AI-Driven Energy Grid Backend Engineer

CloudWatts B.V.; Zwolle; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Inspiring workplace

Great office in Zwolle

Room to shape your own work

Challenging problems

Job summary

CloudWatts B.V. in Zwolle is seeking a backend developer to help build the platform behind Zonnedimmer and our services for energy suppliers and grid operators.

You will contribute to scalable systems, APIs, and reliable software that powers energy transition. You will work with PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Docker and Kubernetes, and you’ll embrace AI as part of the toolkit while ensuring performance, monitoring, and security for a growing user network.

Qualifications

• Completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, IT or a related field.
• Experience with backend development and APIs; ability to build reliable, scalable systems.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and interest in TimescaleDB; comfortable with large time-series data.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen our development team and help build the platform behind Zonnedimmer and services for energy suppliers and grid operators.
• Develop integrations with devices (home batteries, heat pumps, EV chargers) and ensure robust, scalable control logic.
• Evolve the platform with forecasting, dispatching, and verification of flexibility; focus on reliability, monitoring and security.

Skills

Backend development

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

TimescaleDB

Monitoring

Reliability

Education

Bachelor or Master in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

TimescaleDB

Job description

CloudWatts B.V. in Zwolle is seeking a backend developer to help build the platform behind Zonnedimmer and our services for energy suppliers and grid operators.

You will contribute to scalable systems, APIs, and reliable software that powers energy transition. You will work with PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Docker and Kubernetes, and you’ll embrace AI as part of the toolkit while ensuring performance, monitoring, and security for a growing user network.