Connections & IoT Engineer

Sympower is looking for talented Senior Full Stack Software Engineers to join our Connections & IoT team. Our team is focused on connecting to our customers’ automation systems in the most painless and user-friendly way, while keeping the end-to-end system scalable and secure. We are currently reshaping the technical foundations of this domain — you will be able to directly influence our future design. 

The Connections & IoT domain has responsibilities across different stacks:

• Embedded (software-close-to-hardware) stack is running on IoT devices (Java and Rust), acting as a gateway between Sympower cloud services and customer automation systems accessible via local connections

• Cloud connections stack is running in the cloud (Java), acting as a gateway between other Sympower cloud services and customer automation systems accessible via the internet

• Cloud components stack is running in the cloud (Kotlin and Java), providing APIs via gRPC and/or REST

• And finally, the front-end stack is powering the user interfaces we have (React, TypeScript)
  

What is in it for you

We are committed to creating an inclusive and values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong, and where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

We offer a market competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

• 30 paid holiday days per year

• Remote office budget

• Working from home allowance

• Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)

• Paid volunteer days

Learn about all of our benefits on our careers page.

What you will do

• Full life-cycle development, starting with technical design and ending with deployment to the production environment

• Identify and improve parts of the end-to-end solution to make it more reliable, faster, more secure and scalable

• Review code and be open to feedback to ensure high quality

• Contribute ideas to the product development roadmap

What you will need

• 3+ years of professional experience in Kotlin and/or Java

• An eye for detail, interest in taking ownership, flexibility and eagerness to learn

• Passion for problem-solving and proactive approach with no hesitation involving colleagues for support when needed

• Familiarity with some of the following technologies: Spring framework, JPA/Hibernate, RDBMS/PostgreSQL, MQTT, gRPC, ProtoBuf, TypeScript, React.js, Rust

• English fluency

Beneficial prior experience

• Knowledge of OpenAPI/Swagger API specifications

• Development of software for IoT hardware

• Independently running small projects end-to-end with little or no supervision

• Working with stream-based architectures such as event sourcing and/or CQRS using technologies such as Pulsar or Kafka

Who we are

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards ‘net-zero’ by helping to build smarter, cleaner renewable energy systems. Using our proprietary software platform, we help balance the supply and demand of electricity across international energy networks.

We help businesses, grid operators, asset owners and other energy stakeholders around the world reduce their carbon emissions, integrate more distributed renewable energy resources, and generate new revenue streams by participating in demand-side response services.

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In 2022, Sympower became a certified B Corp, which shows the company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency across 5 impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment, and customers.

Sympower is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees!

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