Founding Engineer

About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS company in the energy tech space as a Founding Engineer. You'll own the core product that drives real-time optimization and forecasting for commercial and industrial battery storage assets — helping operators turn battery systems into revenue-generating assets. This is a high-impact, hands-on role at the heart of the product and company trajectory.

What You'll Do

• Own and build the core product powering real-time optimization and forecasting for energy assets.
• Develop backend services and optimization algorithms to process data in real time.
• Create frontend dashboards enabling battery operators to monitor and control assets.
• Design and scale cloud infrastructure to support thousands of battery systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to define product features and requirements.
• Deploy production-ready optimizations and iterate based on real-world feedback.

What We're Looking For

Required (dealbreakers):

• Frontend development skills with JavaScript/TypeScript and React (Next.js preferred).
• Proven full-stack engineering experience building production applications.

Also required:

• Experience with Tailwind CSS.
• CS, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering degree (Bachelor's or Master's) with a grade better than 2.0.
• Startup experience (company younger than 3 years and fewer than 50 employees).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Solid backend development in Python, including mixed-integer optimization.
• Fluent German — essential, as the majority of customers operate in German.

Nice to have:

• Prior experience in the energy industry.
• Experience deploying optimizations in production systems.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $70,000 – $100,000 USD annually.
• Visa sponsorship available.

Location

This is an on-site role based in Munich, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work from the Munich office.