About Sun King
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, providing affordable solar solutions to the 1.8 billion people without reliable access to electricity. By combining product design, fintech, and field operations, Sun King has connected over 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding more than 200,000 new homes each month. Through ‘pay-as-you-go’ financing, customers make small payments to eventually own their solar systems, saving money and reducing reliance on harmful energy sources like kerosene.
Sun King employs 2,800 staff across 12 countries, with expertise in product design, data science, logistics, customer service, and more. The company is expanding its product range to include clean cooking, electric mobility, and entertainment solutions, all while supporting a diverse workforce — with women making up 44% of the team.
About the role
The Senior Software Developer - Backend will work as part of the Digitization and Automation team to support 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 coherent 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 software and communication tools) with external services.
- Coordinate with Product Manager, development team, & business analysts.
You might be a strong candidate if you have/are:
- A minimum of 4 years of experience.
- Deep knowledge of OOPS concepts and programming skills in Core Java, Spring Framework.
- Experience in web service development and integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML).
- Should be very strong in problem solving, data structures, and algorithms.
- Strong experience in SQL.
- Experience in the AWS suite (Ec2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway).
- Experience in scripting languages like Python.
- Experience in Microservice Architecture.
- Prior managing/mentoring experience.
- Knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing, and deployment.
Good to have:
- Knowledge on messaging systems RabbitMQ, Kafka.
- 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.
About Sun King
About
Sun King is a leading global provider of off-grid solar energy solutions, designed to serve the 1.8 billion people who lack reliable or affordable access to traditional electrical grids. With a mission to power brighter lives, the company focuses on underserved markets across Africa and Asia. Sun King's product range includes solar lanterns, solar home systems, and solar inverters, tailored to meet a variety of energy needs—from portable lighting to powering entire homes.
The company's innovative solutions, such as the recently launched PowerHub 3300 and expandable solar home systems, reflect their commitment to evolving customer demands. With operations in over 40 countries and millions of products sold, Sun King makes solar energy accessible through pay-as-you-go financing options. The company’s network of field agents plays a key role in selling, installing, and servicing products, driving local economic development. Rooted in sustainability, Sun King also implements a Sustainable Financing Framework and ensures customer satisfaction through extensive service centers and after-sales support.
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Sun King designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar energy solutions for the 1.8 billion people living without reliable access to electricity. The company offers a range of products from portable solar lamps to powerful home and business energy systems, aiming to improve lives across Africa and Asia through affordable, clean energy.
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