Join us on our journey: We are seeking an energetic Staff Software Engineer (d/f/m) with a deep technical understanding and a strategic vision to guide software development at Flexa. 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.
Drive Strategic Initiatives:
Oversee critical technical initiatives and develop a technical roadmap from prototyping to production, in close collaboration with senior leadership, to build Europe’s largest Virtual Power Plant. Key areas include data ingestion and processing, energy management systems (EMS), optimization logic, fleet control, accounting, and settlement.
Research and Innovate:
Identify emerging technological trends, build proofs of concept, and drive their transition into scalable production systems that create tangible business value.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally:
Partner across all teams & disciplines to deeply understand customer and stakeholder needs, stay ahead of industry developments, and ensure we are building the right solutions for today and the future.
Be Hands-on:
Guide the team in evolving our cloud-based technology platform. Design and deliver high-quality, scalable software architectures, and contribute across service development, testing, integration, and monitoring.
Advance System Capabilities:
Continuously enhance our algorithmic and trading systems for both immediate go-lives and long-term strategic evolution, optimizing for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Mentor and Enable:
Act as a mentor and technical leader, helping team members enhance their workflows and continuously raise their engineering craftsmanship.
Champion Engineering Excellence:
Be a role model in software engineering best practices, fostering a culture of maintainable, iterative, and high-quality delivery across engineers and data scientists.
Mandatory requirements
6+ years of experience in Software Engineering (Backend and algorithmic) in the cloud
2-3 years of experience with Python, including object-oriented design
3+ years of experience in onboarding, mentoring and coaching colleagues
Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platform, including core services such as ECS, RDS, Lambda, Amazon Data Firehose, SQS, S3, and networking/IAM fundamentals
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
Energy industry experience
This won’t be the right role for you if…
You don’t have the habit of defining your own tasks and expect other functions to do them
You are used to working in clear separate functions
At Flexa, 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 would love to hear from you.
Regular Team Events: Knowledge Sessions, Afterwork, Sports, Offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, etc.
Dr. Christian Buckl
Head of Software - Entrix & Flexa
Hi there!
I'm Christian Buckl, Head of Software at Entrix & Flexa. My professional journey has been deeply rooted in the intersection of technology and industry spanning areas such as autonomous driving and cloud-based systems that serve millions of users. Over the years, I've had the privilege of contributing to various innovative projects and leading teams dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our field.
At Entrix & Flexa, we believe that our success is built on the strength of our team. We foster a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where everyone can thrive and make a meaningful impact. Having spent over eight years working for Silicon Valley companies, I bring that experience to help shape our innovative culture.
If you're passionate about pioneering technological solutions and eager to be part of a dynamic and international team, I encourage you to explore the opportunities we offer. Together, we can drive innovation and achieve remarkable milestones.
Thank you for considering a future with us. I look forward to the possibility of working together to shape the future of technology,
Christian
Your contact person is Ekaterina Davydova ( ekaterina.davydova@flexa.energy)
We look forward to receiving your application.
flexa is on a mission to build Europe's largest Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in the residential sector together with our partners at Enpal and Entrix.
Our mission is to build and operate a Virtual Power Plant that not only delivers significant energy cost savings but also supports the transition to a 100% renewable electricity future. By offering complete residential energy systems at competitive prices and strategically tapping into multiple revenue streams, we are well-positioned to provide substantial real-world savings to our customers. This approach enhances customer satisfaction as they experience the full benefits of an electrified, energy-generating home.
Through a deep integration into the installed hardware and a direct connection to the customer interfaces, flexa’s AI-based solution controls the energy assets (such as EV, heat pump, home storage, and others) of a decentralized energy community with an exceptional level of accuracy, speed, transparency, and thus customer satisfaction. With intelligent algorithms, flexa maximizes customers’ usable flexibility and its returns on energy markets while considering costs, such as grid fees and asset degradation.
We are rapidly growing our team and are hiring experienced tech professionals interested in revolutionizing the energy sector. We are looking forward to receiving your application!
