Senior Backend Data Engineer

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics, and we've been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation, we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence. At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning, and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organization reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve. With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics. Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Backend Data Engineer to join our Technology team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in designing the future state of our systems by combining a strategic understanding of top-level product goals with deep technical knowledge. You will inform the right technical and product trade-offs for both short and long-term success. This position requires a passion for efficiency, availability, scalability, system quality, and user experience, driving rapid prototyping and fast time-to-market with minimal iterations. You will collaborate extensively across various internal teams and ensure the continuous enhancement of testability, operational excellence, and documentation for owned components.

Key Responsibilities:

• System Design & Strategy:Design the future state of our systems by combining a strategic understanding of highest-level product goals with deep knowledge of the technical landscape.
• Inform the right technical and product trade-offs for both short and long-term objectives.
• End-to-End Product Steering:Steer end-to-end product development with Product Managers, Business Stakeholders, and UX teams by engaging early and often to guide teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:Collaborate with internal teams across Technology Solutions Engineering, Platform, Order Handling, Transport Management System, Automated Cargo Execution, Equipment Tracking, and others.
• Efficiency & Quality Focus:Be passionate about efficiency, availability, scalability, system quality, and user experience, striving for rapid prototyping and blazing fast time-to-market with minimum iterations.
• Continuously enhance testability, operational excellence (OE), and documentation for owned components.
• Technical Excellence:Apply strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures (understanding optimal use), algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
• Utilize solid experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational, cache, transactional, and distributed storage, along with 12-factor app design.
• Team & Culture Nurturing:Nurture a culture of happy, healthy teams, including providing supportive feedback, ensuring technical quality, and fostering an enjoyable work environment.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience:8+ years of experience in building enterprise applications using Java 17 and J2EE.
• Computer Science Fundamentals:Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures (what is to be used and what is NOT to be used), algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
• System Architecture:Solid experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational, cache, transactional, and distributed storage, along with 12-factor app design.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and various design patterns.
• API & Event-Driven Systems:Hands-on experience in developing scalable and robust RESTful / Reactive APIs and event-driven systems.
• Cloud & DevOps:Proficiency in public cloud technologies (Azure preferred), containerization, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with Azure App Services and secure, scalable deployments.
• Java Ecosystem Proficiency:Proficient in Spring (Core, Boot, Reactive, Servlet Stack), Hibernate, and JPA.
• Data Processing:Experience with Apache Flink and Apache Spark for real-time and batch data processing.
• Experience working with Apache Kafka (including Kafka Streams).
• Databases:Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Familiarity with analytical and graph databases such as Apache Druid, InfluxDB, Neo4j, etc.
• API Management & Security:Experience with API Gateways (Apigee preferred), Swagger for API definition, and authentication standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect).
• Strong experience with JUnit, Mockito, and TDD/BDD approaches.
• Understanding of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), encryption, and security-by-design principles.
• UI/UX Understanding:Good understanding of UX & UI principles and their application in building solutions.
• AI/ML (Plus):Familiarity with AI/ML tools and technologies such as NLP models, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow, Azure ML, Vertex AI, etc., would be a plus.

Desirable Skills:

• XSD design and implementation.
• Agile software development experience.
• Exposure and understanding of the shipping domain.

Business Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to translate between technical language and business language, and communicate effectively to different target groups.
• Ability to understand complex designs.
• Possessing the ability to balance and find common ground amidst competing forces & opinions within the development team.

Personal Profile:

• Fact-based and result-oriented.
• Ability to work independently and guide the team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

What We Offer:

Joining Maersk means being part of a team that is not only transforming global trade but also shaping the future of our industry. You will be part of a truly international company with a strong culture, where you will have unique opportunities to make a real impact on a global scale. We offer constant challenge and the scope to learn in an open and friendly atmosphere, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and personal development.