Senior Lead Backend Engineer

Fuse Energy is an energy startup on a mission to make energy abundant and affordable, fast. We combine first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We've raised over $200M from top-tier investors including Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, 20VC, Hummingbird and Collaborative Fund, alongside strategic angels including Nico Rosberg and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify and Uber. We're building a fully integrated energy company: developing our own solar, batteries and other generation projects, building our own hardware, improving and developing grid infrastructure, trading power in real time, using AI across the business, and installing distributed energy in homes. By selling directly to consumers we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass the savings on to our customers. We're hiring a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer to build the core digital infrastructure for a next-generation energy company. You'll work closely with product across the full back-end and engineer backend systems that are second to none. Responsibilities Construct a real-time digital twin of our renewable generation and customer demandDevelop messaging interfaces with our third-party providersBuild high-volume pipelines for processing customer energy consumptionBuild the backend of a world-class energy appTake ownership of projects, adapt to new business needs and drive change Requirements Demonstrable excellence as a software engineerIdeally 2+ years of experienceProven ability to define and build complex systemsHands-on experience shipping highly available production systemsClear communicationBonus: infrastructure as code (e.g. AWS CDK); experience in the energy sector; experience shipping consumer-facing products Benefits Competitive salary and eligibility for equityBiannual bonus schemeFully expensed tech to match your needsPrivate health insuranceBreakfast and dinner allowance for office-based employees As we hire globally, benefits vary by location.