Backend Engineer
— Berlin, Germany80000.00 – 120000.00 USD
Berlin, GermanyFull-timeCleraNEWHOT
🇩🇪 Your real take-home in Germany
Upper band · est.Gross / yr
$120k
Before tax
Tax & SS
−$46k
~38% effective
Net / yr
$74k
≈ $6k/mo
Purchasing power vs NYC
$114k/yr NYC-equiv
35% cheaper than NYC · est. rent + living: €1,400–2,200
~38% (income tax + health + pension contributions). Estimates only — not tax advice.
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About The Role
Join a fast-moving energy tech startup building the operating system for the next generation of energy. The platform powers modular billing engines, low-level energy-market communication protocols, and a full accounting ledger — enabling dynamic electricity plans that help businesses and consumers significantly reduce energy costs.
As a Backend Engineer on the core infrastructure team, you'll design and scale the foundational systems that make all of this possible. You'll work across billing, payments, and distributed data services in a high-ownership, low-bureaucracy environment.
What You'll Do
Must-haves:
This is a fully on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be able to work from the Berlin office. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
Join a fast-moving energy tech startup building the operating system for the next generation of energy. The platform powers modular billing engines, low-level energy-market communication protocols, and a full accounting ledger — enabling dynamic electricity plans that help businesses and consumers significantly reduce energy costs.
As a Backend Engineer on the core infrastructure team, you'll design and scale the foundational systems that make all of this possible. You'll work across billing, payments, and distributed data services in a high-ownership, low-bureaucracy environment.
What You'll Do
- Solve for complexity through design — architect clean, maintainable solutions to genuinely hard infrastructure problems.
- Scale the core — build and evolve the services that power billing, energy-market integrations, and accounting at scale.
- Bias for action — move fast, ship iteratively, and take end-to-end ownership of your work.
- Raise the bar — contribute to engineering standards, code quality, and team practices.
Must-haves:
- Proficiency in backend development with TypeScript (Node.js) and a strong command of asynchronous programming patterns.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and an ORM — ideally Drizzle — for robust data access layers.
- Experience with Next.js, including API routes or server components used for backend services.
- Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and designing scalable, maintainable core services.
- C1+ English proficiency (written and verbal).
- Strong CS fundamentals — whether from a formal degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience integrating Stripe payments and related billing workflows.
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Temporal) or API frameworks (e.g. Hono).
- Background in energy, fintech, or other regulated/complex-domain infrastructure.
- Strong written and verbal communicator.
- Ownership mindset — you treat problems as yours to solve, not to hand off.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous early-stage environment.
- Languages / Frameworks: TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Hono
- Data: PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM
- Infrastructure / Tooling: Temporal, Stripe, Tailwind
- Salary: $80,000 – $120,000 USD per year (or local equivalent)
- Visa sponsorship available
- High-impact role at an early-stage company with significant ownership and upside
This is a fully on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be able to work from the Berlin office. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
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