Backend Software Engineer, traide
B2B SaaS AI Startup
$75-95k
AI automation for industrial trade
Be an early applicant
AI automation for industrial trade
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
$75-95k
1-20 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise customs classification by using AI to optimise customs processes for companies.
Role
Who you are
- You excel at designing scalable architectures, translating complex requirements into clean, maintainable code, and striking the right balance between pragmatism, performance, and extensibility
- You strive to understand the bigger picture—our product, domain, and customers
- You proactively propose solutions, driven by a passion for creating real customer value and measuring success through business impact
- If you think in systems, enjoy challenging assumptions, and validate ideas through data and experimentation, you'll thrive here
- If this sounds like the kind of challenge you’re looking for, apply now—we’re excited to meet you
- You are an experienced software engineer (>= 5 years of experience)
- You are very familiar with Python and, ideally, also JavaScript/TypeScript
- Your strength are designing and improving scalable backend architectures, turn complex use cases into readable and maintainable business logic code
- You are familiar with ORMs (e.g. SQLAlchemy, Prisma) and you know how to build APIs (REST/GraphQL) that delight consumers
- You are interested in adjecent areas like Design, Product Managerment, DevOps and AI engineering
- You actively drive code quality and best practices in the codebase
- You thrive in in a fast moving environment with many opportunities to learn, grow and to give and receive feedback
What the job involves
- As a backend engineer, you'll take ownership of our backend services while collaborating across the entire product lifecycle
- You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers in a cross-functional team to plan, build, and ship features that matter
- Backend Development
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services using Python
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code with a strong emphasis on type annotations and best practices
- Develop robust RESTful APIs and ensure excellent API design and documentation
- Database Management
- Design efficient SQL database schemas and optimize queries for performance
- Utilize NoSQL databases like Redis for caching and real-time data processing
- Cloud Services
- Deploy and manage applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Utilize cloud services to enhance application security, performance, and reliability
- Implement logging solutions and configure monitoring tools to track system performance and troubleshoot issues
- Improve our CI and delivery pipeline (Github actions and kubernetes)
- Code Quality and Testing
- Ensure code quality and stability through unit testing, integration testing, and adherence to best practices
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
Application process
- Our application process is short and consists of a screening call, a technical interview and an opportunity to get to know the team. We are looking forward to your application!
Our take
Navigating customs processes can be a cumbersome challenge for businesses, often involving manual efforts and potential compliance pitfalls. With traditional methods being both time-consuming and prone to errors, traide is stepping into the arena to streamline and automate customs procedures for companies of all sizes and industries.
Traide's SaaS platform employs advanced AI models to interpret and translate individual product information into the necessary customs data. This approach not only ensures accuracy but also automates what has traditionally been a manual process. By offering this cloud-based, AI-driven tool, traide allows companies to create secure and automated customs declarations, providing a more efficient and reliable alternative to conventional methods.
The infusion of recent capital earmarks the company for further development and scaling of its solution. With a solid foundation in place, traide is now poised to shape the future of customs processes by reaching a broader market and expanding its capabilities at the intersection of AI, cloud technology, and international trade facilitation.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $1.2m
Company benefits
- Additional vacation days
- Flexible working hours
- Free snacks
- Mentoring sessions
- Company laptop
- Free beverages
- Home office
- Remote work
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Leonie Althaus
(CEO)Currently serving as the Strategic Partnership Development Manager at Girls in Tech. Prior to this they co-founded Mellon Services where they served as the COO.
Hendrik Niemann
(CTO)Previously founded Leasy. They also taught as a Freelance Lecturer at CODE University of Applied Sciences. Prior to this, they were a Software Engineer and then Head of Learning Analytics at Kiron Open Higher Education.
Previously co-founded Markov Solutions where they served as the Managing Director. They also worked as an AI Software Engineer at Charité.
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