Senior Backend Engineer - Energy Management Platform (all genders)

gridX GmbH · Remote DE; Aachen; MunichRemotesenior

In short

▸Desarrollar y escalar sistemas backend críticos para una plataforma de gestión de energía distribuida.
▸Trabajar en sistemas distribuidos con alta disponibilidad, con enfoque en escalabilidad, fiabilidad y diseño de APIs claras.
▸Destacar por liderar soluciones técnicas complejas desde idea hasta producción, con fuerte autonomía y pensamiento sistémico.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia comprobada en construcción, escalado y operación de sistemas confiables en producción.
✓Pensamiento sistémico para identificar causas raíz y soluciones arquitectónicas, no parches.
✓Autonomía para transformar problemas ambiguos en planes accionables y entregarlos sin supervisión constante.
✓Juzgamiento técnico sólido para decisiones pragmáticas considerando trade-offs a largo plazo.
✓Responsabilidad completa desde la especificación hasta la operación en producción.
✓Diseño de APIs y documentación clara como aspectos fundamentales del desarrollo.

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How you can contribute to gridX Distributed energy resources are transforming the global grid, and our cloud platform sits right at the center of it. Every day, our Cloud EMS and core APIs power tens of thousands of connected systems, serving as the foundational infrastructure that engineering teams rely on to build the future of clean energy. If you thrive on stability, scalability, and high-stakes system design, this is your place to #makeamark . At gridX , we build with purpose and live by a clear set of values: we # get shit done , continuously push boundaries to # make a mark, #appreciate with all your heart, and welcome everyone to # come as you are. Ready to power the future of energy infrastructure? Apply now to join our team as a Senior Backend Engineer ! What you'll do Own features end-to-end: Turn requirements into impactful solutions, taking them from analysis and implementation through testing, observability, and continuous iteration. Solve problems, not just tickets: Identify technical challenges, shape pragmatic solutions, and drive them all the way from idea to production. Keep systems reliable: Investigate and resolve complex issues across distributed systems, lead incident response, and turn post-mortems into meaningful improvements. Build for scale: Continuously improve system stability, performance, and scalability as the fleet grows and complexity increases. Create clarity: Maintain well-defined API specifications and clear component documentation that make systems easier to understand, use, and evolve. Shape technical direction: Drive cross-team architectural decisions and help establish scalable, maintainable integration patterns. Help others grow: Mentor teammates through thoughtful code reviews, pairing, design discussions, and guidance that builds confidence and autonomy. Enable better decisions: Write clear design documents and RFCs that create alignment and enable effective async decision-making across teams. Nice to have Mentorship experience with a track record of helping engineers grow through code reviews, design guidance, pairing, and constructive feedback Experience with energy management systems Experience in platform/infrastructure engineering where your users are other engineering teams Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana) Protobuf and gRPC-gateway experience Why gridX Flexible & mobile working: Work remotely for up to 70 days per year from anywhere within the EU & in selected countries outside of the EU. Vacation: Enjoy 30 vacation days plus 0.5 additional days off on both December 24th and December 31st.

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