Hubs
• Systems: Kubernetes, Docker, Git, Linux,
• Dashboards: DataDog , PowerBI, Grafana or similar
• DevOps: know at least one CI/CD framework
• Cloud: Prefer Azure, but AWS or Google also OK
• Computer Science: complexity analysis, algorithms, data structures etc.