We are on the mission to build Europe’s leading energy management platform to provide fair, clean energy to everyone. ⚡

We’re a diverse team of 40+, with 52% being female and from 14+ nationalities, and steadily growing. With having raised a total of €22.5 M, we are looking for passionate people to join us on our mission! 🚀

Energy. Just Better.

We are looking for a Tech Lead to join our team. Part of a cross-functional team, you will lead a team of developers and work closely with the Product team to help us on our mission to building Europe’s best energy management platform. Utilizing your existing leadership skills, you will develop modern APIs and automate workflows.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and dynamic team where you can first-hand contribute to the green energy transition.

You can view our full stack here.

What you'll be keeping busy with

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership to the development team, guiding them in making architecture and technology decisions that align with the company's goals.

• Software Development: Lead by example, design and implement software solutions. Write high-quality, maintainable code and conduct code reviews.

• People Management: Mentor and support the development and growth of the team whilst driving collaboration. Assign tasks, set priorities, and ensure achievement of team goals.

• Architectural Design: Collaborate and facilitate tech-stack decisions and processes to design a scalable renewable energy management platform with cutting-edge technologies.

• Project Planning: Participate in project planning, estimation, and roadmap discussions. Ensure that projects are delivered on time and within scope.

• Curious Mindset: We are agile, renewables are evolving quickly which means so are we. Explore the integration of our new product lines such as smart meters, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and more.

• Problem Solving: Technical challenges are given, identifying potential challenges and pro-actively finding suitable solutions.
  

Your profile

• Minimum 6+ years experience with Software Engineering.

• You have 2+ years experience in leadership and/or mentoring.

• You have 3+ years experience with Typescript and/or Python.

• Comfortable with AWS services.

• Experience designing APIs.

• Experience with Relational Databases.

• Working with CI/CD automation workflows (Docker, GitHub Actions).

• Experience in high code quality, unit testing, integration testing and E2E testing.

• Comfortable with greenfield projects.

• Clear communication and fluency in English.
  

Nice to have

• Experience with third-party API integrations, e.g. Enode.

• Experience working on an energy-related project.
  

Why us?

• Environmental Impact: Each customer who switches to Ostrom on average helps offset 1.5 tons of CO2 emissions per year compared to the average German energy mix.

• Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work model. You choose where you want to work with +/- 4-hour time difference to Central Europe. We also have an office in Berlin, Mitte if you want to join us in the office when it suits you.

• Relocation package: If you want to move to Germany we offer visa and relocation support.

• Trust-based Team: A truly flat hierarchy and transparent company culture, where everyone’s voice matters.

• Benefits: From monthly team events to discounted gym membership, job-ticket for public transport, e-moped or e-bike via Dance, or monthly vouchers.

• Personal development: You receive an annual growth budget, encompassed with development cycles twice a year.

About Us

As the fastest growing green and digital Certified B Corp™ energy provider in Germany, we are driving the energy transition making renewable energy more accessible and inclusive. We do this by offering variable tariffs, dynamic pricing, Smart EV Charging, smart HVAC, solar, and more!

At Ostrom you will work in a dynamic and open environment, where you have space to be yourself, take on challenges, and grow.

• Be in the know: Open and transparent communication, from our weekly town hall, quarterly company-updates, to retrospectives. Share your ideas — feedback goes both ways!

• Collaboration and connection: Success is shared and collaboration gets us there. Success is also best celebrated together! So join in on our Friday happy-hour, team and company events.

• You do you: Flexibility ensures everyone can work where is best for them. Office goer? Awesome. Working from home? Awesome. Working from Sardinia? Jealous. 

• Try it: Our mindset is we are learning together, with personalized development pathways, learning budgets, and company-wide knowledge sharing sessions. Give it a go and learn along the way.