Principal Software Engineer (m/f/d)

1Komma5°; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote work Germany-wide

Offices: Hamburg, Berlin, Munich

Wellpass

Futurebens discounts

Bike leasing

Professional development

Direct CTO reporting

Zusammenfassung

1KOMMA5° is seeking a senior engineering leader to shape the technical strategy and drive the agentic transformation across our scalable platform. You will align architecture with product management, set direction, and ensure secure, maintainable systems at scale.

Lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and translate business needs into robust technical solutions, while embedding security and reliability as customer value. Fluency in English required; German a plus.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive hands-on software development experience across multiple languages.
• Proven track record architecting scalable and secure systems.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs for system integration.
• Agile and collaborative mindset with stakeholder engagement.

Aufgaben

• Shape the organisation's technical strategy and innovation efforts
• Accountable for consistent execution of technical decisions by setting clear direction and accountability
• Ensure software architecture aligns with product direction for current and future needs
• Lead architectural direction for scalable, maintainable solutions
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Tackle deep technical challenges with urgency and precision
• Mentor engineers to accelerate growth
• Build and scale a high-performance tech organisation and engineering culture
• Embed security and reliability as customer value
• Architect systems and APIs for agentic engineering with machine-readable contracts
• Drive transformation to agentic engineering with safe human accountability

Kenntnisse

Software development

Architecture

APIs

Agile

Stakeholder management

English communication

Tools

GKE

Terraform

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

TypeScript

Nest.js

GitHub Actions

Jobbeschreibung

1KOMMA5°

At 1KOMMA5°, we pursue a clear vision: Living on wind and sunlight forever for free. To make this a reality, we are building the energy system of the future with Heartbeat AI. Want to be part of it? We bring together regional craftsmanship and scalable software: We don't think of solar, batteries, heat pumps, and e-mobility as isolated components, but control them as an intelligent, integrated overall system in our virtual power plant. Directly connected to the electricity market – in real time, fully automated. This way, energy is used when it is available from renewables and particularly cost-effective. By 2030, our goal is to transition 1.5 million households to renewable energies. Over 3,000 people are working towards this every day, at more than 80 locations worldwide, from Finland to Australia.

Want to take responsibility and build solutions that truly matter?

Learn more about our Product & Tech team!

Your mission

• Shape the organisation's technical strategy and innovation efforts

• Accountable for consistent execution of technical decisions by setting clear direction and holding teams accountable for implementation

• Ensure continuously that our software architecture is shaped in close alignment with product management to support current and future product direction

• Lead architectural direction to enable the delivery of scalable, maintainable, and state-of-the-art solutions

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Tackle and resolve deep technical challenges with urgency and precision

• Mentor and challenge engineers to accelerate their professional growth

• Build and scale a high-performance tech organisation and engineering culture

• Embed security and reliability as direct customer value

• Architect our systems and APIs so AI agents operate as first-class users with machine-readable contracts and structured errors that let agents self-correct

• Drive the org's transformation to agentic engineering, reshaping how teams work so agents execute safely while humans stay accountable

Technologies you will work with include:

• AI-assisted development with Cursor and agentic coding workflows

• Cloud & Infra: Google Cloud Platform, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Run, Terraform/IaC, Vercel

• Messaging & IoT: Eclipse Hono, MQTT, Mender

• Data & BI: PostgreSQL, BigQuery, SQLMesh, Looker

• Observability: Datadog, OpenTelemetry

• Languages: TypeScript (Nest.js), Java, Go, Flutter, Ruby on Rails

• DevOps: CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)

• Linear, Notion, Figma, Miro

Your profile

• Extensive hands-on experience in software development with multiple general-purpose programming languages for a minimum of 5 years

• A proven track record of architecting scalable and secure systems, demonstrating a strong commitment to quality

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing APIs that enable seamless integration and system communication

• An agile and result-oriented mindset, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork

• Experience communicating with stakeholders in business terms and understanding the technical implications of their requirements

• Industry-leading experience driving cross-functional teams and enforcing engineering alignment in fast-paced environments, including making and following through on critical technical decisions

• Experience designing systems and APIs for agent consumption, with structured errors and clear contracts that let agents self-correct

• Capability to guide an engineering team through the shift to agentic engineering, reshaping workflows so agents execute safely while humans stay accountable for every outcome

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with proficiency in German considered a plus

Benefits

• You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen
• With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate
• Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues
• You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers
• You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups
• You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
• Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass
• Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens
• Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time
• Individualised opportunities for professional development
• Reporting directly to the CTO

About us

"At 1KOMMA5°, our vision is to accelerate CO2 neutral life for all! We created an easy one-stop-shop to buy and install solar, charging stations and heat pumps, with the purpose of liberating all European homes from the shackles of fossil fuels. With Heartbeat, we make clean energy smarter. Connecting our customers into one powerful clean energy operating system to enable flexible tariffs and to ultimately follow the rhythm of wind and sun!" - Philipp Schröder (CEO 1KOMMA5°)