Senior Software Engineer (d/m/f)
Flexa GmbH11 months ago
Munich, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, maintain, and improve the virtual power plant system across data ingestion, processing, energy management, optimization, fleet control, accounting, and settlement.
- Implement optimization and automated trading algorithms for immediate production launches and long-term platform development.
- Work cross-functionally with data science and product teams to deliver optimization logic, trading execution, and battery control capabilities.
- Deploy and operate production systems on a major cloud platform.
- Maintain development environments and infrastructure covering service development, testing, building, integration, and monitoring.
- Mentor and coach junior colleagues, support onboarding and daily operations, and improve team workflows.
- Define engineering best practices and teach engineers and data scientists how to design maintainable and iterative solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend and algorithmic development in the cloud.
- 2–3 years of experience with Python and object-oriented design.
- 2+ years of experience onboarding, mentoring, and coaching junior colleagues.
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating production systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience working cross-functionally, especially with Product and Data Science teams.
- Evidence of pragmatic delivery, strategic and analytical thinking, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Full business proficiency in English.
- Strong AWS experience and familiarity with ECS, RDS, Lambda, SQS, and S3 are preferred.
- Energy industry experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Virtual share options for all employees.
- Annual €3,000 professional development budget for coaching, training, books, and similar activities.
- Subsidized sports facilities membership and a monthly public transportation subsidy.
- Meal allowance vouchers for working days.
- MacBook Pro or Windows laptop and an ergonomic workplace.
- Regular knowledge sessions, afterwork events, sports activities, offsites, and other team events.
- Full-time, indefinite-term employment based in Munich with in-office work.
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About Flexa GmbH
Flexa GmbH manufactures cable protection systems for industrial applications, including plastic and metal conduits, connectors, cable glands, braided sleeves, drag-chain systems, and cable entry solutions. It sells to OEMs and industrial customers in sectors such as machinery, automotive, rail, aerospace, wind power, and medical technology. Founded in 1947 and privately held, the company is headquartered in Hanau, Germany, and supplies customers worldwide.