# FreightFlows (Currently MassChallenge 2020 cohort) | Sr. Data Engineer, Jr. Software Engineer | Boston, MA USA | ONSITE or REMOTE | Full-time #
_What we do_
Maritime transportation accounts for nearly 4% of all global climate change emissions. 77% of tonnage moved on the water happens in bulk ships (ie tankers) and not container ships. These ships operate like taxis, and their idle time, and empty voyages reveal a very inefficient transportation system.
FreightFlows tracks every boat on the water in real-time and predicts what they'll do next. We leverage unique access to hundreds of millions of live data points/day to analyze and optimize seaborne bulk trade (such as oil, gas, chemicals, aggregates, ore and coal).
We're helping shippers and vessel operators to forecast freight partners, helping to secure favorable market pricing and reducing idle time and empty legs for ships.
Our goal is to significantly reduce the impact of climate change emissions in the maritime transportation industry by driving down the cost of trade and maximizing utilization.
_What we need_
We're a small but experienced team, with experience in maritime tech, commodity analytics and machine learning.
Data Engineer: We need you to be a leader in developing the data processing and analytics pipeline. You need to have knowledge of python, experience with cloud architecture, big data, data structures, core data science algorithms and distributed systems. Ideally, you'll advise and steer the backend data development toward high availability, optimized processing and data delivery.
Software Engineer: front-end software development, React, Django.
You are among the first hires after the founding team, so you need to be comfortable with an uncertain future, fast paced development, risk taking, and the excitement that comes with seeing real world problems fixed with what you do every day. Diverse applicants very welcome - if you think you can help, then please get in contact!
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