Senior Kotlin/Java Software Engineer

Job Description

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards ‘net-zero’ by helping to build smarter, cleaner, renewable energy systems.

We are looking for a Senior Kotlin/Java Software Engineer to join Sympower's engineering team to work on solutions that help balance the electricity grid. Get to know our Software Engineering team in this video.

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 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.

Job requirements

What You Will Do

• Full life cycle development, starting with technical design and ending with deployment to the production environment
• Build maintainable solutions that unlock new revenue streams
• Review code and be open to feedback to ensure a high quality product
• Contribute ideas to our product development roadmap
  
  

What You Will Need

• 8+ years of experience in back-end development
• Proficiency in building production-grade solutions
• Strong Kotlin skills
• Background in/knowledge of Java
• An eye for detail, interest in taking ownership, flexibility and willingness to learn
• Experience with solution-finding and a proactive nature, with no hesitation involving colleagues for help when needed
• Product engineer mindset: Meeting with the development team to discuss product ideas
• Familiarity with some of the following technologies: Spring framework, JPA/Hibernate, RDBMS/PostgreSQL
• English fluency
• This is a remote position, available for either 32 or 40 hours per week, with working hours aligned to the Central European timezone (±1 hour).
  
  

Beneficial Experience

• Experience independently running small projects end-to-end with little or no supervision
• Interest in scaling services and IoT
• Experience 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.

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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