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SDE2 - Backend

Sun King provides accessible solar energy solutions to underserved communities in Africa and Asia, enhancing lives through sustainable energy.

Sun King
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Job location: Remote in India

About the role:The SDE2 - Backend will work as part of the Digitization and Automation team to help Sun King design, develop, and implement - intelligent, tech-enabled solutions to help solve a large variety of our business problems. We are looking for candidates with an affinity for technology and automations, curiosity towards advancement in products, and strong coding skills for our in-house software development team.

What you will be expected to do:

  • Design and build applications/systems based on wireframes and product requirements documents
  • Design and develop conceptual and physical data models to meet application requirements.
  • Identify and correct bottlenecks/bugs according to operational requirements
  • Focus on scalability, performance, service robustness, and cost trade-offs.
  • Create prototypes and proof-of-concepts for iterative development.
  • Take complete ownership of projects (end to end) and their development cycle
  • Mentoring and guiding team members
  • Unit test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
  • Integrate existing tools and business systems (in-house tools or business tools like Ticketing softwares, communication tools) with external services
  • Coordinate with the Product Manager, development team & business analysts

You might be a strong candidate if you have/are:

  • Development experience: 3 – 5 years
  • Should be very strong in problem-solving, data structures, and algorithms.
  • Deep knowledge of OOPS concepts and programming skills in Core Java and Spring Boot Framework
  • Strong Experience in SQL
  • Experience in web service development and integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)
  • Understanding of code versioning tools (e.g., git)
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum development process and tools
  • Experience in Microservice architecture
  • Hands-on experience in AWS RDS, EC2, S3 and deployments
Good to have:
  • Knowledge on messaging systems RabbitMQ, Kafka.
  • Knowledge of Python
  • Container-based application deployment (Docker or equivalent)
  • Willing to learn new technologies and implement them in products

What Sun King offers:

  • Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
  • An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
  • A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
  • Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.

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Sun King designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar energy solutions for the 1.8 billion people without reliable access to electricity. Their offerings range from cost-effective solar lanterns and home systems that provide entry-level access to electricity, to powerful, multi-kilowatt-scale solar systems that offer power equity with the traditional electrical grid. Sun King's products meet diverse power and light needs across Africa and Asia.

Incorporating innovative technologies and support services, Sun King enables thousands of homes to power their appliances and devices with sustainable energy. The company’s strong presence in both East and West Africa, as well as South Asia and Latin America, demonstrates a commitment to reducing energy poverty and promoting economic opportunity through solar energy. Sun King's flexible payment options, including 'Pay as You Go' financing, empower families and businesses to transition to solar energy immediately without heavy upfront costs.

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