Company Description
Urban Spring is a startup that aims to bring about social and environmental change and provide a contemporary water drinking experience to the urban jungle. We are in the early stages of Well#, a locally-designed water refill station that provides clean, affordable and accessible drinking water to everyone in Hong Kong.
Job Description
We're looking for an Application Engineer with an open, collaborative mindset to design and implement embedded device software and Internet-of-Things network components, as well as the heart to make a difference in the community and contribute to propel Hong Kong into an environmentally-friendly society in which no disposable plastic water bottles exist.
Qualities
We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:
- “Digital entrepreneur” mindset: You’re willing to take responsibility to design, plan and implement software architecture, hardware & software integration, electronics engineering integration, as well as to handle vendor liaison and management. Having a demonstrated record in any of the above areas will be a big plus.
- “Out of the box” thinker: When faced with a challenge or a problem, you proactively move the ball forward instead of standing around waiting for instructions. You have a can-do attitude to deal with the unknown.
- “Whatever It Takes” mindset: Are you a true team player? In a startup, there are a lot of things that need to get done that aren’t glamorous, or in your direct line of duty.
- Integrity is important to us. We are looking for someone reliable and honest.
- We are passionate about our purpose. We are looking for a team member who works hard, plays hard and loves life.
- We are open to work with professionals on a contract basis. It is ideal for anyone looking to do something with purpose while they decide the next career move.
Job Duties
You will join our product development team and work with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders to:
- formulate the company’s technology strategy;
- design, implement and maintain embedded components for the next generation Well# water stations, from front-end UI to hardware driver integration;
- design, implement and maintain IoT platform components to build the Well# smart network of stations;
- generally work closely with our business development and operations teams, helping them to express their needs, then identifying no-nonsense, cost-effective solutions;
- keep thinking and pushing further towards our goals of social and environmental change.
Desired Skills & Requirements
- Experience in developing both networked systems and front-end apps, including IoT and cloud server management
- Experience with lightweight/agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, XP) and DevOps, including source control (git) and continuous integration
- Fluent in web stack development (JS/CSS/HTML), script languages (Python a plus) as well as lower-level languages (C, Rust a plus), ideally related to the development of embedded systems
- Experience in the use of Linux (Ubuntu Core a plus), Windows and Android OS, command line tools, scripting tools and basic system administration
- Experience with solutions integration
- Good problem-solving and decision-making skills to develop effective fixes to complex technical problems
- 3+ years of software development experience (full-time or equivalent)