Essensium is a growing product company. We design, produce, sell and service the Essensium Positioning System (EPS), a real-time positioning system for forklifts based on computer vision and AI (SafeTrackTM). We are a stable, healthy company with a flat, no-nonsense culture, and we do everything in-house, 100% in Belgium.

We are looking for a Portal developer (Python, Web APIs, JavaScript, CSS) to join our R&D team. It's a combination of building web applications and backend data storing, monitoring and encrypting.

• Location: Leuven, Belgium - hybrid, 3d/office, 2d/home

• Contract: full-time permanent, we are looking for a long-term collaboration

• Start date: ASAP (end October - early November)

• Main tech stack: Python, asyncio, CSS, Javascript, Linux. 3+ years of experience.

Skills and tech stack (most important first)

• Python, asyncio

• JavaScript / TypeScript

• Vue 3 (or another modern component framework)

• HTTP(S), WebSockets, REST APIs

• Linux, Git

• Fluent English

• Nice to haves: numpy / pandas (statistics, time-series data), networking and TLS, Linux server administration, web security, data visualisation, HTML / CSS, a degree in computer science, Dutch or French

The role
The EPS Portal is the dashboard for our customers to use the EPS system, and our engineers use it to manage the installed infrastructure. The backend collects, stores and analyses the real-time data streaming in from installations at customer sites. The frontend turns that data into live, clear insights for customers and our own team.

The portal is a mature, in-house codebase built mostly on our own components rather than large frameworks: Python with asyncio and aiohttp, our own streaming and storage layers, numpy for data processing, and Vue with TypeScript on the frontend. You will take ownership of it, so you need to enjoy understanding a system end to end, not just plugging libraries together.

What you will work on

• Dashboards with real-time positioning data

• Monitoring and alerting for customer installations

• Integrations with customer systems

• Secure, efficient data pipelines and overall portal security

Who you are

• 3+ years in full stack development

• Product-minded: you care about what the user actually needs, not just the code

• Autonomous and systematic: you own features from design through to production

• A clear communicator with colleagues, field engineers and, when needed, customers

• Curious and happy to dive into an existing codebase

What do we offer:

• A permanent contract, a laptop, extra legal holidays, a great healthcare package including hospitalization, a super nice international team of highly skilled engineers in Leuven, fun team-buildings, board game nights and other off-work activities. And many opportunities to learn and grow with us.

• We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates living in Belgium.

• Visa support can be provided for the engineers who already live in Belgium.

Disclaimer for agencies:

Essensium NV will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Essensium NV will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (hereafter “Agency”) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge. Essensium NV will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a prior written agreement with Essensium NV, validated by its HR department, in place regarding a specific job opening and allowing to submit resumes.