API Backend / Platform Engineer

DTN is a global leader providing insights and analytics to our customers to feed, fuel, and protect the world.  We help people make critical business decisions that impact the agriculture, oil and gas, trading, and weather industries.

It’s a difference you’ve likely felt without even knowing it. From the food on your plate to the gas in your car to the last flight you took, chances are a DTN customer made it possible. And that’s just for starters. That’s why we say, “When our customers prosper, we all win.”

Job Description:

Help Us Shape the Future 

DTN is a global leader providing insights and analytics to our customers to feed, fuel, and protect the world.  We help people make critical business decisions that impact the agriculture, oil and gas, trading, and weather industries.  

It’s a difference you’ve likely felt without even knowing it. From the food on your plate to the gas in your car to the last flight you took, chances are a DTN customer made it possible. And that’s just for starters. That’s why we say, “When our customers prosper, we all win.” 

We seek a passionate and versatile developer interested in building innovative and evolving products with one of DTN’s product teams. We’re growing and looking for strong individuals interested in working on multi-disciplined teams in a collaborative and open environment. You’ll have opportunities to play key roles in product planning, design, prototyping, and execution.  

What You’ll Do: 

• Design solutions for small to medium-sized complexity problems in such a way that is simple and easy to understand 

• Develop productivity skills by constantly improving knowledge of the technologies and development processes used by your department/team, as well as testing best practices 

• Refine tasks and present understandings to the internal team; capturing and ensuring the definition of done for your work stream / project is well understood prior to implementation 

• Deliver solutions in the form of quality peer-reviewed code 

• Attend daily SCRUM meetings, sprint planning meetings, etc. 

• Create and maintain unit and integration tests and software documentation 

• Work with other teams to coordinate joint deliverables 

• Work with QA team to ensure the highest level of product quality 

• Work with external teams to identify, triage, and resolve application issues 

• Other duties as needed 

What You Need: 

• Experience working with Palantir Foundry, Ontologies, APIs, OSDK and ecosystem.

• Hands-on experience developing REST & GraphQL APIs using microservices built in Node.js and/or Python  

• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or similar RDBMS platform 

• Broad understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, and best development practices 

• Broad understanding of source control and versioning using Git 

• Hands-on experience composing OCI-compliant containers and orchestration using Docker and K8s 

• Experience integrating with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Bitbucket Pipelines, Bamboo, GitHub Action, Terraform, etc... 

• A solid understanding of software development processes and workflows.  

• Practical experience with both Agile and SCRUM 

• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly, and master diverse web technologies and techniques 

• Able to communicate effectively 

• Motivated to learn new technologies and techniques and demonstrate an ability to turn these learnings into new skills and experiences in a timely manner 

• 3-6 years of enterprise software application development experience 

• BS in computer science or a related field 

What Will Make You Stand Out: 

• Strong understanding of CRMs & ERPs.

• Strong technical understanding of relational and non-relational databases 

• Strong enterprise experience deploying web solutions to AWS 

• Hands-on experience in Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, Node.js (Express), TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, React, Sequelize ORM and Python

• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment 

• Experience with multiple cloud computing platforms like AWS and GCP 

• Quality and Tests driven mindset 

• Hands-on experience with GIS/Spatial data 

Why You’ll Like Working Here: 

• Dynamic company that rewards high performers 

• Be on the cutting edge of new technologies and services 

• Collaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and fresh thinking 

• Employees First culture 

• Casual dress code 

• Flexible working hours 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Life, and matching 401K 

• Unlimited Vacation 

Why DTN?

OUR VISION: To be the independent, trusted source of insights to our customers who feed, protect, and fuel the world. 

OUR MISSION: Empower our customers with intelligent and actionable insights that exceed their expectations and enable their success on a daily basis. 

OUR VALUES: Customer-Focused, Forward-Thinking, People-Centric, Solution-Oriented

We have great benefits at DTN – apply today to find out more! 

At DTN, we are an equal opportunity employer. Come join us as we help feed, fuel, and protect the world!

** DTN is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled