Python Job: Software Engineer

We're looking for a motivated and driven Software Engineer - R Shiny / Python (m/f/d) who will help us shape our team, drive the company to the next level, and have the most direct influence on our success.

Your Tasks – Paint the world green

The team you’ll be joining builds analytics and data science products for data-driven decision making and intelligent automation in the Network Planning domain. The team supports FlixBus in general and in particular network planning, understanding how long-distance coach and train markets work leveraging internal and external data and applying data science methods. The team builds solutions within R & Python and is constantly striving to adopt technologies to help them achieve their goals.

• Be part of a cross-functional, product-focused data team specialising in the analysis of large transportation networks, developing internal tools & products, and creating forecasts
• Work on products that enable our stakeholders to more efficiently plan and manage our growing network
• Be responsible for developing, building, and maintaining our internal web applications
• Contribute to the frontend implementation of the team's products
• Shape the team's product architecture and support the implementation of the underlying infrastructure and CI/CD workflows
• Continuously improve the performance and quality of the applications developed by the team
• Suggest potential new tools and technologies to better solve the tasks at hand
• Together with the team, you will work iteratively on implementing sustainable solutions that deliver business value and are backed by a well-designed implementation
• Engaging with stakeholders by providing both in-depth technical descriptions and easily digestible overviews as necessary
• Apply clean code and architecture practices in your implementations as well as during code review and pair-coding sessions
• You are always curious to learn new technologies and gain a deeper insight into the domain, Network Planning
• Sharing your expertise and helping colleagues both within and beyond your team

Your Profile – Ready to hop on board

• Experience designing and developing user-oriented web applications
• You have a Full Stack mindset— you are comfortable working proactively on every aspect of our product: from backend development and cloud deployment configurations, to coding the frontend client and discussing UX workflows with our stakeholders
• Solid experience with R, Python or similar languages. Willingness to learn R
• Good experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React or Angular..etc
• You understand CI/CD pipelines, and have some experience with cloud providers (AWS or similar) and containerised application delivery solutions (Docker, K8s)
• You have a good understanding of SOLID principles, and you can easily identify appropriate OOP design patterns for your solutions
• Continuous refactoring and practising clean code are second nature to you! Regardless of the programming language you’re working with, you are always looking for best practices
• Good communication skills: ability to represent the team in various work streams
• Good understanding of Agile software development methodologies and experience working in Agile teams
• Nice-to-haves: experience developing APIs, exposure to UI/UX design, interest or experience with transportation

Our Perks – More than just a job

• You have an impact. With innovation and smart technology, we are creating the easiest way to travel. We want your ideas and give you autonomy to make them reality.
• Flix is flexible. Organize your own schedule, and balance work between the office and home as it’s best for you. We give you trust-based hours and a flexible smart working policy.
• Travelling is our passion. Discover the world with your free Flix rides and bring along your friends and family for half price.
• Teamwork makes the dream work. Our FlixTeam has people from over 80 different nations. We work in a multicultural environment where we can challenge and support each other.

Want to rewrite the history of mobility with us? Then join our ride and apply now. We're excited to hear from you!

FlixMobility – A place to enjoy work and have an impact

The future of transportation is Green. Here at FlixMobility Tech, the R&D group, we develop software with the brightest minds from around the world to engineer new experiences for our millions of customers across our apps and websites. Every day we solve challenging problems, like how to scale rapidly around the world and how to make an experience that delights our customers. We have a culture of sharing ideas, contributing to open source projects and being an active member in our technical communities.

FlixMobility is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), national, social or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, competence and merit.