Python Job: Solutions Engineer-Analyst

Location: Dublin

Reporting to: Senior Account and Foodiverse Solutions Manager

Salary: Dependent upon experience and skills

Contract Period: Indefinite Duration

About FoodCloud

FoodCloud, recipient of Charities Institute Ireland’s charity of the year award, has a vision for a world where no good food goes to waste. The only thing bigger than our vision is our drive – we are an organisation of doers that are driven by kindness, fairness and a desire to help people and the planet. We are a leading voice in the Irish, EU and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation on greater circularity in the food system. We have an ambitious goal for a more equitable, inclusive, and circular food system.

Would you like to join an organisation that is passionate about tackling food waste and increasing social inclusion in communities across Ireland and internationally?

Are you an experienced Solutions Engineers who would like to work for one of Ireland's fastest growing social enterprises? If this sounds like you, we have the ideal role here at FoodCloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Solutions Engineering
  • Design and implement systems integrations to support business needs, both internally and externally, with a view to support surplus food redistribution at enterprise level scale with some of the worlds largest retail, restaurant and food industry partners
• Data and Trend Analysis
  • Integration management: monitoring and measuring key aspects of integration to improve effectiveness
  • Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets to provide integration and product feedback to support future planning.
  • Work with management to prioritise business and information needs
  • Locate and define new process improvement opportunities
  • Improve existing system processes and identify partner integration opportunities where appropriate.
• Relationship Management
  • Work with the Engineering and Business teams to design, build and implement the structures and rules to reconcile, archive and maintain historic data
  • Collaborate with customers directly to support and guide external implementation of integrations.

Key Skills

• 2+ years’ experience as a software developer, technical support or data analyst
• Technical expertise regarding data models and flows, system analysis and design and integration management
• Highly Numerate with the ability to analyse, model and interpret data and systems
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of and experience with databases (SQL etc), programming (Javascript, PHP, Python) and APIs (JSON, Rest APIs, Postman)
• Proven ability to work with internal and external partners and demonstrate good interpersonal skills to work as part of a team
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to identify issues, route cause and create a structured solution
• Ability to communicate and explain issues, solutions and findings to non-technical business users, adept at verbal communication, report writing and presentation of findings.
• A methodical and logical approach
• The ability to plan work and meet deadlines
• BS in Computer Science, Information Management or similar desirable but not required.

Benefits

• The role will be based in our Dublin Hub and we can also offer flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working from home, in line with role requirements.
• We are very proud of our organisation culture, and our vision, mission and values which you can read more about on our website and on social media channels.
• We are a fast growing organisation with big ambitions – there will be plenty of opportunity to grow and develop professionally in this role through training and experience.
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Pension contribution: matching up to 5% of an employee's salary.
• Tax Saver, Bike to Work Scheme, discounted gym membership and more.

If this sounds like your ideal role, we would like to hear from you. Please include your CV and cover letter and use the link to apply now!