Short Facts

Join us on our journey: We are looking for a driven Principal Software Engineer (d/f/m) with a deep technical understanding and a strategic vision to lead the development of our optimization platform. Your strong curiosity to understand the solution space, combined with a pragmatic approach to delivery, will help us achieve our goals. You share our vision and values and are committed to our mission.
 

• Location: Munich, Germany
• Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term
• Salary Range: € 100.000 - 130.000 per year gross depending on the seniority level
• Office-first work setup
• Language Requirement: C1 Level English

Your Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic tech team initiatives from prototyping to development under the guidance of senior leadership. 
• Research technological trends, build proofs of concept and drive innovation efforts. Guide their successful permanent implementation and shape groundbreaking technical directions that create value for our business.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across the whole company to understand the needs of our stakeholders and customers, industry trends and ensure we build the right solutions.. 
• Lead the architecture, design and development of our end-to-end optimization platform, encompassing data ingestion and processing, optimization logic implementation, battery control, automated power trading, accounting, and settlement.
• Take our system to the next level to best leverage our algorithmic and trading capabilities both in backtesting and production, both for immediate go-lives, as well as the strategic long-term evolution of our system.
• Mentor and guide team members, enhancing their workflows with your extensive knowledge and experience and enabling them to work at their best.
• Define and promote engineering best practices, educating engineers and data scientists on designing and delivering maintainable, iterative solutions.
• Support colleagues during their onboarding, daily operations, and strategic tasks.
• Maintain and improve our tech stack, development environments, and infrastructure, from service development and testing to integration and monitoring.
  
  
  

Your Profile

Mandatory requirements

• 8 years of experience in Software Engineering (Backend and algorithmic) in the cloud.
• 3+ years of experience with Python, including object-oriented design.
• 4+ years of experience in onboarding, mentoring, and coaching colleagues in junior and mid-level positions.
• Proactivity in understanding industry trends and business complementary to technical experience.
• Proven track record of pragmatic delivery and strategic project execution.
• Experience working cross-functionally, especially with Product and Data Science teams.
• Team player with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas and concepts, as well as work independently on solutions.
• Experience and enthusiasm for working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strategic and analytical thinking.
• Full business proficiency in English. 

Skills to Set You Apart

• Familiarity with the AWS cloud platform and services like Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
• Experience in the energy industry.
• Experience with design thinking/sprints.

This role may not be a fit for you if…

• You don’t have the habit of defining your own tasks and expect other functions to do so.
• You are used to working in clear separate functions

At Entrix, we are committed to diversity - of backgrounds and experiences. You don’t need 100% of the preferred qualifications to add incredible value to our team. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

Your Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Package: Including salary, benefits and options
• Professional Development: Annual development budget of 3,000 € for coachings, trainings, books, etc.
• Health & Sport Subsidy: Company subsidised sports facilities membership
• Public Transportation Subsidy: Monthly subsidy to your public transport ticket
• Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: Allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers
• Work Equipment: Mac Book or Windows Laptop and ergonomic workplace
• Regular Team Events: Knowledge Sessions, Afterwork, Sports, Offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, etc.

A Short Note from Your Future Lead

Sébastien Schikora - Chief Technology Officer

Hi there!

I'm Sebastien Schikora, serving as the CTO at Entrix since June 2022. My diverse career journey has provided me with a range of experiences with a deep dive in the energy industry and the functioning of the grid specifically. In the last years, I was:

• CTO at KONUX from September 2018 to April 2022, where I played a pivotal role in shaping the company's tech landscape and products.
• Sr. Manager at Tesla from November 2015 to July 2018, leading the development of energy storage systems and mobile apps.
• Vice President of Product Development at Networked Energy Services (NES) Corporation from October 2014 to November 2015, launching a new company and product line in the grid digitalization space.
• At Echelon Corporation,  I held various roles over six years, including Director of Product Management and Development in the Grid Modernization Division.
• Before my endeavors in the Energy Industry I was working for Hewlett Packard in the Enterprise Software group for a little over 10 years.

I'm all about pushing the boundaries of technology and driving progress in our industry. I spent the majority of my career in the Silicon Valley in California and apply a lot of the methods and drive to my workplace here in Munich. 

Our team is the basis of our success, and I'm dedicated to fostering a collaborative, innovative and goal driven work environment.

If you're ready to be a part of our international crew and share our vision for groundbreaking tech solutions, I encourage you to explore opportunities within our organization.

Thanks for considering joining us, and I look forward to the possibility of working together to achieve remarkable things.

Best regards,
Sebastien Schikora

Your Contact in our People Team

Your contact person is Maria Marin (maria.marin@entrixenergy.com)

If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email to talent@entrixenergy.com

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

About us

With our AI-powered fully automated optimization and trading platform for flexible energy assets from grid-scale batteries to virtual power plants, we ensure that energy is stored when it is abundant and released into the grid when it is needed. At the same time, by actively trading electricity, we counteract strong price fluctuations that green energies entail. Figuring out how storage provides the best value to the electricity grid and the highest returns to asset owners is how we accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.