Staff Software Engineer (m/f/d)

In your role as a Staff Software Engineer, you will collaborate with the engineering team using agile development practices, supporting our engineers and discussing designs with the team, making sure all the key software quality characteristics are met. You will be a key individual contributor pairing and collaborating in the team, with strong hands on coding orientation. You will also provide mentorship to your team mates and aid on technical decision making.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will work directly with our engineering department and contribute to the development and success of our customers, their customers - households and businesses, and our software engineering teams. This role will allow you to grow while making a tangible impact on the global push for CO₂ neutrality.

Key Responsibilities

As part of your role at Podero, your responsibilities will include:

• Evolving the technical design of the different components of our platform
• Contributing with the team on the implementation of changes and new capabilities
• Mentor the team on the relevant techniques, methods and tools to achieve the highest standards of quality of our Software solutions

Desired Experience

You have proven experience in developing and architecting complex software products and mentoring software teams, ideally in a B2B SaaS startup context:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Development
• Having built and delivered Software solutions operating in large scale environments with high levels of complexity
• Demonstrate high expertise using the Python programming language. Experience with the Django Web Framework and the Celery framework are also desirable.
• Experience and familiarity with PostgreSQL databases
• Strong understanding of Agile Software Development practices
• Experience with the React Web Framework and TypeScript
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and Azure DevOps
• Familiarity with Software Reliability practices are a plus

We care about your ability to deliver great work and to be best-in-class in your specialization. As you will be a very senior team member, we expect you to be an expert in many of the domains mentioned above and to have a good generalist understanding of software development, engineering practices, startups and various stakeholders involved in the operation of a software company. We expect that you are eager to learn and able to find great solutions to challenging problems.

Qualifications & Preferred Skills

Recommended or desired qualifications you would need to fulfil this role:

• Professional level education in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related area
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a customer-centric approach to problem-solving. You work well across diverse teams, present ideas clearly and get buy-in.
• Pragmatic approach to delivering fit-for-purpose solutions that balance simplicity and effectiveness, avoiding needless complexity.
• Familiarity and Drive to leverage new technology (like generative AI) to streamline and improve processes.
• Passion for Climate Tech and making a measurable impact on the environment.
• Self-Motivation with a continuous drive to improve processes and learn from best practices.
• Familiarity with the Energy Sector or utilities industry is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• Mission-Driven Work: Help reduce 4.4% of global CO₂ emissions by contributing to the transition towards a more sustainable energy grid and strengthening Europes energy independence.
• Young and dynamic environment: Flat hierarchies and a fun workplace—were a young team that gets along great!
• Learning / Professional Growth: Join a fast-paced, early-stage startup with significant learning and career advancement opportunities. Access to a strong network, including investors and key stakeholders in the energy and tech industries
• Startup experience: Experience firsthand how top companies create value from 0 to 1 while outpacing their competition and creating real-world value.
• Employee stock options: Benefit from the companys growth next to a competitive salary.
• Success-based compensation: Personal and company-based commission with the opportunity to influence your salary.
• Work Flexibility: Remote or hybrid work options with the ability to work in our Vienna office. Wed love to have you on site in Vienna for the first 8-12 weeks of your employment.
• 25 Days of Annual Leave
• Off-sites and travel budget: Regular Team Events and exciting off-site experiences all across Europe. Travel budgets for customer visits, conferences, and industry events.
• Additional Perks: MacBook, plus any equipment (AirPods, etc.) you might need to get your work done as effectively as possible. Snacks, coffee, and fruit at the office.

About Us

Energy suppliers face many challenges in their B2C business, including low margins, low differentiation of their electricity offers, emerging market players, unprofitable electricity trading, and limited IT resources.

Podero is a software platform for utilities that reduces the energy cost of flexible consumer devices like heat pumps, EVs and chargers, inverters, and home batteries by over 25%. Utilities roll out Podero using our white-label web app or integrating our API into their apps. Podero steers devices based on consumers PV production, fluctuating spot electricity prices, and the grid-stabilizing balancing energy markets. Podero enables utilities to trade the aggregate device power on the energy markets, ensuring a win-win situation for both utilities and consumers.

Customers of Podero include E.ON, TotalEnergies, oekostrom, KELAG, and more.

Mission

Our vision is to accelerate towards a world of abundant clean energy How? By creating the most profitable trading software for electric devices (Distributed Energy Resources).

We are solving one of the most fundamental problems of the electricity grid caused by the rapid consumer adoption of Distributed Energy Resources like heat pumps, EVs, and batteries, and the simultaneous exponential growth of renewable power generation. Renewables like solar and wind cause spikes in production, while Distributed Energy Resources cause spikes in consumption — unfortunately, mostly at opposite times.

We balance supply and demand in electricity markets by utilizing existing consumer devices as energy storage. Each time we shift the electricity use of consumer devices to match supply and demand, our software makes profitable trades, benefiting consumers and utilities. This balances the grid, which means that more consumers can use CO2-friendly Distributed Energy Resources and more renewables can be brought online.

In short, we are giving Podero back to the people!️

Our Culture

Podero is a group of relentless operators and driven domain experts who genuinely care about what they do. We all rally around the mission of decarbonizing electricity and feel proud about building an inspiring product. We value pragmatism, sharp focus, quick iterations, failing fast, and connecting our daily tasks to our mission. We are driven by customer obsession, working closely with customers to uncover what is true in our market, gathering frequent feedback, communicating openly, and building solutions that truly meet their needs. We value bias for action over perfectionism and overplanning and look for passionate individuals who complete their work with urgency and curiosity. We value learning on the job, learning from colleagues, customers, mentors, and competitors. We ensure everyone can collaborate transparently with trust, radical candor, and conscientiousness.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.