EV charging network and hardware platform at operating scale
ChargePoint operates a physical EV charging network alongside the embedded systems and cloud infrastructure that powers it. The tech stack spans low-level hardware (FPGA, DSP, CAN/I2C bus protocols, multi-level converter design) and distributed cloud services (Kafka, Kubernetes, microservices on AWS/GCP), with the hiring mix heavily tilted toward engineering—38 of 65 active roles. Active projects center on scaling cloud APIs for millions of chargers and hardening embedded control systems, while pain points cluster around manufacturing yield, test automation, and sales-cycle efficiency, suggesting the company is managing both product-market fit and operational maturity in parallel.
ChargePoint builds EV charging hardware and the cloud platform that operates a network where a new charge session begins every 1 second. The company serves three constituencies: drivers (through the public charging network), fleet and workplace operators (via ChargePoint OnRamp), and hardware integrators (via EVSE and grid-tie inverter products). Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Campbell, CA, the company is now public and operates across nine countries with 1,001–5,000 employees. Revenue derives from both hardware sales (chargers, power electronics) and software subscriptions (network access, fleet management).
ChargePoint's stack spans embedded systems (C, C++, Kotlin, FPGA, DSP, CAN/I2C protocols) for charger control, cloud infrastructure (PHP, Python, Java, Go on AWS/GCP with Kubernetes), distributed messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and developer tools (React, Vue, Docker, Jenkins, Jira). OCPP (Open Charge Point Protocol) is a core standard.
Active projects include scalable cloud microservices and APIs, distributed systems for millions of chargers, embedded control systems for grid-tie inverters and power factor correction, soft-switching multi-level converter design, CAN/I2C driver development, security automation, and manufacturing tooling and yield optimization.
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