<p>At Fuse, we're building a fully integrated energy company, from developing solar, wind, and hydrogen to power trading &amp; distributed energy installations. We sell directly to energy consumers, cutting out the middleman to reduce costs and pass on savings to customers.</p><p>But we’re not stopping there.<br>We’re also building the Energy Network: a decentralized network of smart devices where users get rewarded in Energy Dollars for electrifying their homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours, and helping balance the grid. The energy network helps the grid achieve energy stability, a crucial requirement for growth of AI data centers and energy intensive industries. </p><p>We’ve raised $90M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group, and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg,  co-founder of Solana, and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber, and more.</p><p></p><h3>Role Overview</h3><p>As the Head of Engineering (Platform) at Fuse Energy, you will lead the development of our core backend systems and platform infrastructure, forming the technical foundation that powers all our products and services. You will own the architecture and scalability of the platform, ensuring we build robust, high-performance systems that enable rapid product iteration and exceptional customer experiences.</p><p></p><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul> <li>Own the backend platform architecture, infrastructure, and foundational services</li> <li>Drive the evolution of our platform to support scale, performance, and reliability</li> <li>Build a real-time digital twin of renewable generation and customer demand</li> <li>Design and manage high-volume data pipelines for energy consumption and system telemetry</li> <li>Lead the development of integration layers and messaging interfaces with third-party services</li> <li>Establish engineering best practices for observability, CI/CD, testing, and scalability</li> <li>Partner closely with product and backend teams to support rapid development cycles</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Proven track record as a senior software engineer or tech lead, ideally with platform/backend focus</li></ul><ul> <li>5+ years experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role</li> <li>Experience building and operating production-grade systems at scale</li> <li>Strong understanding of system design, distributed computing, and cloud infrastructure</li> <li>Clear and proactive communication, with the ability to align cross-functional teams</li> <li>Hands-on approach to solving problems and making strategic decisions<br><br> </li> </ul><h3>Bonus</h3><ul> <li>Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CDK, Terraform)</li> <li>Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging queues, or stream processing</li> <li>Familiarity with building internal platforms or developer tooling</li> </ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary and a stock options sign-on bonus</li> <li>Biannual bonus scheme</li> <li>Fully expensed tech to match your needs!</li> <li>Paid annual leave</li> <li>Breakfast and dinner for office based employees</li> </ul>

<p>We are building a full stack renewable energy company to accelerate global renewable energy transition. We are based in London, New York, Texas. We've raised $78m from top tier investors like Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, and Ribbit. Energy is broken &ndash; We are here to fix it.</p>

Head of Engineering (Platform)

<p>At Fuse, we're building a fully integrated energy company, from developing solar, wind, and hydrogen to power trading &amp; distributed energy installations. We sell directly to energy consumers, cutting out the middleman to reduce costs and pass on savings to customers.</p><p>But we’re not stopping there.<br>We’re also building the Energy Network: a decentralized network of smart devices where users get rewarded in Energy Dollars for electrifying their homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours, and helping balance the grid. The energy network helps the grid achieve energy stability, a crucial requirement for growth of AI data centers and energy intensive industries.&nbsp;</p><p>We’ve raised $90M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group, and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg,&nbsp; co-founder of Solana, and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber, and more.</p><p></p><h3>Role Overview</h3><p>As the Head of Engineering (Platform) at Fuse Energy, you will lead the development of our core backend systems and platform infrastructure, forming the technical foundation that powers all our products and services. You will own the architecture and scalability of the platform, ensuring we build robust, high-performance systems that enable rapid product iteration and exceptional customer experiences.</p><p></p><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul> <li>Own the backend platform architecture, infrastructure, and foundational services</li> <li>Drive the evolution of our platform to support scale, performance, and reliability</li> <li>Build a real-time digital twin of renewable generation and customer demand</li> <li>Design and manage high-volume data pipelines for energy consumption and system telemetry</li> <li>Lead the development of integration layers and messaging interfaces with third-party services</li> <li>Establish engineering best practices for observability, CI/CD, testing, and scalability</li> <li>Partner closely with product and backend teams to support rapid development cycles</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Proven track record as a senior software engineer or tech lead, ideally with platform/backend focus</li></ul><ul> <li>5+ years experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role</li> <li>Experience building and operating production-grade systems at scale</li> <li>Strong understanding of system design, distributed computing, and cloud infrastructure</li> <li>Clear and proactive communication, with the ability to align cross-functional teams</li> <li>Hands-on approach to solving problems and making strategic decisions<br><br> </li> </ul><h3>Bonus</h3><ul> <li>Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CDK, Terraform)</li> <li>Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging queues, or stream processing</li> <li>Familiarity with building internal platforms or developer tooling</li> </ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary and a stock options sign-on bonus</li> <li>Biannual bonus scheme</li> <li>Fully expensed tech to match your needs!</li> <li>Paid annual leave</li> <li>Breakfast and dinner for office based employees</li> </ul>

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