Staff Engineer - Heartbeat AI (m/f/d)

<h2>1KOMMA5°</h2> <p>At <strong>1KOMMA5°</strong>, we pursue a clear vision: <strong>Living on wind and sunlight forever for free</strong>. To make this a reality, we are building the energy system of the future with Heartbeat AI. Want to be part of it?</p> <p>We bring together regional craftsmanship and scalable software: We don't think of solar, batteries, heat pumps, and e-mobility as isolated components, but control them as an intelligent, integrated overall system in our virtual power plant. Directly connected to the electricity market – in real time, fully automated. This way, energy is used when it is available from renewables and particularly cost-effective. By 2030, our goal is to transition 1.5 million households to renewable energies. Over 3,000 people are working towards this every day, at more than 80 locations worldwide, from Finland to Australia.</p> <p><strong>Want to take responsibility and build solutions that truly matter? Apply now and help us shape the energy world of tomorrow.</strong></p> <p>Learn about our Product &#x26; Tech team!</p> <h2>Deine Position</h2> <ul> <li>Own technical direction across Heartbeat AI's engineering domain (Mobile Apps, Energy Data, IoT Platform, and beyond), keeping architecture aligned with product direction</li> <li>Accountable for consistent execution of technical decisions within your domain, setting clear direction and holding the team accountable for implementation</li> <li>Set the technical bar for the team, stepping into the hardest problems yourself rather than just directing others</li> <li>Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions</li> <li>Mentor and challenge engineers within Heartbeat AI to accelerate their growth</li> <li>Build a high-performing engineering culture within the Heartbeat AI team</li> <li>Embed security and reliability as direct customer value</li> <li>Architect our systems and APIs so AI agents operate as first-class users with machine-readable contracts and structured errors that let agents self-correct</li> <li>Drive Heartbeat AI's shift to agentic engineering, reshaping how the team works so agents execute safely while humans stay accountable</li> <li>Own the architecture of the AI systems that power the product itself, from our EMS to our energy tariff</li> </ul> <h2>Technologies you will work with include:</h2> <ul> <li>AI-assisted development with Cursor and agentic coding workflows</li> <li>Cloud &#x26; Infra: Google Cloud Platform, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Run, Terraform/IaC, Vercel</li> <li>Messaging &#x26; IoT: Eclipse Hono, MQTT, Mender</li> <li>Data &#x26; BI: PostgreSQL, BigQuery, SQLMesh, Looker</li> <li>Observability: Datadog, OpenTelemetry</li> <li>Languages: TypeScript (Nest.js, Next.js), Java, Go, Flutter</li> <li>DevOps: CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)</li> <li>Linear, Notion, Figma, Miro</li> </ul> <h2>Dein Profil</h2> <ul> <li>Extensive hands-on experience in software development with multiple general-purpose programming languages for a minimum of 5 years</li> <li>A proven track record of architecting scalable and secure systems, demonstrating a strong commitment to quality</li> <li>Extensive experience in designing and implementing APIs that enable seamless integration and system communication</li> <li>An agile and result-oriented mindset, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork</li> <li>Experience communicating with stakeholders in business terms and understanding the technical implications of their requirements</li> <li>Experience driving technical alignment within a team in fast-paced environments, including making and following through on critical technical decisions</li> <li>Experience designing systems and APIs for agent consumption, with structured errors and clear contracts that let agents self-correct</li> <li>Capability to guide an engineering team through the shift to agentic engineering, reshaping workflows so agents execute safely while humans stay accountable for every outcome</li> <li>Experience architecting AI/ML-driven or data-intensive systems (e.g. forecasting, real-time data pipelines), ideally in an energy or IoT context</li> <li>Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with proficiency in German considered a plus</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits</h2> <ul> <li>You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen</li> <li>With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate</li> <li>Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues</li> <li>You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers</li> <li>You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups</li> <li>You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich</li> <li>Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass</li> <li>Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens</li> <li>Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time</li> <li>Individualised opportunities for professional development</li> <li>Reporting directly to the CTO</li> </ul> <p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>