Software Developer

Job Description

We are looking for a talented software developer to join our small development team. Due to the small size of the team, this position would give a large diversity in the programming roles and key tasks will include:

• Designing software features to meet customer’s needs.
• Integrating new features into the current software package.
• Renewable Energy data analysis and simulation.
• Data visualisation.
• Development of cross-platform GUI
• Asynchronous and distributed server development (written in Python orientated around Asyncio, and Dask).
• Other areas might include API design, web development, performance/testing, deployment/packaging, and cluster orchestration.

Responsibilities:

You will be joining a small team of developers helping to contribute features, and architect software/infrastructure decisions to best serve the products requirements.

You will be contributing to code-bases with an emphasis on asynchronous and distributed computation, giving the opportunity to learn a variety of modern tools for parallel/distributed computation, cross-platform GUI development, continuous integration, and deployment.

You will contribute to the development of our internal software in preparation for public launch and play a key role in the design.

Required Personal skills and qualifications

• A passion & enthusiasm for renewable energy and for new technology research.
• BSC in computer science or equivalent (or alternatively, related disciplines such as applied maths, engineering, physics or other similar qualification with sufficiently strong emphasis on programming).
• Proficient in Python
• Familiarity with C/C++
• Interest in data analysis
• Ability to write clean readable maintainable code
• Familiarity with cloud computing/Amazon Web Services/general distributed computing
• Familiarity with Linux operating system (application is cross-platform: win/mac/Linux)
• Applicants must have (and be able to prove) the right to work in the UK

Desirable Personal skills and qualifications:

• Masters degree level or above qualification is desirable.
• Knowledge/experience of Deployment
• Expert/Advanced level Python
• Proven and demonstrable skills in a relevant programming role

Company Description

Wave Venture is a specialist renewable energy consultancy and software provider. We offer advice to those looking to invest in wave energy, conducting R&D and planning wave energy developments. Our most recent development is in novel techno-economic assessment and optimisation software for wave energy – which is where you come in.

Drawing together over 50 years of experience in wave energy, engineering and development we’ve got big plans for the future – come and join us on our journey.

Other Application Details

This is a permanent contract, with a start as soon as possible.

Please submit your covering letter and your CV by clicking APPLY now. Please use the subject line  “Software Developer 2021”.

Deadline for Applications: 9th March 2021