Senior IoT Engineer

The position

We are hiring a Senior IoT Engineer for Sympower’s Hardware (IoT devices) and Resources domain. This person will be responsible for developing our core domain and controllers together with the team, linking our platform to control our customer’s assets (e.g. renewable energy sources, batteries, e-boilers) in real-time. Our ideal candidate will have experience developing high-performance systems that interface with industrial IoT devices and are deployed at enterprise scale. We are reshaping the foundations of this domain to scale, consolidating complexity in our system, and we are looking for someone who is excited to influence that.

Our current tech stack:

• Embedded (software-close-to-hardware) stack is running on IoT devices (Java, shifting to 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

• 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, values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong and has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

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

• 30 Days Paid Holiday Leave

• 1 Day Paid Wellness Leave

• 1 Day Paid Birthday Leave

• Paid Maternity and Partner Leave

• Pawternity Leave

• Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

• Remote Office Budget

• Internet Allowance

• Development Plan & Budget

• Stock Appreciation Rights

• 2 Days Paid Volunteer Leave

Learn about all of our benefits on our careers page.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of end-to-end, highly scalable, and secure IoT architectures

• Define technical specifications, standards, and protocols (e.g. MQTT, Modbus) for IoT projects

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers and collaborate effectively with other teams and product management to build our roadmap

• Participate in code reviews, system testing, debugging, and performance optimization for both cloud and embedded components

• Deploying and updating thousands of IoT devices

• Provide support and maintenance for our domain

What you will need

• Extensive professional experience in cloud computing; fluent in Rust or C/C++.

• Demonstrated success leading the design, deployment, and ongoing optimization of robust IoT solutions in a production environment.

• Expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS IoT, Azure IoT, GCP IoT Core). Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid solutions is highly valued.

• Fundamental knowledge of embedded systems and firmware development.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines), containerization (Docker, Kubernetess)

Beneficial experience:

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

• Knowledge of IoT security protocols, data encryption, authentication, and secure data access in cloud environments.

• Experience architecting and implementing high-performance, low-latency services suitable for real-time control.

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.

Learn more about us in this video.

Since 2022, Sympower has been 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 team members.

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