Job description
Chargetrip is the EV routing and navigation engine for the energy transition. Our API-based solutions empower fleets, rental/leasing companies, utilities, and OEMs to deliver smarter, energy-aware routing, dynamic charging planning, and meaningful CO₂ reductions. We're passionate about clean mobility and building scalable B2B partnerships across Europe - and soon, the world.
We care more about curiosity, teamwork, and real impact than formal structures or fixed ways of doing things.
About the Role
If you are motivated to make the world a little better and have a real impact, Chargetrip is the right place for you. We take pride and ownership in what we do with a relentless focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
What You'll Be Working On
- Your primary responsibility is to maintain, develop, improve, and scale Chargetrip's infrastructure. Our EV routing services are used by drivers worldwide, and keeping them running and stable is a challenge you will tackle closely with our Infrastructure and Backend teams.
- You know how to standardize deployments, ensure infrastructure is auditable, and automate deployment processes.
- You understand how software is built with microservices and how to tailor infrastructure-as-code tools to meet the needs of our engineering teams and increase productivity, repeatability, and security of the infrastructure.
What We Are Looking For
We know that great candidates come from a variety of backgrounds. If you meet most of these, we'd love to hear from you:
- General Linux knowledge: Proficiency in a Linux environment, including command-line navigation, system administration, and service management with systemd.
- Networking Fundamentals: A solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols, with the ability to perform basic network troubleshooting.
- Version Control: Working knowledge of Git for collaborative development and code management.
Nice-to-Have:
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Familiarity with IaC concepts and some hands-on experience with a tool like Terraform or Crossplane.
- Containers: Foundational knowledge of containers and hands-on experience with Docker. Experience with Kubernetes is a significant plus.
- Scripting: Experience with at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python, for task automation.
- Database Knowledge: Basic understanding of databases, including SQL and concepts related to NoSQL or in-memory caches like Redis.
- Familiarity with GitOps principles and tools like ArgoCD or FluxCD.
- Experience with the Prometheus monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager), or OTel.
- Any relevant AWS or cloud experience.
- Knowledge of other scripting languages like NodeJS.
- Load balancers, reverse proxies, VPNs.
What You Can Expect
Chargetrip understands that flexibility and freedom are values that unlock potential and foster employee wellness, happiness, and performance. Enjoy the flexibility and dynamic environment of a scale-up, but with mature policies and values that ensure a meaningful and well-rounded life at Chargetrip. Some ways we do this for this role:
- Impact, ownership & purpose: you'll work on technology that accelerates the adoption of electric mobility and have direct contribution to critical infrastructure decisions;
- Fair, transparent compensation: competitive salary aligned with your skills and experience, combined with clear progression paths and regular reviews;
- Flexibility: hybrid model with flexible workplace and hours, fresh office in Amsterdam, and remote-friendly culture;
- Growth: dedicated budget and time for training, learning opportunities through conferences and courses, and the chance to develop alongside a fast-growing company;
- Supportive team culture: open feedback and shared wins;
Benefits:
- A minimum of 20 vacation days a year; there is no max
- €500 annual learning and development budget
- 100% commuting reimbursement if traveling 10 km+
- Monthly phone allowance
- Laptop or an allowance when you BYOD
- Yearly company retreat and quarterly events
- Daily healthy team lunch at the Amsterdam office
- Work-away week with Romanian team once every two years
- Access to Alleo employee benefits platform for monthly exclusive perks and benefits
Pay & benefits
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About Chargetrip
Company Overview
Chargetrip
HeadquartersAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Founded2017
SizeApproximately 50 employees (source: bluebearcap.com)
What They Do
Chargetrip specializes in software for electric mobility, focusing on smart route planning for electric vehicles. Their platform is used by mobility companies, fleet managers, charging station operators, and car manufacturers to optimize routes based on more than fifteen variables, including vehicle model, temperature, weather conditions, elevation changes, rolling resistance, charging speed, real-time vehicle data, and charging station availability (source: climatejobslist.com). The company offers both API-based SaaS solutions and no-code tools for route planning, finding charging stations, and range mapping (source: bluebearcap.com). This helps businesses increase the use of charging networks and encourage more drivers to switch to electric mobility, serving clients such as CPOs, eMSPs, OEMs, rental companies, and leasing firms (source: chargetrip.com). Siemens describes Chargetrip as a market leader in EV routing since 2017, with software deployed across North America and Europe for both individual drivers and fleets (source: siemens.com).
Projects & Experience
Chargetrip has an impressive track record delivering advanced EV routing solutions to major clients in the electric mobility sector. The company collaborates with renowned partners such as Shell Recharge, Ionity, Engie, Hertz, and Porsche, who optimize their route planning and charging network usage using Chargetrip's technology (source: chargetrip.com). Additionally, Deloitte, IKEA, and Mover are cited as trusted users or partners within Chargetrip’s ecosystem, highlighting the broad applicability and reliability of their platform (source: siemens.com). The platform plans over 1 million EV routes monthly and serves about 20% of European EV drivers, demonstrating the scale and impact of their software (source: bluebearcap.com).
Recent Developments
Over the past two years, Chargetrip has actively focused on commercial development and market education, regularly publishing in their newsroom to emphasize their mission to support the global transition to electric mobility (source: chargetrip.com). According to Dealroom, the company was valued between $44 million and $66 million in March 2023, reflecting their growth and investor confidence (source: dealroom.co). Furthermore, Chargetrip recently secured significant funding to accelerate their expansion in both the United States and Europe (source: paua.com).
Careers at Chargetrip
Chargetrip recruits for specific roles and asks applicants to upload a CV and supporting documents via their careers page (source: chargetrip.com). A recent opening for a Marketing Designer shows the company offers positions in product development, design, sales, and marketing, with a focus on creating visual content for various channels such as social media, trade show materials, and pitch decks (source: chargetrip.com). The Amsterdam headquarters provides opportunities for on-site or hybrid work, appealing to candidates based in the Netherlands (source: glassdoor.com). The organization is strongly focused on SaaS product development for EV mobility clients, with teams in product, engineering, design, sales, and marketing (source: bluebearcap.com).
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