Senior Staff Software Engineer

At Podero, we're building the future of energy consumption – combining the power of smart software with everyday devices to transform how people consume energy. Our mission is bold: 
turn homes and their devices into the most powerful tool for reducing CO₂ and electricity costs.
 We're early and moving fast. We're backed by leading investors like Planet A and Systemiq Capital and already working with major energy providers like E.On and Total Energies.

If you're excited about shaping a company from the ground up and solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology, Podero is the place to do it. 
Join us to build a company that's lean by design, technically deep, and obsessed with solving the energy transition's hardest problems.

Role Overview

As a Staff Engineer at Podero, you will own and shape the architecture of our platform - the backbone that enables us to orchestrate thousands of devices today and millions in the future. You'll design and build the systems that make Podero reliable, traceable and scalable.

You'll work end-to-end across platform primitives, backend services, APIs, and integrations with hardware and control systems. You collaborate closely with Product to understand real-world constraints and ensure the platform evolves in a way that drives user value and commercial outcomes. You'll break complex problems into small, iterative steps and ship quickly, validating impact along the way.

This is a role for someone who loves building platforms, solving hard engineering problems, and thinking one step ahead of the scaling challenges we'll face in 6–12 months.

What You Will Do

• Own multi-month engineering projects end-to-end
  , from architectural approach to deployment, operation, and iteration.
• Design and evolve Podero's platform architecture
   so it can scale to millions of connected devices with high reliability and observability.
• Build the core backbone systems
   that handle real-time orchestration, telemetry processing, scheduling, and integration logic.
• Develop and integrate external APIs
   from energy hardware, IoT devices, and control systems into a unified orchestration layer.
• Drive platform reliability
   through better tracing, monitoring, failover strategies, and performance optimizations.
• Shape product direction
   by working closely with Product to connect commercial goals, user needs, and technical feasibility.
• Break large problems into small, testable, iterative pieces
  , shipping value continuously.
• Collaborate with customers when needed
   to understand real workflows and ensure what we build matches the complexity of the energy domain.
• Uphold engineering excellence
  , conducting design reviews, code reviews, and sharing best practices across the team.
• Generalize solutions into platform capabilities
   that future engineers can build on.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
  , including 
  2–3 years operating at a Senior or Staff level
   with end-to-end ownership of major systems or projects.
• Proven experience 
  designing and operating complex, reliable, production-grade platforms
   that run at scale.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with deep experience in 
  distributed systems
  , 
  scalability
  , and 
  observability
  .
• Deep understanding of resiliency
   and hands-on experience applying 
  resilient architecture patterns
   to build highly reliable software.
• Experience building 
  external API integrations
  , ideally with 
  hardware systems
  , 
  control logic
  , or 
  IoT ecosystems
  , and an understanding of how physical devices behave in practice.
• Knowledge of continuous delivery tools and cloud-native engineering practices
  , with experience shipping and operating software in modern cloud environments.
• Comfort working with 
  high autonomy
   in fast-moving startup environments where speed, ownership, and clarity matter.
• Strong communication skills
   and the ability to work closely with Product, Engineering, and customers to shape technical decisions.
• Curiosity for the 
  energy domain
  , the transition to flexible consumption, and the challenges of orchestrating real-world devices in reliable and scalable ways.
• Familiarity with modern backend ecosystems; our stack includes 
  Python, Rust, event-driven systems, and cloud platforms (GCP).

Why Join Us

• Work on a mission that matters
   by building the foundational systems that will reshape how millions of people consume energy and reduce global CO₂ emissions.
• High ownership, high autonomy
   - no politics, no unnecessary process, just builders shipping fast.
• A rare opportunity to 
  shape the technical DNA of a company from the beginning
   and influence long-term architectural decisions.
• Report directly to the board
  , giving your work immediate visibility at the highest level and creating meaningful opportunities for long-term career growth as Podero scales.
• Join a 
  tight-knit, ambitious team
   backed by world-class investors.
• Competitive compensation
  , including stock options, flexible work arrangements, and strong professional growth opportunities.
• Work Flexibility
  : Remote or hybrid work options with the ability to work in our Vienna office.
• 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.