Software Engineering Manager, Kaluza
+ Bonus Scheme
1+ day a week in office
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
Open for applications
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Bonus Scheme
1+ day a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate a sustainable, affordable, and resilient energy transition.
Role
Who you are
- Have experience in an Engineering Management or related role working with high performing cross functional teams
- Are passionate about nurturing engineering talent, encouraging personal development, and also ensuring everyone is aligned with product delivery objectives
- Use your influence and stakeholder management skills to have wide-reaching impact
- Have a passion for technical excellence, you’ll find a strong culture of automated testing, frequent deployments to production, and have good experience in using agile practices
- Are comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where fast iteration and experimentation are the norm
- Are a patient and tenacious problem solver who is willing to roll up their sleeves to learn and understand a domain or technology despite limited knowledge or experience in it
- You have a bias to action and a ‘Can do’ approach to problem solving in the face of uncertainty
- Are passionate about decarbonisation and are highly driven to achieve your professional & personal goals
- Knowledge of cloud native development especially AWS related technologies including building technology at scale
What the job involves
- You’ll be working on the Kaluza’s Energy Retail platform.
- This is a SaaS technology platform that aims to revolutionise the operating platforms for energy retailers globally.
- This platform has been built with scale and technical quality in mind and is the foundation for decarbonisation efforts by Kaluza’s customers
- You will look after up to 2 teams of engineers, up to 10 direct reports. Engineering Managers contribute to both the technical and product vision of their teams, making sure that their products are successful
- You’ll nurture the engineering talent in your teams, encouraging personal development, managing performance and ensuring everyone is aligned with product delivery objectives
- You’re unlikely to be particularly hands-on with the code, but will have enough technical experience to be able to contribute to and guide technical discussions, bringing the big picture context
- You’ll work closely with the product managers of your teams to provide guidance to your teams to ensure the products they’re building are appropriately observable, reliable and scalable
- You’ll work closely with engineers in your team and staff engineers to contribute to and drive the technical roadmap for your area
- You’ll be a champion of operational excellence in your area and help your team be the best they can be
- You’ll find the right channels to remove impediments and unblock your team to help them meet their product delivery objectives
- You’ll work with your colleagues as part of the engineering leadership team to continuously improve our company
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The energy landscape is one of the most dynamic and fast-evolving sectors in the world. More and more energy retailers are looking to move further toward digitisation and reap the benefits of modern technology in an increasingly connected world. But many are struggling with the transition, held back by legacy operating systems which slow them down, drain resources, and hamper innovation.
This is where Kaluza comes in. An ecosystem of platforms whose services range from energy billing to smart electric vehicle charging, Its real-time cloud platforms transform supplier operations, reducing the cost to serve and boosting customer engagement. Essentially, its platform is aimed at helping businesses streamline their operations, saving them time, effort, and money which can be better invested elsewhere.
Kaluza is riding the momentum of a growing desire for sustainable business and services. Its program relating to electric car charging, for example, will be able to capitalise on huge new demand in that sector - over 100,000 electric cars are already on the roads in the UK, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has predicted that electric cars will account for over 50% of new global car sales by 2040. As the globe moves further towards sustainable use of energy in the coming years, Kaluza could be very well positioned to capitalise.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2024
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- On top of a great pension scheme, you can spend an extra flex pot across a range of benefits that are most important to you - from charity donations, to tech loans, to taking it as cash - there's a wide range of options! There's also our annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Private Medical Insurance and Life Assurance
- 26 days holiday, including a day off for your birthday you can take at any point
- Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like
- Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
- A dedicated personal learning budget
- Flexible working — we trust you to work in a way that suits your lifestyle
- And more..
Company values
- We're on a mission
- We build together
- We're inclusive
- We get it done
- We communicate with purpose
Company HQ
Kensington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Melissa Gander
(CEO)Initially joined Kaluza as COO before becoming CEO in 2024. Previously worked at Ovo Energy in a number of roles, including Managing Director of Smart Metering and Group COO. Prior to that, they worked at INEXUS as a Process and Performance Analyst and a Customer Manager.
People progressing
Joined as Senior Technical Product Manager in 2017, promoted after 2 years, 3 months to Head of Product, promoted again in 2024 to their current position as Director of Product.
Joined Kaluza in 2020 as a Software Engineer, and in less than 2 years was promoted to Software Engineering Manager and again promoted in 2023 to Senior Software Engineer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Kaluza
- We are developing an dedicated Early Talent programme with a focus on underrepresented groups, offering different training opportunities within the business
- Our applicant tracking system, Greenhouse, also anonymously tracks the diversity of each candidate pipeline, so we can proactively take action when a pipeline needs to be more diverse
- We invest in tools, like Textio, and focused diversity job boards to help us reduce bias in our job postings and recruitment activity
- Commitment in improving diversity across our Tech Teams and working with companies to improve the tech ecosystem as a whole, specifically have committed to 25% Women in Tech by 2025
- We've signed up to numerous charters, like the Tech Talent Charter, Race at Work Charter and Trans in the City, to show our continuing commitment to improving I&D within Kaluza and the wider community
- Within Kaluza we have belonging communities set up, to offer support and forums for everybody
- We run monthly Inclusive Hiring Skills & Bias training that are open to all Kaluza employees
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