Head of Platform (m/f/d)

Full Time
Munich, Germany
11 months ago

enmacc is Europe’s largest over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform for energy and environmental commodities. Our cutting-edge platform digitalises the energy trading landscape, addressing the long-standing challenges that traders have faced for decades.Our trading platform allows market participants to execute trades with unparalleled speed, efficiency, and confidence. We have over 500+ companies and 2000+ members actively trading electricity, gas, and pivotal environmental commodities like guarantees of origin and emissions allowances.. Our platform attracts a vibrant network of energy suppliers, trading houses, banks, industrial companies, and municipal utilities. These  members benefit from amplified market opportunities, liquidity, and in turn propel the energy transition. Since 2016, we have now a dedicated team of 80 talented individuals spread across Europe. We are driven by our enthusiasm for the energy sector and technology, thriving in a dynamic scale-up environment. If you share our zeal for working in a diverse, inclusive, and dynamic environment, we invite you to submit your application below.

Your Mission:

Join us as a Head of Platform and leave your mark in re-defining how energy traders work! You will have a real impact in shaping our engineering culture and - of course - our platform, assuming responsibility and growing within our quickly developing start-up.Your mission is to manage the cloud infrastructure, security, and long-term architectural vision of the platform. This role is responsible for creating and maintaining a robust, secure, and scalable technical foundation that supports the company's strategic objectives.

 

Your Responsibilities / What you’ll do:

  • Your primary focus is to design, implement, and manage the overall technical landscape, DevOps culture and infrastructure for enmacc.
  • Develop and maintain the long-term architectural vision for the platform, aligning it with the company's technical strategy. Drive architectural decisions that support scalability, flexibility,  and cost-efficiency. Manage the general backend, frontend and cloud technology stacks for efficient feature development.
  • Lead and inspire a dynamic team of cloud engineers and senior principals to foster professional growth and efficient collaboration and communication.
  • Collaborate with software engineers and product teams to evaluate and identify optimal solutions for future functionalities and architecture.
  • Lead efforts to establish and maintain robust security measures, including data protection, access control, and threat mitigation.
  • Lead incident management protocols to ensure swift and effective resolution of any platform-related incidents.
  • Maintain synchronisation with the Head of Development and Head of Delivery for cohesive operations and act as a liaison for the product team regarding feature development feasibility.
  • Be in charge of leading special customer projects and technical integrations. 
  • Explore innovative technologies by designing and building PoCs to assess their feasibility and potential benefits.

 

Required Experience and knowledge:

  • Degree in computer science or a similar field.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in a leadership position, such as engineering manager, head of, team lead, startup CTO or tech lead role.
  • A minimum of 5 years in active web development, with a focus on backend technologies and databases, especially in Java.
  • Hands-on expertise with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, demonstrating the ability to design, implement, and manage cloud-based systems.
  • Ability to integrate DevOps principles into the development lifecycle, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment.
  • Experience with SysOps, Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code. (CDK, Terraform or Cloud Formation) is a plus
  • Interest and passion to learn and experiment with new technologies
  • Strong desire to automate routine processes
  • The ability to work autonomously and in a result-oriented way
  • Excellent written and spoken English skills

 

OUR OFFER / WHAT YOU'LL GET
  • Being part of our supportive, persistent, curious and fun culture!
  • Small teams of highly skilled developers
  • Sign-on bonus of 
  • High autonomy and working with a modern tech stack: Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Amazon Web Services, Infrastructure As Code, Angular, Typescript, Cypress, Docker, Gitlab, IntelliJ IDEA
  • Our Rapid Prototyping Days and Level Up Days to explore new technologies and prototype your ideas
  • Joining a grown-up start-up in the SaaS/energy field
  • Entrepreneurial company culture with flat hierarchies
  • Modern office spaces in the heart of Munich
  • State of the art hardware and software
  • Diverse, international team that celebrates differences
  • Free drinks, fruit, and coffee as well as special fitness offers
  • Hybrid work set-up, allowing you to combine working in the office with working from home
  • German classes
  • Learning & Development: a Personal Development Plan along with especially allocated budget and 5 extra days off to further your personal & professional development    
  • Relocation assistance for international candidates
  • Dog-friendly office

 

Got energy? Join us!