(Senior) Backend Engineer (f/m/d)

envelio

Cologne / remote from Germany, Germany

Posted on: 2022-03-02

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 (Senior) Backend Engineer (f/m/d) you will be part of an engineering squad with strong knowledge of coding, database and architecture. Together, you drive the scaling of our product and have an impact on our users, our organization, and our engineering practices.   

Your tasks and responsibilities

You are part of a cross-functional team (backend, frontend and devops developers, design, and product manager) and develop user-friendly applications which bring effective customer value 
You conceptualize and develop professional backend solutions to continuously evolve our product in an agile working environment 
You design and interact with APIs, both in external interaction as well as communication with the product’s frontend 
You develop strategic pathways for evolving the product's tech stack to state of the art solutions 
You have ambitious quality objectives and accompany the entire development process, from concept over implementation through testing to go-live

Our methods:

Agile working method with Kanban in interdisciplinary 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” – Squad responsibility for certain functional areas of the product

What you need to succeed

You have relevant experience in the backend development of web applications and you self-sufficiently implement new features of various complexity
You have extensive experience with Python, ideally in the context of designing or interacting with APIs as well as integration with 3rd party systems
You have experience with SQL databases for data modeling and query design
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 are familiar with parts of our tech stack and are looking forward to keeping up with current industry best practices
You are business-fluent in English (Level C1)

Our tech stack:

Python, incl. additional packages/frameworks e.g., FastAPI, SQLAlchemy and Celery
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