Senior/Lead Backend Engineer (Remote)

Fuse Energy; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Biannual bonus scheme

Fully expensed tech

Private health insurance

Breakfast and dinner allowance

Job summary

Fuse Energy, an innovative energy startup, is looking for a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer to develop the core digital infrastructure for a next-generation energy company. This remote role involves collaboration with product teams and working on backend systems that excel.

The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience, a proven track record in software engineering, and clear communication skills. Competitive salary, equity eligibility, and various benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven ability to define and build complex systems.
• Experience with highly available production systems.

Responsibilities

• Construct a real-time digital twin of renewable generation.
• Develop messaging interfaces with third-party providers.
• Build high-volume pipelines for customer energy consumption.
• Build backend for a world-class energy app.
• Take ownership of projects and drive change.

Skills

Software engineering excellence

Clear communication

Infrastructure as code

Experience in energy sector

Shipping consumer-facing products

Tools

AWS CDK

Job description

Fuse Energy is an energy startup on a mission to make energy abundant and affordable, fast. We combine first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system.

We've raised over $200M from top-tier investors including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird and Collaborative Fund, alongside strategic angels including Nico Rosberg and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify and Uber.

We're building a fully integrated energy company: developing our own solar, batteries and other generation projects, building our own hardware, improving and developing grid infrastructure, trading power in real time, using AI across the business, and installing distributed energy in homes. By selling directly to consumers we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass the savings on to our customers.

We're hiring a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer to build the core digital infrastructure for a next-generation energy company. This is a remote role. You'll work closely with product across the full back-end and engineer backend systems that are second to none.

Responsibilities

• Construct a real-time digital twin of our renewable generation and customer demand
• Develop messaging interfaces with our third-party providers
• Build high-volume pipelines for processing customer energy consumption
• Build the backend of a world-class energy app
• Take ownership of projects, adapt to new business needs and drive change

Requirements

• Demonstrable excellence as a software engineer
• Ideally 2+ years of experience
• Proven ability to define and build complex systems
• Hands-on experience shipping highly available production systems
• Clear communication
• Bonus: infrastructure as code (e.g. AWS CDK); experience in the energy sector; experience shipping consumer-facing products

Benefits

• Competitive salary and eligibility for equity
• Biannual bonus scheme
• Fully expensed tech to match your needsPrivate health insurance
• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees

As we hire globally, benefits vary by location.