Senior Backend Engineer

Description:

Power the Future with us!

At SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG), we're a global leader in smart energy technology, with over 3,000 employees, offices in 34 countries, and millions of installations worldwide. 

Our innovative solutions include solar inverters, battery storage, backup systems, EV charging, and AI-based energy management. We're committed to making clean, green energy the primary power source for homes, businesses, and beyond. 

With the growing demand for electricity, the need for smart, clean energy sources is constantly rising. SolarEdge offers amazing opportunities to develop your skills in a multidisciplinary environment, covering everything from research and development to production and customer supply. Work with talented colleagues, tackle exciting challenges, and help create a sustainable future in an industry that's always evolving and innovating. Join us and be part of a company that values creativity, agility, and impactful work. 

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our cloud platform team. In this position, you will take ownership of end-to-end delivery for critical data-driven features, orchestrating complex logic across cloud and embedded systems. An ideal candidate is a highly motivated system thinker with a strong background in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and handling large-scale telemetry data.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-performance, event-driven microservices for mission-critical IoT platforms.
• Lead the architecture and production rollout of complex backend features involving real-time data streams and dynamic algorithms.
• Build and maintain scalable prediction platforms, facilitating machine learning model integration, data pipelines, and real-time inference.
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code, primarily using Java and Python.
• Collaborate with algorithm, embedded, and frontend teams to orchestrate real-time logic for thousands of active connected devices.
• Take ownership of the full software lifecycle, from system design to production deployment and monitoring.
• Provide high-level production support.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive architectural best practices within the team.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related subject.
• 6+ years of backend development experience, with strong expertise in Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• Proven experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming.
• Solid understanding of database technologies and data access optimization, including SQL (MariaDB) and NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work in cross-functional environments.

Advantages:

• Proficiency in Python (FastAPI, Pandas) and data orchestration pipelines like Apache Airflow.
• Previous experience working with IoT platforms, hardware orchestration, or algorithmic optimization systems.
• Familiarity with operationalizing ML models or building scalable data platforms.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools.