Data engineer

The role You'll be the first data engineering hire at Gridual. You'll work across the full backend stack, owning real systems that control physical assets in a live market. This isn't a role for someone who wants a clear ticket queue and a comfortable lane. It's for someone who gets energy from figuring things out, moves fast without cutting corners on what matters, and wants to look back in a few years and say they built something real. What you'll work on Low-latency data pipelines feeding forecasting and real-time control systemsBackend services that integrate with energy markets and partner APIsObservability and reliability for systems where downtime has real consequencesThe architecture decisions that will shape how we scale What you'll bring Ambition and boldness: ready to tackle complex, high-impact problemsStrong software engineering skills, with Python-heavy backend experienceExperience building robust, production-ready data pipelines or backend systemsA hands-on, ownership mindset. You ship code fast, and are ready to leverage AI-based tools to do soBonus points: Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP)Experience with schedulers, or real-time dataEnergy, trading, or high-reliability domain experience Why join us? No bullshit: we're a small team acting fastCompetitive compensation package including equityBy building critical systems to control physical assets, your impact will be immediate and substantial Convinced? Drop us a message at careers@gridual.ai before August 23.