Senior Software Engineer - Energy Markets

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead our Energy Markets workstream. You will shape the technical direction of virtual power‑plant (VPP) operations, integrating real‑time electricity market data and building scalable backend services that enable renewable energy utilisation.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise backend services for VPP operations and energy‑market integrations.
• Create systems that bridge backend logic with data‑processing pipelines.
• Make architectural decisions and mentor engineers across data, backend and energy domains.
• Collaborate with product managers, data engineers and data scientists to deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Navigate between data engineering, backend development and energy‑market requirements.

Required profile

• Proven experience developing scalable backend solutions with TypeScript.
• Strong data‑engineering fundamentals and experience with energy‑service interfaces such as smart meters, optimisation and load‑balancing.
• Deep knowledge of architectural patterns, CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP.
• Ability to guide architectural decisions, mentor peers and coordinate across domains.
• Passion for clean, documented and testable code.

Required skills

• TypeScript
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• GitHub Actions / CI‑CD pipelines
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Python (bonus)
• BigQuery (bonus)
• IoT integration for grid balancing (bonus)
• Energy market APIs such as EPEX Spot and Montel (bonus)

What we offer

• Work in an international, dynamic team driving the energy transition.
• Direct impact on climate‑positive solutions and renewable‑energy adoption.
• Close collaboration with senior decision‑makers and highly skilled colleagues.
• Opportunities for professional growth in a fast‑moving tech environment.