Senior Backend Engineer (Typescript) – Heartbeat AI (m / f / d)

1Komma5° GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A clean energy company based in Berlin is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance the Heartbeat AI platform. You will focus on integrating contracts and energy partner integrations, collaborating with a cross-functional team. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in backend development, strong expertise in TypeScript/Node.js, and the ability to lead architectural initiatives while ensuring high data quality across systems. Join to drive the mission of facilitating CO2-neutral living.

Leistungen

Dynamic team environment

Short decision-making paths

Flexible job bike leasing

Discounts with Futurebens

EGYM Wellpass benefits

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years as a backend or fullstack engineer.
• 2+ years in a lead or senior engineer role.
• Experience with regulated industries (energy, fintech, etc.).
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Design and evolve the contract lifecycle.
• Own technical strategy for connecting contract services.
• Ensure data quality and implement monitoring.
• Mentor team members in software design.

Kenntnisse

Expertise in TypeScript / Node.js

System and data integration

API design and versioning

Leadership skills

Tools

NestJS

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform

GitHub Actions

Jobbeschreibung

1KOMMA5°

At1KOMMA5°, we are building Europe’s leading clean energy operating system — connecting solar, heat pumps, energy storage, and charging into one unified platform.

As Senior Backend Engineer (Typescript) – Heartbeat AI (m / f / d), you will own the technical architecture behind how we manage, automate, and connect contracts and energy partner integrations across the Heartbeat AI platform.

Your focus will be on backend systems, ensuring that customer and energy contracts are reliably integrated with our payment and CRM systems to support scalable post-booking, activation, and billing workflows.

You will work with a cross-functional team of 10 (Product Manager, Designer, Backend Engineers, Frontend, Mobile) and work closely with other product and platform teams to evolve our distributed architecture and integration landscape.

Become a part of our mission and learn more about our Product & Tech team!

Your mission

Lead Architecture : Design and evolve thecontract lifecycle, covering creation, activation, provisioning, cancellation, and optimization flows.

Drive Systems Integration : Own the technical strategy for connecting contract services withpayment,CRM, andexternal energy partner APIsusing asynchronous event-driven patterns (Pub / Sub, message queues, webhooks).

Collaborate Across Domains : Work closely with Product, Design, and Platform teams to ensure contract and partner data flows are consistent and reliable across systems.

Ensure Data Quality & Observability : Implement robust validation, monitoring, and tracing for integrations with external systems and internal services.

Mentor and Guide Engineers : Coach team members in software design, integration best practices, and clean architecture principles.

Contribute as SME : Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for theContract Managementdomain : reviewing PRs, documenting core system behavior, and ensuring technical decisions align with the broader platform vision.

Reliability : Balance architectural vision with hands-on implementation, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and production-ready solutions.

Technologies you will work with

Backend : NestJS (TypeScript), Node.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL

Architecture : Microservices, Event-driven design (Pub / Sub, queues), REST / GraphQL APIs

Integrations : CRM, Payment, Energy Partner APIs

Infrastructure : Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, CloudSQL, BigQuery), Terraform

DevOps & CI / CD : GitHub Actions, Datadog, Infrastructure as Code

Frontend (for integration context) : React, Next.js, Flutter

Your profile

5+ years as a backend or fullstack engineer, with strong expertise in TypeScript / Node.js

2+ years in a lead, staff, or senior engineer role, driving architectural initiatives

Strong experience with system and data integration, especially CRM, payment systems, or subscription / billing platforms

Deep understanding of contract-based workflows, state management, and event-driven systems

Experience with regulated industries(energy, fintech, healthcare, or similar) and understanding of compliance requirements

Experience designing and maintaining microservices at scale on cloud platforms (GCP preferred)

Strong skills in API design, versioning, and data modeling

Understanding of GDPR and data privacy regulations

Excellent communication and leadership skills — able to balance hands‑on delivery with technical strategy

Fluent in English; German is a plus

Bonus points for

Experience in the energy, IoT, or utility sector

Background with billing systems or contract automation

Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and clean architecture

• Exposure to data quality management and compliance processes

Benefits

• You are part of a dynamic team with people who prove every day that they can make things happen and move companies forward with great positive impact
• You move in flat hierarchies and have short decision‑making paths. You can learn a lot quickly and get involved at different levels
• You will be welcomed by a friendly and familiar team
• You are part of the energy transition and recognize in your daily work what purpose it serves
• You can work in one of our offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
• You 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

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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°)