Routing Specialist – APAC Night Shift

About the role

You thrive in environments that value precision, reliability, and collaborative harmony, and you bring that same care to everything you do. As a Routing Specialist you will join Sofar’s Wayfinder team to support ship routing, handle critical operational tasks for data and service products, and help the ocean‑science team integrate new data sources.

Key responsibilities

• Provide ship routing support and weather routing for APAC vessels during overnight shifts.
• Execute mission‑critical operational tasks for data and service products, including improving internal tooling.
• Assist the ocean‑science team in integrating new data sources for analysis.
• Facilitate cross‑cultural communication between Japanese clients and the global team.

Required profile

• Previous experience in meteorology, oceanography, or a maritime‑related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in oceanography, climatology, geography or a related discipline.
• Experience in the shipping or maritime industry, especially ship or weather routing.
• Familiarity with observation and forecast data such as WaveWatch III, HYCOM and ECMWF.
• Strong understanding of mid‑ and long‑range forecasting and weather patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience with Japanese maritime companies is a plus.
• Ability to work weekend rotations and overnight night‑shift schedule.

Required skills

• Proficiency with spreadsheets.
• Experience using no‑code tools such as Retool and Notion.
• Knowledge of WaveWatch III, HYCOM and ECMWF data sets.
• Data analysis and data‑visualization capabilities.