Job description
About Working at envelio
Too easy is boring! Together, we are on a mission to drive forward the energy transition. We love what we do, and we are unafraid to dive in. We believe in taking ownership of our work and in continuously growing and evolving. In short: own it, love it, grow with it.
We are a humble team of coffee and maté lovers with over 20 nationalities. With our geek humor, our love for emojis and random facts is only natural. Over 150 envelians are already on board. Dive in and thrive!
Your Role
As Senior Backend Engineer (all genders) 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.
How You Make an Impact
- You are part of a cross-functional team (backend, frontend and fullstack 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
- You care about ease of our operation of our service, making relevant infrastructure decisions
Your Profile
Perfection is a myth! We are much more interested in the person behind the screen. These criteria are therefore intended more as a guide for you. We are excited to see how your individual skills fit in with us.
- 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 know how to run web applications reliably, monitor them, debug and fix production issues and design and implement preventive measures for the future
- 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)
How we develop Software
- 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
Our Tech Stack
- Python, incl. additional packages/frameworks e.g., FastAPI, SQLAlchemy and Celery
- PostgreSQL
- RabbitMQ, Redis
- Docker, Kubernetes
Your Benefits
- 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 from anywhere in the EU or the USA)
- State of the art technology and modern tech stack
- Excellent hardware equipment (16 inch MacBooks, 2 screens at your workplace)
- Support for your health through sports membership cooperations
- Professional mental wellbeing support through our partner nilo for you and your family
- Flexible use of a monthly mobility budget (e.g. Jobrad, public transport)
- Time and resources for individual growth
- Regular tech & growth talks for internal knowledge sharing
- envelio pension plan
- Regular company and team events
About us
Intelligent grids for a sustainable future worldwide — this is our vision! Therefore, we are building the digital hub for the future of power grid management: The Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP). The IGP is the core of our software as a service solution. It’s our ambition to make the IGP and envelio 1 % better everyday. Grow with us! As a remote-first company, we let you decide how much you want to work remotely – from 0% to 100%. Whether you live in Cologne or Aachen, Bonn or Berlin, Munich or Castrop-Rauxel; all you need is internet! You can also work from abroad for up to three months per year. Since 2017, we have built a diverse international team, with English as our company language.
