Senior Data Engineer, trawa
Renewable energy for businesses
Posted today
Renewable energy for businesses
101-200 employees
Posted today
101-200 employees
Company mission
To shape the future of energy supply.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a closely related discipline
- Expert SQL and strong Python skills (pandas, polars, or similar)
- Experience owning and operating production data pipelines at scale
- Proven ability to lead cross-team technical projects and align stakeholders
- Strong system design instincts - you reason clearly about trade-offs and communicate decisions well
- Comfortable operating in high ambiguity: you frame problems, define options, and drive convergence
- Track record of mentoring others and raising the technical bar
Desirable
- Hands-on experience with our stack: dbt, dlt, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Metabase, AWS
- Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g. Airflow)
- Familiarity with energy markets, time-series data, or operational data platforms
- Prior experience as a technical lead or staff engineer
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own and lead the development, reliability, and continuous evolution of our data platform.
- This is a high-ownership, high-autonomy role. You'll work across production systems at scale - defining technical direction, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and driving measurable impact across data engineering, analytics infrastructure, and operational tooling
- You'll mentor others, raise engineering standards, and operate confidently in high ambiguity -framing problems, aligning teams, and driving convergence
- Own and lead the design, implementation, and operation of critical data pipelines and platform infrastructure on AWS
- Define and enforce data quality standards, observability practices, and operational controls across the platform
- Lead cross-team technical discussions and align stakeholders on data platform architecture decisions
- Drive large-scale technical initiatives end-to-end - from design through delivery - coordinating dependencies across teams
- Shape the team's technical culture through code reviews, mentorship, and documentation
- Own and evolve our analytics and BI tooling (ClickHouse, Metabase) to serve business intelligence needs
- Build and maintain data pipelines using Python (pandas, polars), dbt, and dlt
- Identify and address technical debt strategically, improving platform reliability and developer experience
- Track and communicate the value and impact of platform improvements to engineering and business stakeholders
- Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-service data and performance issues
- First 6 Weeks - Onboarding
- Rapidly build context across the full data stack: AWS, dbt, dlt, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Python services
- Begin contributing to production systems and taking ownership of critical platform components
- Engage with engineers and stakeholders across the business to understand data needs and priorities
- By Month 3 - Leading
- Own significant platform components end-to-end, driving improvements independently
- Lead your first cross-team technical initiative and align stakeholders around a clear plan
- Identify and begin executing a strategic improvement to platform reliability, observability, or scalability
- What You'll Gain;
- Ownership of a production data platform that directly powers trawa's energy trading, invoicing, and analytics
- Cross-functional influence: work closely with engineering and business stakeholders on high-impact initiatives
- The opportunity to shape technical culture and raise engineering standards across the Data Intelligence team
- Deep expertise across the modern data stack: AWS, Python (pandas, polars, FastAPI), dbt, dlt, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Metabase
- A leadership track with clear L3 expectations and meaningful room to grow
Our take
The global demand for renewable electricity is skyrocketing, reflecting the new commitments that are necessary for cutting down carbon emissions. While most companies, including smaller ones, are seeking access to renewable energy, as it stands sustainable energy is only accessible to companies with larger financial means.
Berlin-based Trawa is looking to challenge this narrative by building a digital, data-driven energy provider that helps businesses decarbonise their electricity consumption. With a particular focus on SMEs in the manufacturing and processing sectors, Trawa is enabling companies to make the switch to green electricity and join a growing circle of enterprises committed to the future of sustainability.
The startup has secured substantial funding over the years that will help accelerate its growth. While Trawa is still relatively new to the scene, it's making waves in its mission to revolutionise renewable energy and looks set for a bright future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2025
$27.7m
SERIES A
May 2024
$11.6m
SEED
Total funding: $42.1m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
David Budde
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experienced Consultant having previously worked at Confluentes, Wefox and Bain & Company.
Max Lüddemann
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously worked as a Data Scientist at BCG Gamma and Volkswagen.
Robert Quick
(Co-Founder, COO & CFO)Previously worked as an Associate and Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group as well as in Venture Development at Getir.
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