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Clera

Founding Engineer

Munich
Salary
€70,000 - €100,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 14 October 2026.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 246 open in Engineering. 180 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (118 of 246), TypeScript (112 of 246), Python (103 of 246), React (92 of 246), Machine Learning (61 of 246), PostgreSQL (44 of 246), JavaScript (41 of 246)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage energy software team as a Founding Engineer, owning the full stack of a product that forecasts and optimizes energy storage assets. You will help shape the product and its technical foundations as it scales.

What You'll Do

  • Build backend services and optimization algorithms for real-time energy asset processing.
  • Develop dashboards that help operators monitor and control battery systems.
  • Design and scale cloud infrastructure for distributed energy storage systems.
  • Deploy production-ready optimizations and improve them using real-world feedback.
  • Work with cross-functional teammates to define product features and requirements.

What We're Looking For

  • Up to five years of work experience and graduation in 2023 or later.
  • Full-stack familiarity with React and TypeScript, Python, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Knowledge of mixed-integer optimization and experience deploying optimizations in production.
  • Energy industry experience and experience at an early-stage startup with fewer than 50 employees.
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or electrical engineering, with a grade better than 2.0.
  • Fluent or near-fluent German, and a semester abroad at a leading university in the US, UK, or Asia.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: €70,000 to €100,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site, five days per week in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Other openings for this role

7 open postings for this role in Munich, first posted 29 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

20 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median EUR 80,000 to EUR 140,000 a year.

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