Software Engineer

Maersk is going through times of unprecedented change. As we aspire to secure sustainable growth of our businesses, we need to re-think the way we engage with our customers and partners. Technology is taking center stage in enabling this engagement.

Join us in Transport and Logistics - Technology as we innovate, prototype and industrialize digital products to drive growth and lead the market.

If you are passionate about working in an entrepreneurial environment developing new products that engage and provide an enhanced customer experience – keep reading.

We offer

This is an extremely exciting time to join a growing and 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.

As a company, we are committed to growing our people. We will provide you with opportunities that broaden your knowledge and strengthen your professional & technical skills.

As a Software Engineer, you will be part of a team responsible for building and integrating new solutions within Finance & Tax and/or Corporate Affairs portfolio into our IT Landscape. You will work with development teams & stakeholders in various locations, eg. India, UK and Denmark.

At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams

Key responsibilities

As a Software Engineer is responsible for driving the team towards the successful technical delivery of a solution that fits a purpose. This will be done with a focus on cost and ensuring that the correct procedures are in place to assure (code and feature) quality.

As an Engineer you will be part of the Development team with the following tasks:
• Implement technical execution or responsibilities when appropriate.
• Deliver solutions in a flexible manner be that utilising off the shelve or bespoke applications
• Write, deliver code and participate in code walkthroughs according to the requirements of the functional specifications
• Develop or ensure code is at high standard and specification in accordance with current framework
• Build strong collaborative relationships with engineers, architects, external agencies, vendor staff and partners.
• Assist as required in scope definition, technical viability scoping and best practice solution design to meet the requirements
• Where appropriate, provide guidance to the Solution Architect in the development of solutions.
• Highlight all risks and issues that affect the development or deliveries
• Form strong and trusted relationship with the Product Owner; ensuring that the Product Owner is fully aware of the technical capabilities and shortcomings of the product allowing for sensible technical investment and debt repayment decisions
• Work across teams to define efficient solutions and implementation strategies to create highly cohesive implementation across products
• Mentor peers staff in the software development method; coding and testing techniques where possible
• Demonstrate interest in improving the company’s technical awareness, depth and use of technology across the business.
• Participate in the evolution of company level best practices, standards, and policies related to software development.

We are looking for

• A minimum of 5+ years’ experience as a software engineer
• Experience with working on large scale global teams
• Knowledgeable in cloud-based products and solutions
• Knowledge of system integration using modern technologies e.g. JAVA, Spring boot, REST API, Microservices, Kubernetes, Web services, Event or Service based systems
• Experience in delivering CI/CD related solutions with a high degree of automation
• Highly skilled in writing clean, reusable and efficient code that is easy to read
• Highly skilled in writing unit & integration tests across all components; an advocate for automated testing
• Deep knowledge and understanding of technology; a person who stays relevant with the latest technology advancements and trends• Strong belief and demonstrated ability to iterate and evolve architecture
• A solid understanding of cloud native architectures
• Experience with building and managing microservices through its life cycle (versioning, backward compatibility)
• Exposure to distributed caching, failure detection algorithms & application failover strategies is desirable. Experience with building self-healing, automatic fault detection and recovery mechanisms is good to have.

Advantageous skills:
• Knowledge of Financial Services in terms of Governance and Controls and/or Corporate Affairs including Legal is an advantage
• Implementation of solutions using Azure Devops

Ways of working:
• Experienced in an Agile/Devops environment focusing on a Lean engineering
• Very strong communication and collaboration skills
• Structured, highly analytical mind-set and excellent problem-solving skills
• Collaborative, with strong facilitation and people skills / personal impact
• Highly motivated and work well under pressure
• A great team player and a strong collaborator
• Strong opinions loosely held
• Excellent English verbal and written communication is a must
• Innovative, with the ability to think outside the box
• Fact based and result oriented
• An individual who respects the opinion of others; yet can drive a decision though the team
• An individual who understand and respects the agile method
• An individual who wants to contribution to the wider engineering community to define best practices