Clera - Founding Product Engineer

Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Hybrid€85k - €140k/year+ Equity1mo ago

In Office Senior EMEA Founding Engineer CTO FastAPI Supabase Linear Procurement Close PostgreSQL React TypeScript Python

Requirements

• 2+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable web applications, ideally in an early-stage startup environment. • Proven ability to independently deliver full product features in direct collaboration with customers. • Strong fundamentals across backend and frontend — you're a true generalist with a product mindset. • Experience building backend services for data-intensive applications. • Experience building frontend UIs for complex, data-rich decision-support tools. • Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and wearing many hats in a fast-paced environment. • Genuine curiosity for energy markets and the intersection of software, data, and sustainability. • Hands-on experience with time-series forecasting and/or linear optimisation. • Familiarity with FastAPI, Supabase, or similar modern tooling. • FastAPI • Supabase • Background as a startup CTO, technical co-founder, or early engineer at a high-growth startup. • Corporate engineering background with a clearly demonstrated startup mindset and grit. • Interest or experience in the energy, cleantech, or industrial sectors. • Location • This is a hybrid role based in Munich, Germany. The team works together on-site the majority of the week, with flexibility for occasional remote days. Candidates must be willing and able to commute to the Munich office regularly. • hybrid role based in Munich, Germany • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. • Visa sponsorship is not available

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the product lifecycle — from design and scoping through to deployment. • Translate product objectives into concrete requirements through close collaboration with customers. • Design simple, iterative solutions to complex energy procurement problems. • Develop performant backend services for a data-intensive, real-time application. • Build intuitive, elegant user interfaces for a complex decision-support system. • Train time-series forecasting models for power consumption and renewables production. • Develop linear optimisation algorithms aimed at reducing customer energy costs. • Help define and evolve the core tech stack (currently: PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, Python; FastAPI and Supabase in use).

Benefits

• Salary: €85,000 – €140,000 per year, depending on experience and seniority. • Early-stage equity opportunity as a founding team member. • Work directly with founders and customers on problems that matter — energy cost and sustainability for industrial companies.