Software Engineer

Unacast is a global location intelligence and insights company transforming our understanding of human activity in the physical world. Unacast extracts valuable information from location data, delivering trustworthy, reliable, and privacy-friendly location intelligence. Companies across industries, at every stage of growth, rely on Unacast’s actionable human mobility insights to make more informed decisions that better align with the world around them.

We are hiring a Software Engineer to join our Core Platform Team!  

The Software Engineer will work within our Core Platform development team, assisting in the development of batch process and business logic for our core platform, which processes tens of billions of location signal data points each day. This is a hybrid position where you will be expected to work 1-2 days per week from our office located in Pilsen’s city center.  

Responsibilities:

• Create innovative solutions by writing high quality code that delivers the functionality required and adheres to best practices in development and testing.
• Create readable code which is easy to maintain and communicate with the team and stakeholders on the progress of the work.
• Efficiently and flexibly writing Snowflake SQL queries that can be incorporated into data pipelines, to solve newly arising challenges
• Optimizing data flows, storage and architectures to maximize efficiency and minimize costs.
• Create and maintain design documents both for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You build it, you run it, the teams are highly empowered which means that you will own the products from inception to a running system in production.

Capabilities:

• You are both a team player and a self-starter. You are comfortable working independently with only basic guidance, as well as work well within the larger team.
• You have demonstrated experience translating business problems into technology solutions, and deploying the right tool for the job including Scala, Java, third party web services, scripting languages (e.g. Python, R) and third party tool sets.
• You are familiar with tools like Postman or cURL to test and interact with APIs, including handling different HTTP methods, managing headers and parameters, and analyzing responses.
• You are capable of taking a basic description of what is needed, analyzing it and asking the right questions to generate a detailed specification of the software requirements.
• You can demonstrate to us that you have developed multiple applications from requirements elaboration to delivery to production.
• You have the ability to debug and analyze problems effectively, identifying root causes and providing solutions in a timely manner.
• You must have good organization skills and great communication & documentation skills.

Experience:

• At least 4 years’ experience in software development in Java and/or Scala.
• You can demonstrate to us that you have good database skills both creating new databases, modifying existing databases and manipulating data within those databases.
• You will be experienced in either SQL or NoSQL databases and enjoy working with both.
• You have experience processing data efficiently in JSON and/or XML formats.

• Experience with MySQL, AWS, Spark, Snowflake, DynamoDB, CartoDB or other similar tools.
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, including the software deployment and testing processes.

... and it is a positive if`

• You have experience working with geospatial data.
• You are team and customer service oriented, innovative, open-minded to the solution set, and driven to deliver solutions that meet or exceed requirements. 
• Experience with data analytics and data visualization.
• You believe that simple approaches are better than complex, whenever possible.

What we expect of you 

• Demonstrate a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
• Contribute to a positive and enjoyable work environment
• We are a startup, so things change fast, you need to be agile and proactive on this journey
• Participate in the on-call rotation
• Personal characteristics we value include: high integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, innovative thinking, team player, passion for technology, adaptability, high energy and attention to detail.

What we offer:

• A great team.
• Impactful work on unique, cutting-edge solutions.
• Flexible work location (with 2 days/week in the office).
• Professional development support (including regular hackathons and 3 “learn-something-new” days per year).
• Scandinavian work culture with flexible hours.
• Competitive salary
• An international work environment with colleagues from around the world.
• Five weeks of vacation.
• A new MacBook Pro or other preferred laptop, plus a home office equipment budget.
• Regular social/sport activities (yoga lessons, running, climbing, etc.).
• Free lunches, snacks, and quality coffee at the office.
• A central office location in Pilsen.
• Occasional visits to our Norwegian office.
  

We care deeply about our team, creating a space where you can thrive, connect, and make a real impact. We’re excited to see how you can contribute and look forward to your application!