Founding Product Engineer

CLERA; München; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Munich

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. is hiring in Munich, Germany for an early-stage energy technology role. You will own product features end-to-end, working closely with customers and the founding team to turn market data into scalable software.

The role emphasizes full-stack ownership, time-series forecasting, and optimization algorithms, with strong German language requirements and a hybrid work setup in Munich.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable web apps in an early-stage startup.
• Experience shipping full product features with customers, across full-stack or ML product engineering.
• Strong fundamentals; able to build maintainable, scalable apps including frontend for decision-support and backend data services.
• Fluent German (spoken and written) and a hands-on, product-minded approach.

Responsibilities

• Own product features from discovery through deployment.
• Translate customer needs into clear requirements.
• Build performant backend services for data-intensive apps.
• Create intuitive interfaces for energy decision-support workflows.
• Develop time-series forecasts for power consumption and renewable generation.
• Build optimization algorithms to reduce energy costs.
• Help shape the product and technical foundations.

Skills

Full-stack development

Frontend interfaces

Backend services

Time-series forecasting

Linear optimization

German language

Product ownership

Tools

PostgreSQL

React

Python

TypeScript

FastAPI

Supabase

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage energy technology team building an enterprise-grade platform for energy procurement and management. You will work closely with customers and the founding team to turn market data and energy market dynamics into practical, scalable products.

What You'll Do

• Own product features from discovery and design through development and deployment.

• Translate customer needs and product objectives into clear requirements.

• Build performant backend services for a data-intensive application.

• Create intuitive interfaces for complex energy decision-support workflows.

• Develop time-series forecasts for power consumption and renewable generation.

• Build linear optimization algorithms to help reduce energy costs.

• Help shape the product and its technical foundations.

What We're Looking For

• At least two years of software engineering experience delivering scalable web applications in an early-stage startup environment.

• Experience independently shipping full product features in collaboration with customers, with ownership across full-stack or machine-learning product engineering.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building maintainable, scalable applications, including frontend interfaces for complex decision-support systems and backend services for data-intensive products.

• Fluent spoken and written German, and a product-minded, hands-on approach suited to an early-stage team.

• Experience across frontend and backend development. PostgreSQL, React, and Python experience are relevant; TypeScript, FastAPI, and Supabase are useful.

• Experience or strong interest in time-series forecasting and/or linear optimization, with curiosity about energy markets.

• A strong career signal, such as a high-quality university education, experience at a high-growth startup, or equivalent accomplishments.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: €85,000 to €140,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid, based in Munich, Germany. The role requires working on-site most of the week, with occasional remote work.