Ampcontrol
Python Developer
AmpcontrolSpain8 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering
🚀About Ampcontrol

Ampcontrol is building AI-powered software for optimizing electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging.

We are a venture backed hybrid team of engineers and energy experts based in Europe, the U.S.A., Canada and South America, building the new way of EV charging. Our primary goal is to enable a simple, reliable & cost efficient transition to zero emission vehicles for fleet operators.

Our company culture includes minimal hierarchy; We make technical decisions based on consensus and aim at simplicity and clarity.

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🌎 Our Mission

We're on a mission to speed up the transition of the automotive and logistic industries to electric fleets and vehicles.

We believe in a future of self-managing, reliable and affordable charging for companies, fleet operators and humans on our planet.

💻 The Role

You will be:

  • Building, improving and operating our Python backend, including RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Redis, asynchronous services and customer facing APIs with FastAPI
  • Collaborating with our DevOps team to improve and extend our GCP deployment
  • Maintaining and improving our extensive test suite, including end-to-end-, BDD-, integration- and unit tests
  • Learning in-depth the EV charging domain, relevant specifications, standards and integrations
  • Working with our data science team to build real-time optimization and AI solutions
  • Investigating, troubleshooting complex backend issues, make performance improvements and mitigate scalability challenges
  • Building, maintaining and migrating databases and accommodate time-series data
  • Contributing to our AI-driven development process by following established dos and don'ts
  • Onboard to our innovative edge server project, learning about ModBus, MQTT and secure websocket protocols

📍 Location

We're a hybrid team. You can work from Europe, the United States, Canada, or South America, with in-office options in New York, and Erlangen, Germany.

Requirements

  • You can apply at all levels, but you have at least 2 years of full-time work experience with a software stack similar to ours
  • You can elaborate on why you love Python, its ecosystem and components present in our tech stack
  • You are confident in your Python coding skills to produce clean, well-tested and idiomatic code and learn fast on the job when necessary
  • You have hands-on experience with at least one cloud computing platform
  • You have a good understanding of DevOps tools and methods
  • You can communicate in English with clarity about complex technical topics
  • You are motivated to work in the EV and sustainability domain
  • You understand the differences between types of databases and you are comfortable with at least SQL schema design, indexes and migrations
  • You appreciate our flat hierarchy, collaborative work environment and understand why we prioritize helping each other first

Benefits

  • Internationally competitive salary
  • Equity incentive plans
  • Parental leave and 20 days PTO
  • Healthcare and dental plans
  • Global offsites
  • Personal growth plan and mentoring

Please note: We're flexible in how we work together. This role can be set up as a contract position, or you can be hired through our Employer of Record (EOR) partner, or directly through our US entity, depending on your location and preference.

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