Toqua

Toqua is a deep-tech startup focused on decarbonizing the shipping industry by leveraging AI and big data for ship performance modeling. Their core product, Ship Kernels, provides highly accurate AI models via an API to integrate with existing systems, enabling significant fuel savings (2-15%) and emission reductions. The company aims to make cutting-edge AI accessible to all players in the industry, improving optimizations in areas like route planning and speed. Toqua offers solutions for various data inputs, including Noon Reports and sensor data, and has experience across all five major shipping segments. They emphasize flexibility and compatibility with existing infrastructure, allowing clients to enhance their current solutions without system overhauls. Toqua's mission is to accelerate the adoption of impactful technology for a greener shipping sector.

AIDecarbonizationDeep-techEmissions ReductionFuel EfficiencyMachine LearningShip PerformanceShippingtoqua.ai

Toqua

AIDecarbonizationDeep-techEmissions ReductionFuel EfficiencyMachine LearningShip PerformanceShippingtoqua.ai

HQGent, BE

Team Size14

Open Jobs2

Total Funding$338K

Latest Fundraise4 years ago

TL;DR

Sector: Maritime cleantech (ship performance modeling)

Product: Ship Kernels — API-delivered AI ship performance models

Headquarters: Ghent, Belgium

Founded: 2020

Team size (approx.): 15 employees

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Fragmented and low-quality vessel data makes accurate ship performance modeling difficult, limiting fuel-efficiency and emissions reductions.

Founded

2020

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

- 2022-02-01

338200

Join the Team

Software Engineer

On-SiteGhent, Flemish Region, BE

On-Site • Ghent, Flemish Region, BE

Why this role matters

At Toqua, we’re building machine learning technology that helps shipping companies cut fuel consumption and emissions at scale, solving one of the world’s most urgent climate challenges. Our platform is used directly by customers, and can also be easily embedded in partner products. By 2029, we aim to power 10,000 vessels - the equivalent of removing every single car from the roads in Belgium. Your code will directly move that needle.

You’ll be joining a young, smart, and ambitious team that’s willing to go the extra mile. If you want impact, autonomy, and deep ownership, we'd love to talk!

What you’ll do

We’re looking for a generalist. You might not have worked with all of our technologies yet - and that’s perfectly fine. If you can pick up new tools and technology quickly and have a critical mind, you’ll feel right at home.

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Work across the stack . One week you might extend a FastAPI service, the next you might implement a new data pipeline or polish a React UI.
Shape the product. Collaborate with the team to understand real customer pain points and help design solutions that make sense.
Build reliable systems. Write maintainable, modular, and performant code.

Familiar with data and ML tools. You’re proficient with Python and you’ve worked with libraries like pandas, scikit-learn and ideally Tensorflow.
Exposure to web technologies. You’ve built or worked with APIs (FastAPI or similar) and have touched some frontend (e.g. React).
Nice to have: Experience with DevOps, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes.

(Not sure you tick every box? Apply. We hire for trajectory and judgment.)

What makes you a great fit

You take initiative and ownership. You move projects forward without constant direction and care deeply about the quality and impact of what you build.
You’re driven by impact. Our mission is to cut emissions at scale. You want to apply your skills to tackle one of the world’s biggest climate challenges.
You learn quickly. You enjoy picking up new technologies, adapting to new contexts, and solving unfamiliar problems.
You think critically. You question assumptions, challenge the status quo, and propose better ways of doing things.
You’re a team player. You’re humble, collaborative, and put the team first.
You’re curious about the maritime world. Whether it’s ships, oceans, or global trade, you like the idea of working in a domain with massive sustainability impact.
You’re great at ping-pong. We’re a startup, of course there’s ping-pong ;)

Direct communication. You’ll talk directly with the people you work with – no layers in between.
Flat structure. Your ideas matter as much as anyone else’s.
Cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work closely with researchers, business minds, and end users in a fast-moving team.
Mission-driven. Cutting emissions is what guides our priorities.
Fast iterations. We move quickly, test ideas often, and learn from real feedback to keep improving.

Interested? Great – Here's what happens next:

Application → Intro call → Technical Test → Team chat → Offer.

We move fast and do our best to share clear, honest feedback after each step.

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