Python Backend Developer

Salary Competitive

CO2HERO is fast becoming the world's leading app to take climate action.

We connect businesses committed to a positive impact for the planet with a global community committed to making eco-friendly choices. In particular, we guide our users to cut down on their CO2 emissions through different lifestyle activities such as commuting, recycling, reusing, food …. just to name a few.

CO2HERO is a (SaaS) scale-up. Our clients are Fortune 500 companies. We have a global vision and exist to encourage change in everyday behaviour, in a balanced way.

As one of our customers said “CO2HERO is a one-stop platform for carbon-friendly actions that combines gameplay, competition, and climate science no matter where people may be in the world”.

With roots in Scandinavia, we continue to build momentum towards a better tomorrow - for all of us.

Based in Copenhagen, you will report directly to, and work closely with our Chief Technology Officer to bring to life our CO2HERO Development Strategy.

Join a development team with 8 different nationalities working out of our office in Copenhagen. Our company language is English, and we are working closely together across borders to improve our daily lives.


Responsibilities

  • Backend development in Python, GraphQL/REST API’s and PostgreSQL

  • Interaction with other members of the project team

  • Estimation management, code review

  • Extending our proprietary framework (We are not using Django)

  • Analyzing and troubleshoot complex problems in a timely and accurate manner

  • Actively looking for security vulnerabilities in the code, in code reviews and in the project design


Required skills

  • 3+ experience with Python and SQL using psycopg2

  • Experience with advanced queries in SQL without using ORM

  • Experience with PostgreSQL

  • Experience with Panda & Numpy

  • Solid knowledge of object oriented programming and preferable with experience from a low level programming language

  • Experience with implementing based on security by design

  • Experience with performance tuning and improvements

  • Experience with caching

  • Write clean and well documented code

  • Analytical thinking

  • Experience with UnitTesting based on testing logic and not just code coverage


Plus

  • Understanding and experience with GraphQL

  • Experience with NoSQL databases

  • Experience with Git / GitHub

  • Experience with Microservice architecture and messaging

  • Experience working with AWS / Azure


Offer

You will be offered plenty of challenges every day working amongst a highly skilled, dynamic and ambitious team, all of whom have worked and lived across Europe, and North America. As CO2HERO is in rapid growth, you have the possibility to grow both in professional and personal aspects. Our offices are located in the heart of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg.


Interested?

If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, get excited about finding smarter ways to do things, and have a burning desire to be part of a winning team where you can truly make a difference, we want to meet you.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Work life balance
Work life balance

Carve out time for your kids, friends and personal cider projects.

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Working at
CO2HERO ApS

We are a growing SaaS scale-up 📣 CO2HERO is the world-leading app for taking climate action and a recognized industry standard among Fortune 500 companies. 🌍 We empower companies to drive employee engagement in sustainability. We offer companies to integrate sustainability into their organisational culture by engaging their workforces in a fun and interactive way. 🚀 Enable your workforce to become eco-champions by building a more sustainable future with our Employee Lifestyle Challenges. Our solution combines science and gamification to inspire positive behaviour change, making sustainability a fun and rewarding experience for all. 💚 Our social sustainability platform measures employee carbon emissions and climate actions in real-time, empowering companies to make informed decisions. Why? To achieve Scope 3 workforce goals in your organisation, a change in behaviour is necessary. Raise awareness among your employees and encourage them to integrate sustainability into their daily habits. 🌳 Let’s unite for a better world and cut down today.

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