Sonnen Egypt is a 2–10 person R&D hub for the parent company's energy storage and virtual power plant business, focused on hardware control and cloud infrastructure. The tech stack—Python, FastAPI, Kafka, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, plus embedded systems tooling (C, C++, Qt, CMake)—reflects a split between cloud backend (microservices, analytics, IoT platform) and firmware-level work on battery management. Current hiring is engineering-heavy (6 roles) with meaningful data (3) and product (1) functions, though velocity is decelerating, suggesting the Cairo expansion is stabilizing rather than ramping.
Sonnen Egypt operates as an R&D and innovation hub for sonnen, a renewable energy company building intelligent battery storage systems, virtual power plants, and digital energy services. The Cairo office was established to tap local engineering talent and accelerate product development in a growing market. Active projects span energy management microservices, a global IoT cloud platform, analytics architecture, and firmware for the sonnenbatterie control unit. The organization is scaling software and cloud capabilities alongside hardware development to meet demand for battery management and energy optimization products.
Cloud backend: AWS, Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Datadog. Embedded/firmware: C, C++, Qt, CMake, gdb. DevOps: GitLab, Terraform, Docker. Analytics: Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Elastic Stack.
IoT cloud platform, energy management microservices, battery control firmware (sonnenbatterie), analytics platform, data lake architecture, and digital B2C/B2B product touchpoints for energy management.
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