Software engineer

Return | REMOTE | Software engineer | Full-time

Return (https://return.energy) is hiring a software engineer who will work on platforms that accelerate the transition to carbon-free energy. Return’s main activities are building and operating industrial-size Battery Energy Storage Systems and solar plants. Our operations are located in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. You will be making a measurable (country-level) impact on the transition to renewable energy.

While our ventures employ over 120 people, Return’s technical team is still small (6 people). Our platform automates processes in sales, project management, procurement, construction, customer service, and energy production and trading.

During the first two years of operation, we laid the foundation for our platforms, and we are ready to scale up. This is why we are looking for an experienced software engineer.

Your primary focus will be to further develop a specialized set of process management tools that supports the business in planning, financing, building, and operating industrial-scale batteries.

Our tech stack is straightforward: Postgres, Rails 7.x (soon 8), Turbo, Stimulus, and a refreshing lack of React. Our web apps are hosted on Render. We tend to keep meetings to a minimum in order to provide at least five hours of uninterrupted coding time per day. We practice code reviews and apply automated and manual testing. The web apps and platforms are deployed multiple times per day.

Return has offices in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Munich, and Madrid. We are very much open to working remotely as long as you live in the EU. Our hiring process is swift but thorough: a brief call to get acquainted and discuss financials, followed by one or more technical interviews, and a paid visit to Amsterdam to meet the team.

The tech team members have co-founded several companies and/or have experience with remote development teams since 2008. They will personally help you through most of the recruiting process (there is no recruiter involved).