Solutions Engineer

We are a growing solar energy company based in Atlanta, serving the Southeast, committed to helping businesses transition to renewable energy through innovative solutions like Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Our mission is to make clean energy accessible, reliable, and financially beneficial for our customers. We build and own next-generation energy infrastructure — powering cities, businesses and institutions with reliable, renewable energy. We believe the built environment of the future will incorporate renewable power on every surface that can support it. That’s why we designed an easy-to-adopt platform that allows large-scale customers to achieve the benefits from solar energy with no upfront investment.

Cherry Street Energy, the innovative leader in solar power systems, is seeking a talented Solutions Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. As a Solutions Engineer at Cherry Street Energy, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our mission of integrating renewable energy into diverse operations. Join us in our quest for a greener tomorrow!

This particular role is intended to focus on increasing efficiency through automation and integrating our systems internally throughout the organization. Overall, this role will have the responsibility, while engaging with the Director of Data Analytics, to simplify communication between systems and facilitate access to information from the C-suite down to the site superintendent managing construction for Cherry Street.

- Lead all aspects of the project life cycle, including identification of business needs and gaps, defining business requirements, solution design, software development, and project delivery.

- Maintain and innovate in an IT environment comprising of Python, Django, and AWS.

- The Python developer will lead all aspects of the project life cycle, including identification of business needs and gaps, defining business requirements, solution design, software development, and project delivery.

- This role will also design, build, deploy, and maintain features for our cloud-based backend services and take a proactive role in the continuous improvement of our documentation, architecture and scalability as we continue to grow rapidly.

- Collect, manage, and translate data into usable information for other CSE departments

- Maintain and enhance the CSE Data Lake

- Maintain and improve data integrations between our internal systems

- Hubspot, Procore, Smartsheet, Wattch, Drone Deploy, etc.

- Creation custom integrations between system with APIs

Job Requirements

Required skills:

- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, or equivalent experience.

- Proficiency with FastAPI (our API framework of choice), Flask, or other Python web frameworks.

- Experience with REST API design and implementation

Preferred Skills

- Experience with performance-minded SQL in software development

- Experience in Agile (preferred) and/or Waterfall methodologies

- Solid understanding of cloud services, specifically AWS, where our stack is hosted.

- Experience developing in a containerized, CI/CD environment.

- Strong understanding of general programming best practices, software architecture, and scalability.

- Build strategy around company data management for it to flow across systems and departments most efficiently.

Essential Job Function

Unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies are not accepted. Any unsolicited resumes submitted without a written agreement will become the property of Cherry Street Energy, and no fee will be paid if the candidate is hired. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.