Jobs at FLxDER

FLxDER is an early-stage startup developing cloud-based electric vehicle (EV) charging optimization software for fleets. By addressing shortcomings of conventional approaches to “smart-charging” and grid integration, FLxDER will enable more cost-effective fleet operation, will lessen utility distribution system impacts and costs, and will facilitate the rapid adoption of EVs that is so critical to climate change mitigation. Using a unique power-flow optimization approach, FLxDER will coordinate fleet EV and stationary battery charging jointly with co-located energy resources (solar PV etc.), including reactive power compensation capabilities. The FLxDER team has recently been awarded grant funding to help prototype the technology. The team is looking for a full stack software developer to play a major role in the development of a prototype of an exciting new cloud-based service that optimizes EV charging for fleets. The position is temporary (six months), and part-time with flexible hours, with opportunities for equity sharing. We hope to move this to a long-term role contingent upon additional funding. This prototype will integrate with an external EV charging solution provider API with the capability to collect data and control equipment, will configure and co-optimize the operation of simulated EV charging, other distributed energy resource (DER) equipment (e.g., PV and battery inverters) and the utility grid, and provide a range of dashboard controls, analytics, and visualizations for end-users. This role provides an opportunity to collaborate with FLxDER’s experts in energy, operations research, and economics, to get exposure to complex and challenging problems involving cloud resources, software, and systems integration in the rapidly growing EV infrastructure and smart grid industries, and to grow with our young company.