Founding Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Munich

Employment Type: FullTime

About the Role

This is a hands-on founding engineering role at an early-stage energy software startup building an end-to-end platform for industrial battery storage. You'll own both backend and frontend development, shaping the core product that drives real-time optimization and forecasting across a growing portfolio of energy assets. Your work will have direct impact on product direction and company trajectory.

What You'll Do

• Own and build the core product driving real-time optimization and forecasting for energy assets.

• Develop backend services and optimization algorithms to process operational data in real time.

• Create frontend dashboards for battery operators to monitor and control assets.

• Design and scale infrastructure to support thousands of battery systems.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to define product features and requirements.

• Deploy production-ready optimizations and iterate based on live deployment feedback.

What We're Looking For

• Full-stack engineering experience (2–6 years) building and shipping production applications.

• Startup experience at an early-stage company (under 3 years old and fewer than 50 employees).

• Strong frontend skills with JavaScript/TypeScript, React (Next.js preferred), and Tailwind CSS.

• Solid backend experience with Python, including mixed-integer optimization techniques.

• Hands-on experience with real-time data processing and optimization/forecasting systems.

• Experience designing and operating scalable distributed backend systems.

• Containerization and modern deployment practices (Docker/Kubernetes) with CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

• Database design and data modeling experience (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL).

• Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering with strong academic performance.

• Fluency in German is highly valued — most customers operate in German-speaking markets.

• Experience in the energy industry or deploying optimizations in production systems is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: €70,000 – €100,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Germany.