Altana provides the world’s only dynamic, intelligent map of the global supply chain - the Altana Atlas - using AI and machine learning models to connect with and learn from massive sets of public and private data. Through the Atlas, companies and governments can understand the distant origins of products well beyond their own direct suppliers; discover trading relationships and national security risks deep in their networks; measure labor and environmental impacts; identify related risks and opportunities; ensure effective compliance and enforcement with trade requirements; and collaborate to manage all of it.

We have built a fundamental understanding of how the world’s economy works, and the implications for global resiliency, sustainability and opportunity are enormous. Backed by leading investors and used by the world’s most important organizations (Maersk, US Customs and Border Protection, Merck, Boston Scientific, and more), Altana’s mission is to power a new era of globalization organized around trusted supply chain networks.

This is a lofty mission, and our success depends on building a diverse, global team and creating an environment in which they can thrive. We operate in accordance with our values: we focus on value creation, not capture; we foster diversity and embrace difference; we embrace reality; we get things done; we amaze our clients. When you join Altana, you’ll be joining a vibrant, collaborative team working together to solve complex problems with the potential for global societal impact.

The Opportunity at Altana

The Engineering team is responsible for building out the platforms, API’s, services, workflows, and logical architectures for bringing this vision to life. We are creating a platform fundamentally driven by AI, which scales to a massive trove of data, and a diverse customer base; it is a complex system that will stretch engineering in many directions. You’ll work closely with our Data Scientists on projects to analyze and observe world-scale datasets, write code that can scale to produce never-before-seen insights, and construct APIs to deliver our product vision.

Your Responsibilities

Ingest product requirements, define technical requirements, and design practical, iterative technology designs that achieve the goal while fitting into our overall technical and product roadmaps
Personally develop and deploy services creating and supporting our overall architecture
Build and maintain distributed data processing and machine learning pipelines
Analyze and propose technical solutions to invent, enable, and enhance our product offerings
Be responsible for automating, testing, and deploying your work
Review the code and technical designs authored by your fellow team members, and hold a high bar for quality
Mentor junior developers and help them level up their skills

About You

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
8+ years of real-world professional experience writing back end or data-driven software in demanding environments
You’ve deployed production code and services to cloud-hosted environments
You have demonstrated experience delivering incremental releases from proof-of-concept to MVP to production
Self-starter with demonstrated experience working on large, complex problems
You care deeply about engineering excellence, clean code, and knowledge-sharing
You have strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Have, But Not Required

Experience with Python Machine Learning toolsets (Numpy, Pandas, Dedupe)
Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

Technologies we love to use at Altana

Languages: Python, PySpark
Tools: Docker, Git, Kubernetes, Swagger/OpenAPI, AWS/Azure, MLFlow, Celery
Datastores: Databricks and Delta Lakes

This role is remote, based in the United States or United Kingdom, with the option to work from one of our hubs in New York City, Boston, Washington D.C, or London.

Compensation Package

We are committed to providing competitive compensation for all roles at Altana. We carefully consider multiple factors when determining compensation, including your skills, experience, and location while balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. The target base salary range for the Backend Engineer role is $155,000 to $200,000 based on location. All full-time employees receive a competitive new hire equity grant, and may be eligible for additional bonus compensation depending on role.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.

Why it’s great to work at Altana

We love to collaborate, and we win as a team!
We are committed to engineering excellence
We value personal and professional development
We learn from diverse backgrounds and perspectives
We impact the world, from enabling developing countries to identifying drug traffickers

Altana is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to inclusion across race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical ability, veteran status, and national origin. We offer a comprehensive healthcare package and paid parental leave of 3 months for the primary caregiver and 1 month for the secondary caregiver.

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