Founding Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Founding Engineer at an early-stage energy storage software startup, you will build across the full stack of a product for optimizing and forecasting industrial battery systems. You will help shape the product and its technical foundations as the team grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build backend services and optimization algorithms for real-time energy asset processing. - Develop dashboards that let battery operators monitor and control their systems. - Design and scale cloud infrastructure for distributed battery systems. - Deploy production-ready optimizations and improve them using real-world feedback. - Work with cross-functional teammates to define product features and requirements. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - No more than five years of work experience, with graduation in 2023 or later. - Full-stack familiarity with React and TypeScript on the frontend and Python on the backend, plus experience with Tailwind CSS. - Experience with a startup of fewer than 50 employees that was founded less than three years ago. - Energy industry experience and a track record of deploying optimizations in production. - A solid understanding of mixed-integer optimization and experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure. - A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or electrical engineering, with a grade better than 2.0. - Fluent or near-fluent German and a semester abroad at a leading university in the US, UK, or Asia. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: €70,000 to €100,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, five days per week.