Staff Engineer – Virtual Assembly Line (m/f/d)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Help shape the Virtual Assembly Line (VAL) team, which builds and scales growth and operations systems: MarTech, CRM, Payment, Fulfillment, and Installation
• ▹Own technical direction across VAL's growth and operations engineering domain, keeping architecture aligned with product direction and holding the team accountable
• ▹Set the technical bar for the teams, stepping into the hardest problems yourself
• ▹Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions that scale as installation branches digitize further
• ▹Architect systems and APIs so AI agents operate as first-class users with machine-readable contracts
• ▹Drive VAL's shift to agentic engineering
• ▹Mentor and challenge engineers within VAL to accelerate their growth
• ▹Build a high-performing engineering culture within the VAL team
• ▹Embed security and reliability as direct customer value

Requirements

• ▹Extensive hands-on experience in software development with multiple general-purpose programming languages, minimum 10 years
• ▹A proven track record of architecting scalable and secure systems with a strong commitment to quality
• ▹Extensive experience designing and implementing APIs that enable seamless integration between systems, as well as for non-human/automated consumers like AI agents
• ▹An agile and result-oriented mindset with a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork
• ▹Experience communicating with stakeholders in business terms
• ▹Experience driving technical alignment in fast-paced environments, including critical technical decisions
• ▹Track record of leading a team through a major workflow or tooling shift, with the judgment to know where automation (including AI agents) can run safely and where human sign-off stays mandatory
• ▹Proven ability to own features end-to-end

Soft skills

About the company

1KOMMA5° is building the energy system of the future with Heartbeat AI: controlling solar, batteries, heat pumps, and e-mobility as an intelligent, integrated virtual power plant, directly connected to the electricity market in real time. The goal is to transition 1.5 million households to renewable energy by 2030, with over 3,000 people at more than 80 locations worldwide.