software engineer Clevedon, England
Job description
Are you looking for a role where you can tackle the climate crisis and make a real impact on the future of sustainability?
Prolectric’s next-generation technology is accelerating the change to a more sustainable future for businesses, communities, and the planet - and you can be part of that. So far, our products have saved over 34,300 tons of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere.
We are market-leaders at the forefront of solar technology, providing sustainable lighting, power, and security to some of the UK’s biggest industries.
Our culture is built around corporate social responsibility, being one of few UK companies to hold a gold CSR accreditation and the UK’s most prestigious business accolade - a Queens Award for Sustainable Development.
Your Opportunity:
We are looking to expand our in-house knowledge within the software programming and coding disciplines. The role will be based within the Innovation & IOT department who drive R&D within the company, keeping abreast of emerging technologies and delivering cost effective sustainable products with real world applications and impact.
The team are looking to recruit a software developer to assist with delivering our ambitious innovation programme. The role will be varied, and you will gain experience across the whole innovation process including project management, prototyping, manufacture, customer support and fleet performance feeding into continual product improvement.
Initial projects will include:
- Further development of the company’s IoT portals
- Helping design a Linux based OS for a new communication system
- Integration of hydrogen control/monitoring into the IoT portals
- Automated data analysis tools, system sizing based on location
- Setting up API for internal and external tools to our databases
- Support for the above (day to day maintenance, inputs to training, documentation etc.)
- Inputs to other development projects, not necessarily software related
Key Responsibilities in the Role:
- Working with external consultancy & the Product Development Team to develop the portals bringing in data from key component manufacturers to one centralised platform
- Specify and code the ongoing development of the portals and continuously update and design the user experience
- Assist the Product Development team with any software related activities and enquiries across the product portfolio
- Manage AWS services (DynamoDB, IoT Core, Elastic Beanstalk)
- Contribute to team weekly and monthly team meetings
- Help with training and documentation
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies Required:
Essential skills in the first instance include:
- Someone who loves problem solving, and coming up with novel solutions
- Customer focused. Not worried to speak to customers to get their thoughts
- Understanding of IoT and principles in general
- Good approach to debugging
- Clear and concise documentation to go with each project
- Experience with Typescript, Javascript, Python, git, linux
- Experience with ssh, knowledge of public/private key infrastructure
- AWS services – many including DynamoDB, Cognito, S3, IoT
- Ideally an understanding of the current tech stack: Front-end (Next.js, React), back-end (Express.js, TRPC, Socket.io), Database ORM (Prisma), Databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB), IaC (Pulumi), Containerisation (Docker)
Desirable other skills include:
- Experience with electronics/electronic control systems and firmware development
- Building OS, with some knowledge of Yocto
- Experience with modbus
- Experience of secure coding techniques
- Experience of C/C++
- Working with SIMs, 4G etc
- Understanding of neural networks and their application
- Experience in an electro-mechanical product development environment
- Experience with App development
- Hands-on experience with tools/practical skills
- Project and time management skills
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Profit sharing
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Clevedon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: In person
