Backend Engineer (w/m/d) Electrical Engineering

envelio

Cologne / remote from Germany, Germany

Posted on: 2023-05-12

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

envelio is a software company that provides solutions for the energy sector and is based in Cologne, Germany. As a spin-off of the RWTH Aachen University, we develop software for the digitization of electricity networks. With our products, we contribute to the success of the global "Energiewende" (change of the energy sector) by integrating renewable energies and e- mobility faster and more cost-effective into the energy system. For our fast growing team, we are looking for enthusiastic employees, who have fun working on innovative developments, novel methods of working and the success of our fast growing company.

The role

At envelio, we are proud to have been named as one of the hundred most innovative clean technology companies in the world. And we want to achieve even more with our shared vision of driving forward the energy transition with the help of our highly innovative products. Our web application platform supports grid operators to digitalize and automate their processes. 

As Backend  Engineer (f/m/d) Electrical Engineering you will be part of an engineering squad with strong knowledge of electrical engineering, coding, databases, and software architecture. Together, you drive the topics surrounding electrical power system engineering and electrical/mathematical models and algorithms, have an impact on the experience of our users, our organization, and our engineering practices.

Your tasks and responsibilities

You are part of a cross-functional department and team (backend, frontend, DevOps developers, design and product owner) and develop state of the art electrical engineering related applications which bring effective customer value 
You design, enhance and implement electrical engineering workflows and mathematical solvers in accordance with the current state of technology and best practices
You are part of the conceptualizing and developing of professional backend solutions to continuously evolve our product in an agile working environment together with the other cross-functional squads in the engineering department

Our methods:

Agile working method with Kanban in cooperation of all squads
Continuous integration / Continuous delivery
Clean (and simple) code, documentation
High unit test coverage and regular code reviews
Knowledge sharing sessions between developers
“You Code it – You Own it” – Team responsibility for certain functional areas of the product

What you need to succeed

You have a background in electrical engineering, a closely related engineering field or have a strong mathematical background (e.g. mechanical energy engineering, applied computer science, engineering physics, …) and are highly interested in extending your knowledge in the field of electrical engineering and calculations for power systems continuously
You are a team player and passionate about working with talented and inspiring people
You are looking for technical challenges and pride yourself in finding smart and creative solutions
You have experience with Python and possibly other programming languages like C++, Go or Rust, ideally in the context of electrical engineering and mathematical algorithms
You are eager and passionate about writing state of the art software as major part of your daily work
You are business-fluent in English (Level C1)
Ideally you are familiar with parts of our tech stack, with current software design principles and are looking forward to keeping up with current industry best practices

Our tech stack:

Python, incl. additional frameworks, Pytest and Celery
Modern C++20 for computationally intensive tasks
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ, Redis
Docker, Kubernetes

Why envelio

Flexible working mode within Germany: Hybrid, from home or in our lovely office in Cologne
Option for remote work from abroad (up to three months per year) 
State of the art technology and modern tech stack
Excellent hardware equipment (16 inch MacBooks, 2 screens at your workplace)
30 holidays + 3 corporate holidays 
Support for your health through sports membership cooperations 
Flexible use of a monthly mobility budget (e.g. Jobrad, public transport)
Time and resources for individual growth 
envelio pension plan 
Regular company and team events