Python Job: Internship Program: Platform Engineer

We are looking for a person passionate about software development for our squad in charge to safeguard all of our customers' data on the Nextail system. We are looking for a generalist who loves learning new things and facing new challenges but we also value it if you have some experience in specific topics such as scalability, handling large volumes of data, ETL...

If you believe that your experience doesn’t fully match, don't hesitate to contact us, we are always open to the right candidate!

At Nextail, we empower retailers to create better experiences while using fewer of the world's resources. Nextail’s cloud-based platform uses artificial intelligence, prescriptive analytics, and optimization to deliver agile merchandising decisions. To date, we’re backed by more than $12M in funding from leading venture capital investors and are working with global retailers like Versace, River Island, and Pepe Jeans.

You will be:

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  Work in the next generation of our data platform module

• Learn about Snowflake, data analytics, and other tools related to the data.

• Make the team iterate faster by assessing the needs and evolving the tools.

• Stay close to production, doing continuous deployment with special care on the quality and processes.

• Work closely with customer-facing teams to make their integration with Nextail go smoothly.

We offer:

• Paid internship: Your work will be rewarded and comes with the opportunity to convert into a permanent job.

• High flexibility: We’re strong believers that what matters most are results. Each Nextailer is empowered, through trust and ownership, to organize their time as they see fit without jeopardizing the time or work of their colleagues.

• Remote-first philosophy: Nextail started as a remote company and continues to offer a nice mix of remote and/or office-based environments around the world.

• International environment: We operate across the globe, with recent operations reaching from Europe all the way to Australia, and our team alone consists of professionals of more than 15 different nationalities. While many of us are multilingual, our working language is English.

• Diversity on all levels: United as a single team, we celebrate diversity in every dimension*. Professionally speaking, are you ready to work alongside tech geniuses, data science magicians, and fashionistas? You’ll have teammates with extensive experience in a wide variety of professional fields, including technology, retail, consulting, and entrepreneurship.

• The laptop of your choice: We want you to work with the tools that are most comfortable for you!

• Paid internship: The internship will be compensated with 800 gross euros per month.

• You must have the ability to work through an internship agreement (“Convenio”)
• You are fluent in English (other languages, especially Spanish, are a plus) and are interested in working in an international company.
• Curiosity and passion for new technologies.
• Basic knowledge of python. Experience in other languages will also be valued
• You know about automatic tests and their benefits.
• You are interested to learn about the platform/infrastructure world, providing tooling, processes and enabling other teams to do data science and deploy machine learning models

Nice to have:

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  Good development practices such as SOLID, TDD, CI/CD
• SQL, relational or non-relational DB, and cloud infrastructure
• Data science, big data, or MLOps
• Self-motivated and self-organized. Good time management and personal organization skills are essential.
• You value working as a team, receiving feedback, and being willing to learn.