Founding Product Engineer
Clera · On site, Munich, DE
85,000 - 140,000 EUR / Year · Posted Nov 3, 2026
About the job
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage energy technology team building an enterprise-grade platform for energy procurement and management. You will work closely with customers and the founding team to turn market data and energy market dynamics into practical, scalable products.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own product features from discovery and design through development and deployment.
- Translate customer needs and product objectives into clear requirements.
- Build performant backend services for a data-intensive application.
- Create intuitive interfaces for complex energy decision-support workflows.
- Develop time-series forecasts for power consumption and renewable generation.
- Build linear optimization algorithms to help reduce energy costs.
- Help shape the product and its technical foundations.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least two years of software engineering experience delivering scalable web applications in an early-stage startup environment.
- Experience independently shipping full product features in collaboration with customers, with ownership across full-stack or machine-learning product engineering.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building maintainable, scalable applications, including frontend interfaces for complex decision-support systems and backend services for data-intensive products.
- Fluent spoken and written German, and a product-minded, hands-on approach suited to an early-stage team.
- Experience across frontend and backend development. PostgreSQL, React, and Python experience are relevant; TypeScript, FastAPI, and Supabase are useful.
- Experience or strong interest in time-series forecasting and/or linear optimization, with curiosity about energy markets.
- A strong career signal, such as a high-quality university education, experience at a high-growth startup, or equivalent accomplishments.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary range: €85,000 to €140,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
Hybrid, based in Munich, Germany. The role requires working on-site most of the week, with occasional remote work.
Similar jobs we can apply to for you
- Software Engineer
Planet · Hybrid, Berlin, DE · Software engineer · 60,900 - 76,100 EUR / Year
60,900 - 76,100 EUR / Year
Posted Nov 5, 2026
- (Senior) Software Engineer (m/f/d)
Tmh · Munich, DE · Software engineer · 20 EUR / Hour
20 EUR / Hour
Posted Nov 5, 2026
- AI Forward Deployed Engineer - Germany
Databricks · On site, Munich, DE · Software engineer · 427 EUR / Month
427 EUR / Month
Posted Nov 4, 2026
- Software Engineer (gn) Business Acceleration
wandelbots · Dresden, DE · Software engineer
Posted Nov 4, 2026