Back-end Python Web Developer

BABLE was founded in 2017 as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Research Society with the goal to create a digital knowledge exchange around smart city topics. This newly created platform was to enable city governments to find the right technologies that can improve the quality of life for their citizens.

The impact of this platform and the following projects BABLE undertook in the years since its foundation increasingly helped to build a missing bridge between the public and private sector . In the last years the expansion from having just a knowledge platform to additionally having a fully distributed team of over 40 experts has enabled BABLE to build a proven track record with impactful projects with key players in the smart city field

Tasks

You'll be developing tools and pipelines related to web crawling and data generation using AI technology. The web crawling is set up through abstractions that make the configuration of new crawlers dynamic. This tooling is structured in a middleware infrastructure, using the Django Framework and a PostgreSQL database. Most of the tasks involve : using and developing APIs, data validation, serialisation and persistence. All of the codebase is expected to have considerable test coverage and documentation.

What we expect from you

• Python, Django Framework, SQL databases (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Linux, Shell Script
• Docker, Docker Compose (and general knowledge on container and orchestration / deployment technologies)
• VCS, Git, CI / CD (e.g. Gitlab)
• AI tooling, APIs and prompting, vector databases, etc.
• Web Scrapping (e.g. for Python : Scrapy, Crawl4AI, etc.)

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Benefits

What we offer to you

At BABLE, we strive to simplify innovation. We connect cities and companies to drive the Smart City movement through our open online platform and advising. We are a young, motivated, and multicultural team, working in a highly innovative and dynamic field. Fields of colleagues include energy managers, environmental governance, transport engineering, design thinking, public health, web and software development, as well as :

Apply via our career page with your CV, and a short motivation letter. Tell us about yourself, your experience, ambitions, and expectations. If you have any doubt whether your profile fits what we are looking for, don't hesitate to write to us; sometimes the best candidates are those who break the mould of what is expected!

BABLE Smart Cities is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

At BABLE, we strive to simplify innovation. Through our open online platform and advising, we connect cities and companies to drive the Smart City movement. We are a young, motivated, and multicultural team, working in a highly innovative and dynamic field. Fields of colleagues include energy managers, environmental governance, transport engineering, design thinking, public health, web and software development.