Senior / Lead Backend Engineer

Fuseenergyhq — Switzerland · Posted ~3 weeks ago

Lead Remote

Skills

backend engineering software development distributed systems backend real-time systems

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior or lead backend engineer is sought for a remote role at a rapidly growing renewable energy technology venture. You will help build software supporting energy infrastructure, real-time operations, trading, and connected devices while contributing to a highly ambitious technology platform.

Highlights

Remote senior or lead backend opportunity within a fast-growing renewable energy technology environment. The role offers the chance to work on large-scale energy infrastructure, real-time systems, power trading, and connected-device technologies.

Description

Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy - fast. We're combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $210M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more. We're creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing solar, wind and hydrogen projects to real-time power trading and distributed energy installations. By selling directly to consumers, we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass on savings to customers. But we're not stopping there. We're also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices to electrify our homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries. Responsibilities In this role you will work closely within product to build the core digital infrastructure for a next-generation energy company. You will use your experience to engineer backend infrastructure that is second-to-none. You'll be working across the back-end: Constructing a real-time digital twin of our renewable generation and customer demandDeveloping messaging interfaces with our third-party providersBuilding high-volume pipelines for processing customer energy consumptionBuild the backend of a world class energy app For this role, you should be able to think on your feet and adapt to new business needs as well as take ownership of projects and drive change. Requirements Demonstrable excellence as a Software EngineerIdeally 2+ years experienceProven ability to define and build complex systemsHands-on experience shipping highly-available production systemsClear communication Bonus Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. AWS CDK)Experience in the Energy sectorExperience shipping consumer-facing products Benefits Competitive salary and an equity sign-on bonusBiannual bonus schemeFully expensed tech to match your needsPaid annual leave