Appolica is a venture studio headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, on a mission to turn ambitious tech-driven ventures into market leaders. As a co-founder, we focus on helping early-stage startups validate their ideas, construct MVPs, and scale   effectively. With our comprehensive 360° approach, we stand by founders throughout their entire journey from ideation, validation, and development to scaling.

We prioritize iterative testing, refinement, and continuous improvement to ensure the products we build align seamlessly with business objectives and user needs. In addition to our tech expertise, we focus on business & product know-how, so we can manage resources better, respond more accurately to consumer demands, and disrupt markets. Working with companies from more than 15 countries, we've crafted success stories for prominent startups like Tide, Sightline Climate, and Proximie.

A key partner of ours, a prominent climate tech company, is expanding their operations in Bulgaria and is looking for a passionate Python developer to be part of their growing team!

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure development: Develop and maintain our backend API. This will include building new endpoints and functionality for our data API, improving database query efficiency, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure.
• ‍Database management: Develop and maintain our central database. This will include maintaining our ETL pipeline and building out our schema as the scope of data we collect continues to grow.
• Analyst support: Support our data analysts to input data into our database. This involves ongoing development and maintenance of our internal admin panel.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3+ years of working experience.
• Experience in Python and PostgreSQL.
• Experience using Django and/or DBT.
• A passion for addressing the climate crisis through high quality research and data.
• Experience with AWS (ECS, RDS, CloudFormation).
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience working with Jira / Agile framework.
• Passion for unit testing, documentation, and high quality code.
• Interest in working for a fast-moving startup with a small, international team.
• Solid written and verbal English communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Working understanding of climate technology sectors.
• A passion for addressing the climate crisis through high quality research and data.
• Enthusiasm for unit testing, documentation, and high quality code.

What our partner brings to the table:

• Working side-by-side with the teams in London and the US.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• 25 days of paid time off plus holidays.
• Stock options.
• Exciting opportunity to be an early team member and make a significant impact on the company's success!

If you recognise yourself in the description above, send us your CV in English today!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. All applications will be treated in strict confidentiality.

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