Backend Engineer

Fortum and Uniper form a European energy group committed to enabling a successful transition to carbon neutrality for everyone. Our 50 gigawatts of power generating capacity, substantial gas import and storage operations, and our global energy trading business enable us to provide Europe and other regions with a reliable supply of low-carbon energy. We are already Europe’s third largest producer of CO2-free electricity, and our growth businesses focus on clean power, low-carbon energy, and the infrastructure for tomorrow’s hydrogen economy. In addition, we design solutions that help companies and cities reduce their environmental footprint. Our 20,000 professionals and operations in 40 countries give us the skills, resources, and reach to empower the energy evolution toward a cleaner world.


About the role
We are looking for an experienced backend engineer with expertise in the design, development, and implementation of JVM based backend applications to help us build the e-mobility platform of the future. In Europe alone, about 30 million EVs will buy billions of charging sessions per year by 2030, and Fortum is the leading platform serving this growing charging market. This is a unique opportunity to become part of the next generation cloud based IoT product that is already serving millions of charging sessions each year.
The ideal candidate is experienced in building scalable applications on cloud platform with good quality and scalability.


Your role
• You will be working in a cross-functional autonomous product squad majorly with Java, React and AWS. The squad members work in close collaboration with the Product Manager throughout the whole development lifecycle with strong focus on the customer and usability while building features.
• Collaborate with your team to design and implement deployable features and products while enhancing the overall architecture
• You build it, You own it - Full development lifecycle responsibility, from conceptualizing through to daily operations
• Ensure good code quality confirmed by proper testing and static code analysis
• Ensure that features and services developed are performant and scalable
• Work with Engineering Manager to align on the technical roadmap for your product squad
• Engage with the squad members to share knowledge
• Mentor and coach other engineers in the team


Your qualifications
You are open-minded, flexible and thrive under challenging and changing conditions. To be a successful part of the team you will need a devops mindset. You must be a team player with can-do attitude which means taking responsibility, working transparently, bringing your own ideas to the table and getting things done both independently and with your team.
In addition, the following skillsets are required:
• Strong coding ability in Kotlin and frameworks like Springboot
• Experience in REST API development
• Experience of any cloud platform
• +6 years of experience within software development
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with distributed computing, cloud security, SaaS architecture, DevOps
• Experience in serverless architecture and Typescript is a plus


Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with:
• Kotlin, Java, Typescript, React, ReactNative
• Redux, Spring and Spring Boot
• Docker, Kafka, MariaDB, DynamoDB, Elastic search
• Microservices architecture on AWS


What we offer
We offer you a fast-evolving international working environment in the exciting e-mobility industry. You will take full responsibility from Day One and enjoy a flexible office/remote working policy.
For you, working at Fortum means exciting opportunities to develop your expertise and create a meaningful career. We will support you on this journey. We believe diversity and inclusion inspire all of us to innovate and grow together. Therefore, we are committed to building teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.


How do you apply?
Please apply by the 17th of July 2022 at the latest. Send your application and CV together with your salary request to: Linda Pietreanu, linda.pietreanu@fortum.com
We currently are not accepting offers from recruiters for this role and require candidates to apply directly. Applications submitted via recruiters will not be reviewed.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Linda Pietreanu linda.pietreanu@fortum.com