Overview

Kaiko Systems is a tech company driving digital innovation in the global maritime industry. Founded in 2020, our mission is to make shipping safer, smarter, and more collaborative by transforming manual processes into actionable intelligence. With our products, ship crews can collect reliable vessel data on the job, while our AI-powered analysis generates actionable insights for technical teams onshore. These insights help predict incidents, reduce downtime, and enhance safety and efficiency, empowering shipping companies to operate at their best. At Kaiko Systems, we’re delivering solutions that make a real difference in people’s work lives and their professional environment. Join us as we navigate the future of maritime together.

Responsibilities

• Deliver End-to-End Value: Own features from idea to delivery. Collaborate closely with Product Managers from the start, challenge and enrich their thinking, and take full responsibility for testing, code reviews, and deployment. Ensure that what we ship is reliable, impactful, and maintainable.
• Code with Purpose: Write and maintain Python code using Django, Celery, and PostgreSQL — always optimizing for performance, readability, and scalability.
• Design Thoughtfully: Develop mid-sized project architectures that are scalable, maintainable, and secure.
• Build Reliable Systems: Develop robust, testable code and implement automated testing strategies to ensure maintainability and high code quality.
• Own the Infra: Support and improve our DevOps stack with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Secure by Design: Implement secure development practices and proactively contribute to security reviews and threat mitigation.
• Collaborate in Agile Flow: Contribute as a core member of cross-functional agile teams, engaging fully in sprints, sharing feedback, and helping improve team workflows.
• Mentor & Grow: Share your experience by mentoring other engineers and leading by example.

Our Current Tech Stack

• Python
• Django
• Celery
• PostgreSQL
• HTMX
• Tailwind

Your Skillset To Navigate Success

• You have 5+ years of experience building complex applications in a full-stack environment.
• You’ve experienced product and company growth and know how to navigate the challenges that come with it.
• You strike the right balance between agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and just getting things done — knowing when structure helps and when speed matters most.
• You've shipped large-scale products while keeping simplicity, maintainability, and performance in mind.
• You make technical decisions based on pragmatism, not hype — always choosing the right tool for the job.
• Ideally, you’ve had exposure to ReScript or are curious about ML-style languages like OCaml, ReasonML, or Gleam.
• You take projects from idea to delivery, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• You’re self-driven but also a great team player who collaborates openly and supports others.

Our Hiring Process

• Screening Interview – Talent Acquisition Manager: An initial conversation to learn more about your background, motivation, and fit with Kaiko Systems.
• Take-Home Coding Task: A practical challenge that reflects the type of work you’ll encounter with us. It gives you the freedom to show your problem-solving skills in your own time.
• Code Review & Systems Design Interview – CTO: We’ll dive deeper into your solution, discuss design decisions, and explore your approach to building scalable, high-quality systems.
• Product Delivery Team Interview: A chance to meet future teammates, understand how we collaborate across functions, and demonstrate how you contribute to product delivery in a team setting.
• Reference Check: As a final step, we reach out to references to complete the overall picture of your experience and working style.

Why Kaiko Systems

• Join a highly ambitious and diverse team with a collaborative working environment at an exciting time in the company’s development, as we scale on the back of significant product market fit
• Be at the forefront of digitalization in a critical global industry
• Great office in the heart of Berlin as well as flexible / remote options
• Flexible and hybrid work environment that values work-life balance
• Generous vacation policy on top of bank holidays

About Us

We’re a growing company with values that guide how we work. We’ve aligned on a set of principles to help everyone feel safe, perform at their best, and keep Kaiko Systems successful as we navigate uncharted waters:

• Be the G.O.A.T — Take initiative, own the outcome, hold ourselves and others accountable, strive for excellence, and stay curious.
• Promote Joy, Respect & Sincerity — Enjoy time together, leave ego at the door, treat others with respect, and seek truth together.
• Have the Customer at Heart — Stay focused, strive for simplicity, use data to lead discussions and decisions collaboratively.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development