Tech Lead (m / f / d)

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!

That's why we're 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 hands-on by spending up to 70% of your time coding
• You lead the technical decision-making 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 in-depth 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 start-up

Implementation of your ideas through flat hierarchies and short decision-making 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 .

We are an international team of techies, designers, and business wannabes. We share a common passion for new technologies with positive impacts while simplifying and improving the lives of our customers and users.We achieve positive economic, ecological, and social results for our clients through a digital transformation of their energy and building management. We solve the fundamental problems of building energy efficiency and are thus able to reduce CO2 emissions. KUGU thereby contributes to a neutral CO2 footprint.