Kaluza

Principal Engineer

Kaluza
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom +2 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction and innovation for a major global product area comprising multiple modules.
  • Align solutions with target architecture standards and contribute to a scalable platform.
  • Shape technical vision and product roadmaps in line with business goals.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership, make high-stakes architectural decisions, and lead technical due diligence.
  • Mentor and guide engineers building autonomous, loosely coupled distributed systems.
  • Influence technical teams, executive leaders, and diverse cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Occasionally contribute to code-level design or proof-of-concept development when needed.

Requirements

  • Experience architecting modern distributed, cloud-based systems in an enterprise software environment.
  • Experience shaping technical vision, product roadmaps, and architecture decisions.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and leading delivery of autonomous, loosely coupled distributed systems.
  • Strong ability to influence diverse audiences, collaborate across product features, and engage technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Experience with complex business domains, interface design, data modelling, and ideally AWS and API design.
  • Experience delivering global B2B2C SaaS, preferably in energy or another mission-critical industry.
  • Experience enabling engineering teams to use AI and delivering AI/ML-powered solutions is advantageous.
  • Experience driving adoption of modern engineering practices such as DevOps and CI/CD is advantageous.
  • Experience leading teams through significant changes in ways of working and ramping up rapidly in new domains and technologies.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working in London, Bristol, or Edinburgh, with an expectation of at least 3 days per week in the office.
  • Pension scheme, discretionary bonus scheme, private medical insurance, virtual GP, and life assurance.
  • Climate Action app access, free mortgage advice, eye tests, retail discounts, and a 5% Flex Fund.
  • 26 days of holiday and a progressive leave policy including up to 26 weeks of full pay for a new family addition.
  • Personal learning budget and home office budget.

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About Kaluza

501-1,000 employees

Kaluza builds an energy software platform for utilities and suppliers to run billing, smart EV charging, and real-time demand response across homes, devices, markets and grids. It sells its platform and services to energy companies and OEM partners; customers include OVO, AGL and ENGIE, with collaborations with Volvo and Volkswagen. Headquartered in London and B Corp‑certified, Kaluza operates across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, including a joint venture with Mitsubishi in Japan.

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