Senior Software Engineer (M/F/D)

Do stuff that matters - Become a part of gridX and contribute your own part to digitalise the energy industry with us and thus make renewable energies accessible and affordable everywhere #getshitdone

Become part of theTariff Timer team, which builds a state-of-the-art energy management solution focused on making smart decisions based on dynamic energy tariffs.

This service, which employs time-of-use optimization algorithms, is continually being enhanced and scaled to keep pace with the ever-increasing number of customers using this service.

TheTariff Timer team is looking forward to growing together with you and bringing this feature to many more customers.

• You own Tariff Timer features end-to-end from conception to implementation to deployment to coordinating requirements and deployment with internal stakeholders

• You work closely with our energy domain experts to figure out how to translate time-of-use optimization logic into a scalable software service

• You are responsible for developing and reviewing software design documents and RFCs

• You review pull requests and guide other developers on improving code design, testing and documentation

• You monitor the risks of tech debt and scaling bottlenecks in our code base and raise issues proactively with our product manager

• You monitor our daily operations and push improvements to our internal processes to help us improve the quality of service

• You anticipate and proactively address challenges due to changing customer needs and the scaling of the service

• You build software that developers love to maintain and APIs that stakeholders love to use

• You have 4+ years of experience with distributed software systems and web technologies (JSON, REST, HTTP, RPC) and experience with relational databases (we use Postgres)

• You are on a senior level in at least one modern backend language (e.g. Go, Python, Java; we primarily use Go and Python) and have experience with container technologies like Docker and/ or Kubernetes

• You are excited about energy systems and building an energy management system for the future. Therefore, you build, extend, and maintain our Tariff Timer service around state-of-the-art mathematical optimization techniques, together with our energy domain experts

• You know your way around distributed software system design and best practices, and you are always looking for ways to share your experience with the other engineers in our team

• Ideally, you strive to take responsibility for mentoring junior engineers on a regular basis

• Bonus points: You have worked with the cloud service offering of AWS

• Bonus points: You have a record of open-source contributions

• Flexible & mobile working: Work remotely for up to 70 days from anywhere in the EU

• Vacation: 30 days for your relaxation + 0.5 days Special Leave at the end of the year for the 24th and 31st of December each

• Health & Sports:30 Euro allowance for Urban Sports Club or E-Gym Wellpass as well as offers for company health management & (Mental) Health Care

• Personal development:cross-functional coaching, access to e-learning platforms & an annual development budget of 1,500 euros per employee

• Employee discounts: Access to gridX Corporate Benefits

• Stay fit and safe the planet with our JobRad offer

• Receive a fair monthly contribution to your company pension plan

• City travel subsidy:30 Euros monthly allowance for your monthly/annual ticket

• Modern workplace in the hearts of Aachen and Munich with IT equipment of your choice

• Relocation Support:We support your relocation to Germany

• Annual Teamweek:Enjoy an unforgettable teamweek, face extraordinary challenges together with all gridX teams and create unforgettable memories!

• Experience the gridX culture at regular team events and receive 100 Euros on top per employee for your department event

• We will donate 20 Euros to a charity of your choice on your birthday

• Sabbatical option: take a break from the daily work routine and realize personal projects, travel or further education

*Our benefits differ for 100% remote employment!