Senior Backend Engineer in Green-Tech Startup (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Berlin

Why are we looking for you?

KUGU makes buildings CO-2-neutral and actively shapes the energy transition!

From small co-operatives to large housing companies: Demand control, system maintenance and consumption monitoring are daily challenges in property management, which is still characterised by manual processes.
The solution is digital data collection, intelligent analysis and automated solutions to increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption.

Our decarbonisation platform supports the housing industry with innovative products to achieve their emission targets cost-effectively!

In order to meet the rapidly growing interest in the market, we are looking for you as Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) from October!

Join us in shaping a green future!

Title: Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d)
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Berlin, Hybrid
Start: October

Your mission

You develop high-quality data streaming and analytical software design and architecture.
You identify, prioritise and execute software development life-cycle tasks to deliver real business impact
You take ownership of your code, ensuring it aligns with best practices and contributes to overall system excellence
You actively review and understand code produced by other team members
You collaborate with other members of the cross functional team (Backend, Frontend, Product, etc.) and vendors to improve our products

Your profile

You gained extensive experience (7+ years) in backend software development in Scale-Ups
You possess an analytical mind with problem-solving attitude, work organised and independently to provide leadership in a fast changing IoT environment
You are familiar with data governance

You have in-depth knowledge of our tech stack: 

Kotlin for Backend
AWS (including ECS, RDS, Cloudwatch and OpenSearch) for Cloud Infrastructure
Kafka for Data streaming
Rest API design principles

Your profile doesn't tick all the boxes and you're not sure if you should apply? Don't worry, for us motivation, experience and a willingness to learn are more important than a formal CV. Give us a chance to get to know you!

Why KUGU?

As a team, we want to make a difference to an entire industry through our innovation. We live sustainability, have lots of fun together and much more:

The basics:

Exciting insights into a dynamic and growing green start-up
Implementation of your ideas through flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
Promising career opportunities & flexible working models
Cold drinks in the fridge and a wide range of delicious snacks

Things our team loves:

Enjoy the end of the day with the team, drinks & table football in our community space
Book a talk, mindful session or masterclass with the OpenUp psychologists
The option for cool benefits – such as the use of our pool car, subsidies for lunch, travel tickets and pension schemes
Exciting team events with insights into the culture, history and gastronomy of Berlin
Start the day with language courses
An industrial style office in Prenzlauer Berg with very good transport connections
Find out whether your heating and utility bills are correct – our team will be happy to help!

Questions?

Our People Operations & Recruiting Manager Tom will be happy to help you! Simply contact him via Mail or LinkedIn.

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About us

We are a diverse team of international techies, designers and business wannabes. We share a passion for new technologies that do good and simplify the lives of users.

Want to learn more about KUGU?

Visit our website for more information about our products, customers and partners
On our LinkedIn page you will find news about KUGU, our team and our projects

You have not found the right position? Take the initiative - we look forward to receiving your application at jobs@kugu-home.com

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