Founding Engineer
Summary
Clera is seeking a founding engineer to build a full-stack platform for optimizing industrial battery storage assets. The role involves developing backend optimization algorithms, building frontend dashboards, and scaling distributed infrastructure using Python, TypeScript, and cloud technologies.
About the Role
This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage industrial energy software company building an end-to-end platform that controls and optimises large-scale battery storage assets. You'll have a direct hand in shaping product and architecture at a critical stage of the company's growth, working across the full stack to deliver real-world impact on how European industry manages energy costs.
What You'll Do
Own and build core backend services that power real-time optimisation and forecasting for industrial battery systems.
Develop and deploy mixed-integer optimisation algorithms that process data in real time.
Build frontend dashboards enabling battery operators to monitor and control their assets.
Design and scale distributed infrastructure to support deployments across thousands of battery systems.
Collaborate cross-functionally to define and iterate on product features based on real deployment feedback.
What We're Looking For
Fluent or near-fluent German — a hard requirement, as the primary customer base is German-speaking.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering with strong academic results (GPA equivalent better than 2.0 on the German scale).
Experience at an early-stage startup (small team, early years of operation).
Full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production applications.
Frontend proficiency with TypeScript/JavaScript, React (Next.js preferred), and Tailwind CSS.
Strong backend development skills in Python, including experience with optimisation or forecasting systems.
Hands-on experience designing and operating scalable distributed backend systems.
Solid understanding of database design and data modelling (e.g. PostgreSQL or MySQL).
Containerisation and modern deployment practices — Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines for production services.
Experience with observability and monitoring tooling (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
Cloud infrastructure experience across one or more of AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Prior experience in the energy industry and/or deployed optimisations in production systems is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: €70,000 – €100,000 per year
Visa sponsorship: Available
Location
On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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