Senior Backend Developer - Renewable Energy Platform (all genders)

<p>We are <strong>Circadian Technologies:</strong> We are dedicated to decarbonizing business growth in Africa and beyond.</p><p>Our mission is to accelerate the energy transition in the Global South from fossil fuels to renewables, with a digital toolkit that empowers solar developers to better design, sell, finance, operate and maintain solar and storage systems.</p><p>For our Berlin team developing our state-of-the-art IoT/SaaS solution for decentralized renewable energy systems, we are looking for a</p><p><strong>Senior Backend Developer - Renewable Energy Platform (all genders)</strong></p><h3><em><strong>Full time, permanent contract</strong></em></h3><p>As core member of Circadian’s Product Development team, you will play a key role in developing the engine of Circadian’s energy management platform.</p><p></p><p><strong>What the role involves:</strong></p><ul> <li>Build the business logic driving energy savings and resilience and the foundation for upcoming machine learning applications.</li> <li>Define, implement, and administer Circadian’s internal and external APIs.</li> <li>Optimize system performance and scalability to handle growing demand.</li> <li>Identify the company’s ongoing DevOps, security and infrastructure requirements and help meeting them.</li> <li>Work closely with both the Frontend and Embedded teams, with your backend empowering Circadian’s multi-platform apps and dedicated IoT hardware.</li> </ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p><strong>What you bring:</strong></p><ul> <li>5+ years of experience in developing scalable enterprise backends</li> <li>Fluent in relevant in relevant languages such as Python, Node.js, Java, Golang</li> <li>Extensive experience with building both self-hosted and serverless services on AWS</li> <li>Experience with managing and optimizing NoSQL document and time-series databases</li> <li>Ideally, a track record developing backends for industrial IoT applications</li> <li>Familiarity with renewable energy concepts and technologies would be a plus.</li> <li>BSc degree in Computer Science or a relevant field</li> </ul><p><br/><br/><br/></p><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p><strong>What you can expect from us:</strong></p><ul> <li> <strong>Real impact</strong> - at Circadian you directly contribute to the energy transition in the Global South, cutting down carbon emissions and boosting economic development</li> <li> <strong>Come in at the ground floor</strong> - rather than maintaining legacy code, you will have the opportunity to shape Circadian’s technology stack from the ground up</li> <li> <strong>Stability</strong> - Circadian is venture-backed by reputable leading climatec investors</li> <li> <strong>Work-life balance</strong> - we believe real productivity comes from being able to manage your own time and making work fit life, and not vice versa</li> <li> <strong>Personal development</strong> – you let us know what you need to become even better at your job and grow your professional skillsets</li> <li> <strong>Expand your horizons</strong> - we currently operate in countries across Africa a with a rapidly expanding global presence and optional travel opportunities to Kenya, South Africa for instance</li> <li> <strong>Hybrid remote</strong> - revolving around our office in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg</li> </ul><p>We very much look forward to receiving your application with the subject line "<strong>Senior Frontend Developer"</strong></p><p>For any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to our Talent Manager Anne at anne@circadian.io.</p><p><br/></p>