Software Engineer; d​/m​/f

Short Facts

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 r 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 : € 115. per year gross, depending on the seniority level
• Working mode :
  In office
• Language Requirement : C1 Level English

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.

Identify emerging technological trends, build proofs of concept, and drive their transition into scalable production systems that create tangible business value.

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.

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.

Continuously enhance our algorithmic and trading systems for both immediate go-lives and long‑term strategic evolution, optimizing for performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Act as a mentor and technical leader, helping team members enhance their workflows and continuously raise their engineering craftsmanship.

Be a role model in software engineering best practices, fostering a culture of maintainable, iterative, and high-quality delivery across engineers and data scientists.

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

Energy industry experience

You don’t have the habit of defining your own tasks and expect other functions to do them

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.

• Virtual Share Options :
  We offer virtual share options to all our employees
• 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 for your public transport ticket
• Lunch / Dinner Allowance Vouchers :
  Allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers
• Work Equipment :
  Mac Book Pro or Windows Laptop, and ergonomic workplace

Regular Team Events :
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