Description

PVComplete

Enabling Seamless Solar Design from Concept to Construction

Location: UPtec, Porto, Portugal

The Company

PVComplete is a fast growing solar software startup based in Oakland, California now opening a new office in Porto, Portugal.  We make solar design software to accelerate the change to a renewable energy economy. At PVComplete, we are passionate about solar energy and seek team members who share our goal to change how the world's energy is produced through innovative software solutions.

Our design and engineering platform is comprised of PVCAD (a solar extension for AutoCAD), PVSketch (a solar design web application) and several supporting APIs and microservices.  These products work together to automate the conversion between sales and engineering, allowing solar companies to design and plan solar projects faster and more accurately. Our customers are solar companies around the world who use the PVComplete software platform to design solar projects from residential homes to large scale solar farms.

Your Role

Building upon the success of our current products, PVCAD and PVSketch, we are increasing our technical team to help realize new, complex features in our software platform. The implementation of these features will include regular communication with mechanical engineers, data scientists, software engineers, and other team members. Consequently, we seek software engineers who are excited about solar energy and related engineering concepts, and are comfortable shipping production ready code.

As Software Engineer, you will implement and take ownership of new features realized in the APIs that support PVSketch and PVCAD. Working closely with the CTO (who is also an active software engineer), you will partake in daily meetings and help communicate timelines and technical challenges to the rest of the team as they pertain to current project scopes. Your primary code contribution will come in the form of backend Python code, with period work in Javascript, Go, and other modern languages. You should be comfortable creating and consuming REST APIs and asynchronous server communication, and understand how to apply big O notation to assess algorithmic efficiency.

The Team

Our team is made up of  inspired, multidisciplinary industry veterans and researchers.  The problems that we tackle are complex, and we work together closely to pool our expertise and generate innovation solutions.  If you are looking for an opportunity to both contribute your technical knowledge and learn from a leading California based colleagues and be part of the climate solution in the process, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• A degree  IT, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

• 3-5 years professional experience developing and delivering commercial software

• Expert level skill in Python , with experience in other modern backend programming languages

• Knowledge of object oriented programming best practices and the ability to realize them in Python

• Deep understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures, and algorithms

• Knowledge of REST API best practices

• Experience with professional software engineering tools, best practices, and the full software development life cycle

• Experience with Git and knowledge of version control principles

• Passionate about renewable energy technology and solutions to climate change

• Strong English language skills

• Eligible to work in the European Union

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Flexible working hours

• New computer

• Opportunity for work travel to Bay Area, California

If you are interested in joining us, please send an intro email  and CV in English to [email protected].