Senior Backend Engineer (Python, AWS) (f/m/d)

The Role

In the position of Senior Backend Engineer (Python, AWS) (f / m / d) , you will be at the forefront of developing and evolving our platform, utilizing your deep expertise in backend engineering.

About Northbound

This is a position in Northbound, a venture incubated by MVP Factory.

Northbound is revolutionizing supply chain logistics with a B2B SaaS platform that uses real-time data and AI to improve inbound cargo shipments for trade and manufacturing companies.

We enable businesses to better manage their supply chains, leading to significant cost savings, more accurate deliveries and reduced demurrage and detention fees.

Our platform doesn't just offer visibility; it combines milestone data with customer-specific contexts to create optimal operational plans through AI.

This approach elevates logistics decision-making, addressing the industry's challenges with manual processes, high costs, and customer dissatisfaction due to delays.

Starting with a prototype in early 2023, we’ve now partnered with our first paying customers, proving the value of our AI and automation solutions.

At Northbound, we're dedicated to making supply chains more efficient and reliable. The potential to impact global logistics is huge, and we're just getting started.

In the role you will...

Write high-quality, maintainable code and release quality features

Maintain and develop resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS

Ensure software quality through code reviews and pair programming

Mentor junior team members to elevate the team’s performance

Your profile

4-5 years as a Backend Engineer with excellent programming skills in Python

Proficiency in designing and developing RESTful APIs, preferably using Flask or FastAPI frameworks

Hands-on experience in building backend using serverless technologies on AWS cloud (Aurora DB - PostgreSQL, Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, SQS)

Experience with writing unit and integration tests using Pytest and executing them in CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild)

Good understanding of infrastructure as code (Docker, Cloudformation, AWS SAM)

Interest in machine learning and / or experience with using AI services from cloud providers

Experienced in leading collaboration cross-functionally with a diverse team

Why MVP Factory?

As a Northbound employee you'll get :

• A modern, vibrant workspace in Berlin Kreuzberg, shared with MVP Factory (a digital ventures company), offering a rich, innovative environment.
• The chance to work closely with the founders and significantly impact the company's direction and growth.
• Autonomy and flexibility in your role, paired with the expectation of a driven, results-oriented mindset.
• A blend of in-office and remote work, with the flexibility to fit your ideal work setup.
• A new laptop of your choice
• VESOP package suited for an early core team member

About us

MVP Factory leverages expertise from business entrepreneurship, design, engineering and data science to help organizations execute their digital transformation.

We reinvent digital consulting by focusing on products, not slides and on pragmatic doing instead of just talking.

We design, build and scale digital products and ventures.

Digital consulting reinvented.

Since 2017 we enable organisations to execute their digital transformation by using agile methodology at startup speed. Therefore, we are combining our expertise from entrepreneurship, design, consulting and engineering.

With our proven approach, the MVP Factory has worked on over 300+ projects with global enterprises and early-stage entrepreneurs, including DB Schenker, Bertelsmann, Jobrad, Henkel Group, Signal Iduna or Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub.

Many digital innovation initiatives get stuck at the conceptual level or end up with poor technical implementation. Our Minimal Viable Product ("MVP") empowers organisations - from startups to midsize companies and enterprises - to build better software, and bring successful products to market.

We start challenging ideas before we build them. We not only have good ideas, we also implement them successfully.

Headquartered in Berlin, MVP Factory was founded by our tech entrepreneur Philipp Petrescu and consists of over 60 Venture Architects, Designers, Product Managers, Tech Leads and Growth Marketing Experts.

Since mid-2023, MVP Factory has been part of Ness Digital Engineering (Ness) - a full-service provider of digital consulting services and software development.