Software Developer Intern

Resource Innovations (RI) is seeking a Web Application Developer Intern to join our dynamic and innovative software team. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining cutting-edge Django applications that support utility sponsored energy efficiency programs. As an intern, you will have the exciting opportunity to create new deployments and enhance existing deployments with new features. While previous experience with Django is preferred, we welcome highly motivated candidates with solid Python programming skills. You will work closely with our program delivery staff and have access to a robust framework of existing applications and comprehensive documentation. In our collaborative team environment, you can quickly become a valuable contributor to our business needs by learning and mastering Django. Join us now and be part of our journey to revolutionize the energy efficiency industry!

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we're constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we're leading the charge to power change.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborates with members of your team (e.g. project delivery staff, senior developers) to scope out and design new features and new applications used by our delivery staff to implement utility energy efficiency programs.
• Writes Python code within a Django web framework securely and efficiently.
• Works with git, github, AWS, Heroku, and other components of our ecosystem efficiently.
• Ensures data security/privacy and protocols are established and followed based on client and company requirements.
• Makes recommendations for improvements to processes and technologies.
• Documents code and features in library system, both from a developer perspective to help other developers replicate where needed and from a user perspective to help program delivery staff users know how features work. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience writing code.
• Comfort level with Python, including use of all basic data types and operations: integers, strings, lists + list comprehensions, dictionaries, functions, modules, file I/O, etc.
• Ability to work independently once direction is set and to ask questions to avoid being stuck for extended periods.
• Ability to work quickly, both in grasping concepts and in writing and testing code.
• Ability to work in small, focused bursts on disparate tasks routinely as opposed to longer, singular tasks.  This requires quick ramp up on new tasks.
• Git or other version control experience.
• Successful completion of in-person testing for proficiency in Python and/or Django.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
• Django web framework experience.
• Experience with Heroku, AWS, Jira, and GitHub.
• Experience working with engineering data, calculations, time series, plotly JS visualizations.
• Experience with New Relic or similar tool for monitoring application performance.
• Experience building and deploying APIs.
• Experience working with data scientists and machine learning applications.
• Interest in sustainability and passionate about making a meaningful impact on the environment.

Benefits

Resource Innovations offers competitive salaries based on candidate's qualifications. Resource Innovations also offers three weeks paid vacation per year, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with employee matching funds, a discretionary bonus and an overall comprehensive benefits package.

About Resource Innovations

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we’re constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we’re leading the charge to power change.

Resource Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Resource Innovations complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company does work.

The above job description and job requirements are not intended to be all inclusive. Resource Innovations retains the right to make changes or adjustments to job descriptions and/or job requirements at any time without notice.