Lead Engineer – EV Charging Infrastructure
- Role
- Backend
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to DE only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Lead Engineer with 5+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years in Golang (or Rust/C++) to build EV charging infrastructure solutions. Requires people leadership experience (30% of time) in mentoring and technical direction, with a coaching-first mindset. Experience with distributed systems, containerization, and IoT is a plus.
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Your impact at gridX
How you can contribute to gridX
#Recharge your career and help shape the future of smart charging
Do stuff that matters - become part of gridX and help digitalize the energy industry with us, making renewable energy accessible and affordable everywhere. Join the EVCI engineering team, which builds state-of-the-art energy management solutions focused on optimizing energy consumption at charging stations throughout Europe. The team is responsible for creating the EVCI product at gridX, which means working on two major components: On the gridBox, our local controller, we integrate rule-based approaches and advanced optimization techniques to offer smart charging solutions to operators of EV charging stations for our public parking, fast-charging, and logistics customers. Connected to this, we also own backend components that enable configuration, cloud EMS integrations, and interfaces for our admin dashboard. Your role split – Technology meets Leadership: In this position, you will combine deep technical hands-on engineering with team empowerment. We live a 70/30 split: You will spend 70% of your time as an individual contributor close to the technology (coding and architecture) and 30% of your time taking over leadership responsibilities to help your team grow. #Recharge your career and join Dominik, Philipp, Raffael, and the EVCI team.
This is how you and your application stand out
We're looking for a Lead Engineer / Tech Lead who loves building great software and enjoys mentoring and enabling peers. You bring a strong engineering mindset, a pragmatic approach to collaboration, and the ambition to grow into a leadership role within a fast-evolving environment.
- Software engineering background: 3+ years of production experience with Golang, or expert-level proficiency in a comparable systems language such as Rust or C++, combined with a strong willingness to work in a Go-based ecosystem.
- Production-grade track record: 5+ years of overall software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering robust software solutions into production.
- Proven People Leadership: Practical experience in people management and direct leadership of a team (approx. 30% of your time), with a track record in mentoring, team development, and technical direction.
- Coaching & empowering peers: A coaching-first mindset with a focus on advocacy, technical guidance, psychological safety, and enabling engineers to do their best work.
- Distributed systems & virtualization: Experience designing, deploying, and operating resilient distributed architectures, including containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Domain curiosity: Previous experience in the energy sector is a plus, but not a requirement. What matters most is a genuine curiosity for solving complex technical, physical, and data-driven challenges.
- Observability: Familiarity with SQL and modern analytics frameworks is a strong plus. Experience with Grafana is an advantage.
- Edge computing: Experience with (or strong interest in) IoT networks and edge computing environments.
Why gridX
- Flexible & mobile working: Work remotely for up to 70 days per year from anywhere within the EU & in selected countries outside of the EU.
- Vacation: Enjoy 30 vacation days plus 0.5 additional days off on both December 24th and December 31st.
- **Health & sports:**Receive a €30 monthly allowance for Urban Sports Club or EGYM Wellpass and benefit from company health management and mental health support offerings.
- Personal development: Access cross-functional coaching, e-learning platforms, and an annual development budget of €1,500.
- Employee discounts: Take advantage of exclusive offers through gridX Corporate Benefits.
- JobRad: Stay active, commute sustainably, and save with our bike leasing program.
- Company pension plan: Benefit from a fair monthly employer contribution to your pension plan.
- Mobility support: Receive a €30 monthly subsidy for your public transportation ticket.
- Modern workplace: Work from our offices in the hearts of Aachen or Munich with IT equipment of your choice.
- Team events & culture: Experience the gridX culture through regular team events and receive an additional €100 budget per employee for department events.
- Birthday donation: We'll donate €20 to a charity of your choice on your birthday.
- Sabbatical option: Take a break from your daily work routine to pursue personal projects, travel, or further education.
*Please note that our benefits may differ for employees working 100% remotely.
What you'll do
- Build state-of-the-art energy management solutions focused on optimizing energy consumption at charging stations throughout Europe.
- Create the EVCI product at gridX, working on two major components: the gridBox (local controller) and backend components for configuration, cloud EMS integrations, and interfaces for the admin dashboard.
- Integrate rule-based approaches and advanced optimization techniques into the gridBox for smart charging solutions.
- Spend 70% of your time as an individual contributor (coding and architecture).
- Spend 30% of your time taking over leadership responsibilities to help your team grow.
- Mentor and enable peers.
- Provide technical direction.
- Advocate for and provide technical guidance.
- Foster psychological safety and enable engineers to do their best work.
What they require
- 3+ years of production experience with Golang, or expert-level proficiency in a comparable systems language such as Rust or C++, combined with a strong willingness to work in a Go-based ecosystem.
- 5+ years of overall software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering robust software solutions into production.
- Practical experience in people management and direct leadership of a team (approx. 30% of your time), with a track record in mentoring, team development, and technical direction.
- A coaching-first mindset with a focus on advocacy, technical guidance, psychological safety, and enabling engineers to do their best work.
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating resilient distributed architectures, including containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Previous experience in the energy sector is a plus, but not a requirement. What matters most is a genuine curiosity for solving complex technical, physical, and data-driven challenges.
- Familiarity with SQL and modern analytics frameworks is a strong plus.
- Experience with Grafana is an advantage.
- Experience with (or strong interest in) IoT networks and edge computing environments.
Benefits
- Work remotely for up to 70 days per year from anywhere within the EU & in selected countries outside of the EU.
- 30 vacation days plus 0.5 additional days off on both December 24th and December 31st.
- Receive a €30 monthly allowance for Urban Sports Club or EGYM Wellpass.
- Benefit from company health management and mental health support offerings.
- Access cross-functional coaching, e-learning platforms, and an annual development budget of €1,500.
- Take advantage of exclusive offers through gridX Corporate Benefits.
- Bike leasing program (JobRad).
- Benefit from a fair monthly employer contribution to your pension plan.
- Receive a €30 monthly subsidy for your public transportation ticket.
- Work from our offices in the hearts of Aachen or Munich with IT equipment of your choice.
- Experience the gridX culture through regular team events and receive an additional €100 budget per employee for department events.
- We'll donate €20 to a charity of your choice on your birthday.
- Sabbatical option.