Senior Software Engineer - Maritime Route Optimization

Sofar Ocean; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sofar Ocean in San Francisco develops the ocean intelligence platform for government maritime applications. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance maritime route optimization, vessel performance modeling, and voyage analysis.

This hands-on role involves refining optimization algorithms, translating physical models into software, and building simulation and evaluation tooling. You will work with Python and Rust, shipping robust production code while explaining results clearly to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering production software.
• Ability to translate domain concepts into software.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to voyage analysis and optimization software.
• Develop Rust/Python components for route evaluation.
• Translate optimization problems into maintainable code.
• Support government maritime applications with transparent results.

Tools

Python

Rust

C++

Job description

Sofar Ocean in San Francisco develops the ocean intelligence platform for government maritime applications. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance maritime route optimization, vessel performance modeling, and voyage analysis.

This hands-on role involves refining optimization algorithms, translating physical models into software, and building simulation and evaluation tooling. You will work with Python and Rust, shipping robust production code while explaining results clearly to