Founding Product Engineer

Avoltra (avoltra.io); New Germany (MN); On-site; USD 101,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

avoltra is seeking a Founding Product Engineer to join the early team and shape an enterprise-grade energy procurement platform. You will own the full product lifecycle, collaborating with customers and founders to convert market data and energy dynamics into scalable solutions.

You will design and implement robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces, while exploring time-series forecasting and linear optimisation to reduce energy costs. Munich-based with some remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals for robust, scalable web apps.
• Ability to own features end-to-end from design to deployment.
• Experience collaborating with customers to translate objectives into requirements.
• Interest or experience in time-series forecasting and/or linear optimisation.
• Comfort working across backend and frontend with modern tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the full product lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Translate product objectives into requirements in collaboration with customers.
• Design iterative solutions for procurement and energy problems.
• Develop performant backend services for data-intensive apps.
• Build intuitive user interfaces for a complex decision-support system.
• Train time-series forecasting models for power consumption and renewables production.
• Develop linear optimisation algorithms to reduce customer energy costs.
• Help shape the core tech stack (PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, Python).

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Full product lifecycle ownership

Customer collaboration

Time-series forecasting

Linear optimisation

Full-stack development

Tools

PostgreSQL

TypeScript

React

Python

FastAPI

Supabase

Job description

avoltra is hiring a Founding Product Engineer to join the early team and help shape an enterprise-grade energy procurement platform. You'll take ownership of the full product lifecycle, working closely with customers and founders to turn market data and energy market dynamics into scalable, high-impact solutions.

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of the full product lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Translate product objectives into clear requirements in close collaboration with customers.
• Design simple, iterative solutions to complex procurement and energy problems.
• Develop performant backend services for a data-intensive application.
• Build intuitive, elegant user interfaces for a complex decision-support system.
• Train time-series forecasting models for power consumption and renewables production.
• Develop linear optimisation algorithms that reduce customer energy costs.
• Help choose and shape the core tech stack, including PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, and Python.

What avoltra is looking for

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building robust, maintainable, scalable web applications in a high-intensity or startup environment.
• A product mindset and the ability to deliver full product features independently with customers.
• Hands-on experience or strong interest in time-series forecasting and/or linear optimisation (preferred).
• Comfortable working across backend and frontend domains; familiarity with PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, and Python is a plus, and FastAPI or Supabase experience is welcome but not required.
• Early-stage startup experience preferred; generalist engineer or former CTO background is a plus, while corporate backgrounds are acceptable with demonstrated startup mindset/grit.
• Curiosity for energy markets and complex, data-intensive business applications.
• Willingness to work on-site in Munich the majority of the week (flexibility for occasional remote work).