Senior Software Engineer – German Market Entry
Octopus Energy
CloudJavaScriptNode.jsNoSQLReactSQLTypeScript
Contract Product Engineer – German Market Entry
Octopus Energy
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Munich • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudJavaScriptNode.jsNoSQLReactSQLTypeScript
About the role
- Developing modern, responsive, and reusable frontends with React and TypeScript.
- Building fast, secure, and scalable backend services and APIs using Node.js, integrating with SQL and noSQL databases and 3rd party APIs.
- Deploying and maintaining your own systems on cloud hosting providers.
- Engaging in rapid prototyping, unit testing, and agile development cycles, using GenAI tooling where appropriate to accelerate delivery.
- Working in a paired environment as the senior engineer, while adhering to technical guidelines provided remotely by our UK team.
Requirements
- Native/C2 German and Professional English fluency.
- Strong experience with Typescript, React, Node.js, SQL/noSQL.
- Proven delivery of modern, responsive, and reusable frontends; fast, secure, scalable backends and APIs; and integrating with 3rd party services.
- Experience with deploying and maintaining own systems on cloud hosting providers
- Strong understanding of modern development workflows, including Git, CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Experience with rapid prototyping, unit testing, and agile development cycles, using GenAI or low-code tooling where appropriate.
Benefits
- Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy Group, won the Sunday Times best company to work for in 2024.
- Named 6th out of the top 100 start-ups to work for by Tempo in 2025.
- Voted 50 best places to work in 2022 by Glassdoor.
- Flexibility around salary based on experience.
- Unique culture that empowers people with autonomy.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsSQLnoSQLAPIscloud hostingunit testingagile developmentGenAI
Soft skills
problem-solvingattention to detailindependenceproactivity
