Senior Backend Developer

Do you have an interest in Energy Data Analytics and would you like to have direct impact on designing backend services in an ambitious start-up? Are you an experienced Backend Engineer with strong communication skills and the ability to convey complex knowledge into practice? Are you a curious and customer-oriented person striving to be updated on the latest knowledge in your field? And are you interested in applying new technologies with a direct impact on customer workflows?

Then we have the perfect job for you in Oktogrid in Copenhagen!

About Oktogrid

Oktogrid is helping electricity providers bring the grid online for higher reliability and a safer energy transition. The future will be electric, Oktogrid is giving the insights needed to keep the power flowing.

The company consists of a dedicated team of eight employees working with industry heavyweights in optimizing the usage of the electrical grid and making sure that the electrification of our society remains sustainable - and they are now looking for a new team member! 

About the job

As a developer in a small, dedicated team you will get your hands deep into new and exciting feature developments with plenty of opportunities to influence the choice of technologies and methods. Expect to become fully integrated into solid work packages and take part in sprints along with friendly colleagues in an innovative environment. 

In this role, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Design, implement and maintain APIs, tools and solutions for IoT-based data analytics.
• Data infrastructure reliability.
• Build and maintain database structures.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor the overall performance and stability of the systems.
• Support the optimization of data pipelines.

On a daily basis, you will write, review, and maintain Oktogrid’s codespace together with the rest of the team. And you will interact closely with customers and a diverse team in finding solutions to complex problems. You will be directly impacting solutions that create genuine value for Oktogrid’s users with opportunities for growth and development.

About you

Oktogrid is building a scalable backend for introducing new functionality, analytics, and automation to expand their existing services to their users. As an experienced backend developer, you will have direct impact on designing, developing and maintaining a range of backend and data services and we expect that you have a deep understanding of how technical solutions affect quality of service.

The Oktogrid team is continuously iterating on defining which features and problems to tackle. Therefore, is important to have good communication skills and an interest in the value proposition beyond technical requirements.

Being the ideal candidate, we presume that you possess the following skills and experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in a backend software engineer role.
• Good experience developing and maintaining backend APIs (Oktogrid uses React for their frontend and their current backend is in C#, while data products are developed in Python).
• Good experience using various types of storage for different purposes (frontend interaction, big data analytics and data pipelines, streaming).
• Good conceptual and architectural understanding of data pipelines.
• Experience deploying and maintaining cloud-based data and service infrastructure (AWS, BigQuery).
• Experience with IoT data, technologies and protocols is a plus.

At a personal level, we are looking for the following characteristics:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• You enjoy working in a team environment.

Furthermore, we expect you to have a curious and inquisitive mindset and a natural interest and eager to always look for the latest knowledge in your field. You are the kind of person, who has an interest in the value proposition beyond technical requirements and an ability to convey complex knowledge into practice. 

If you are passionate about working with data and technology to drive business success for the energy transition, we would be pleased to hear from you!

Conditions of Employment

You are offered a challenging job in a unique project. Here is your chance to challenge your personal and professional skills in a highly ambitious and innovative environment. 

The compensation will be in accordance with qualifications and responsibilities. The job comes with several perks and benefits such as free lunch with your colleagues every day, flexible working hours etc. 

Your place of work will be Oktogrid’s new office in Nordvest in Copenhagen. The office has great facilities offering good opportunities for networking and sharing knowledge with people from various industries.

 

Interested?

Please apply soonest possible by clicking the “Apply” button and thereby uploading your CV and application in English. For any additional information, please contact Mette Landau from Landau Headhunting by phone: +45 2190 2188.

Landau Headhunting will carry out the recruitment process. Therefore, all inquiries should be directed to Landau Headhunting. We will call in relevant candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to call in candidates prior to the application deadline. 



We are looking forward to hearing from you!

For more information about Oktogrid, click here: https://oktogrid.io/