Tech Lead mfd

Why are we looking for you

We are KUGU. We make buildings energy efficient and sustainable!
As a SaaS solution we make energy consumption transparent and visualise it on our energy data platform. This way we reduce CO2 emissions and increase resource efficiency for our customers!

We are still at the beginning of our journey to become the leading energy data platform in Europe!
Thats why were looking for a dedicated Tech Lead (m/f/d) in Berlin.

Join us and contribute to climate change!

Your mission

• You design develop and maintain complex and scalable software products working handson by spending up to 70% of your time coding
• You lead the technical decisionmaking process and guide the development team towards technical excellence through your support
• You communicate the technical vision and give technical guidance for the product to the team and the stakeholders
• You collaborate closely with the product team by actively participating in the product discovery process to identify ideas validate them and build the product roadmap
• You partner with the Product Delivery Lead to ensure successful delivery of the product roadmap removing technical blockers

Your profile

• You have 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading the development of software products
• You gained extensive experience (7 years) in software development
• You have proven track record of scaling and maintaining SaaS applications
• You are familiar with data products software development life cycle & agile methodologies
• You have excellent communication motivational and interpersonal skills
• You know how to keep communication flowing within an international team onsite and remote
• You are fluent in spoken and written English (C1)

You have indepth knowledge of our tech stack:

• Kotlin for Backend
• AWS (including ECS RDS Cloudwatch and OpenSearch) for Cloud Infrastructure
• Kafka for Data Streaming
• Rest API design principles.
• Spring Framework

Nice to have:

• React
• FrontEnd Development

Why KUGU

As a team we want to make a difference to an entire industry through our innovation. We live sustainability have lots of fun together and much more:

The basics:

• Exciting insights into a dynamic and growing green startup
• Implementation of your ideas through flat hierarchies and short decisionmaking paths
• Promising career opportunities & flexible working models
• Cold drinks in the fridge and a wide range of delicious snacks

Things our team loves:

• Enjoy the end of the day with the team drinks & table football in our community space
• Book a talk mindful session or masterclass with the OpenUp psychologists
• The option for cool benefits such as the use of our pool car subsidies for lunch travel tickets and pension schemes
• Exciting team events with insights into the culture history and gastronomy of Berlin
• Start the day with language courses
• An industrial style office in Prenzlauer Berg with very good transport connections
• Find out whether your heating and utility bills are correct our team will be happy to help!

Questions

Our People Operations & Recruiting Manager Tom will be happy to help you! Simply contact him via or .