Data Engineer

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We are excited to partner with GSTS to attract top talent for a Data Engineer.

GSTS is a leading Maritime AI company specializing in advanced analytics, risk management, and operational optimization solutions for the global maritime industry. Our mission is to enable safer, smarter, and more sustainable maritime operations through the power of Artificial Intelligence and predictive analytics.

Backed by funding from leading global strategic and financial investors, GSTS has garnered international recognition for its proprietary technology and visionary maritime roadmap.

OCIANA is a dual-use digital maritime AI product supporting defence, security and supply chain customers globally. OCIANA provides risk and optimization solutions for multiple stakeholders across both sectors.

ROLE:

As Data Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in building out OCIANA’s geospatial data integrations, enabling real-time decision-making and supporting novel machine learning models. You'll collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Owners, Developers and other Engineers to scale infrastructure, optimize pipelines, and ensure seamless delivery of data services from ingestion to visualization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect and maintain Data Pipelines and underlying data models for ingesting and transforming TB-scale geospatial and maritime data
• Develop and manage RESTful APIs (FastAPI preferred) for internal and external data access
• Support and extend CI/CD workflows using Git Lab/Git Hub and Infrastructure-as-Code (Cloud Formation)
• Implement real-time streaming architectures (Kinesis, Kafka, or similar)
• Improve platform observability and reliability through metric generation and alert config
• Automate container orchestration with Docker, CI/CD and AWS Elastic Container Services
• Support event-driven architecture for scalable data flows across the platform

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or platform/backend engineering roles
• Strong Python and SQL programming skills (Postgre
  
  SQL preferred)
• Experience with cloud-native architecture and working with managed services in AWS
• Proven experience in CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and orchestrators like ECS
• Familiarity with Git-based collaboration (Git Lab) and Agile/Scrum development environments
• Experience building and optimizing large-scale data infrastructure and distributed systems

BONUS POINTS:

• Familiarity with Apache Kafka, Apache Iceberg, or event-driven design patterns
• Experience with AIS (Automatic Identification System) or other maritime data sources
• Hands-on with Airflow, Terraform, Snowflake, or Apache Spark
• Strong understanding of both Dev Ops and ML Ops principles
• Development experience with web mapping patterns and tools (Mapbox, Deck.
  
  GL, Leaflet)
• Solid background in geospatial data processing and technologies (PostGIS)

OUR STACK

Gitlab/Gitlab-CI, Docker , Python, Node.js, Postgre

SQL/Athena, AWS:
Cloud Formation, ECS Fargate/Lambda, Cloud Watch, Kinesis, API Gateway/Fast API, Sentry, React, AGgrid, Deck.gl

COMMENTS/SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

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