Senior Software Developer; Python

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

You’ll have a strong technical foundation and leadership capabilities to help drive the development of software products across a variety of domains. In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions across a variety of domains and products.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll not only design and build scalable software systems but also take ownership of technical direction, architectural decisions, and manage relationships with external contractors. You’ll play a key role in ensuring that outsourced work aligns with our standards, timelines, and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Design and develop scalable, efficient, and high-performance software solutions that meet enterprise and user requirements.
• Design and implement robust, scalable architectures for enterprise applications, selecting the appropriate technologies to ensure high performance and maintainability.
• Develop clean, efficient, and well-documented code, adhering to best practices, coding standards, and performing regular code reviews to ensure consistency and quality across the team.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and QA testers to ensure a cohesive development process that meets both technical and business objectives.
• Develop integrations with various enterprise systems such as ERP, Supply Chain Planning systems, or other cloud-based applications to support seamless data exchange and functionality.
• Lead and participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability in all development projects.
• Mentor and support junior developers by providing technical guidance, coaching, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the development team.

Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Apply software engineering best practices including modular design, testing, and configuration management to existing code.
• Refactor and enhance legacy codebases using modular design, appropriate class structures, and configuration management.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment processes.
• Contribute to system architecture and design discussions.
• Ensure proper coding standards are followed.
• Design system architectures involving APIs to Microsoft Dataverse and Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Oversee the work of 2–3 software engineers, ensuring task alignment, code quality, and timely delivery.
• Work in an agile, iterative environment, contributing to continuous delivery.
• Integrate data science and machine learning solutions into production code following industry standards.
• Communicate effectively with Product Owners, Development teams and business stakeholders.

Experience:

• Proficiency in Python programming and related frameworks/libraries
• Minimum of 5 years professional software engineering experience delivering high-quality software solutions
• Experience in an international, diverse multi-cultural corporate environment desired
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a small engineering team, manage project tasks, and uphold delivery standards
• Successful delivery of machine learning applications to internal or external customers
• Experience working in an Agile development…