Remote Lead/Staff Backend Engineer

Description:

• Join Gorilla and help shape the digital backbone of the energy transition as a Lead/Staff Backend Engineer.
• Play a pivotal role in designing and scaling the data platform that powers key decisions for energy companies worldwide.
• Contribute to delivering high-performance, data-intensive SaaS solutions that help clients maximize ROI and accelerate their path to net-zero.
• Work at the intersection of deep technical expertise and strategic thinking, influencing product architecture and engineering culture.
• As a Staff Engineer in the Platform team, be a technical leader responsible for evolving and scaling core API and data systems.
• Balance hands-on development with strategic contributions across teams.
• Lead architectural decisions across the platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance in high-load, data-heavy environments.
• Drive cross-functional technical initiatives with Product Managers, Designers, and fellow Engineers.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices through design reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
• Design and build distributed systems that handle complex workflows and large volumes of energy data efficiently and securely.
• Take ownership of critical components, ensuring they evolve with business needs while maintaining high quality and resilience.
• Influence technical direction and culture, shaping how systems are built and how the team collaborates.
• Contribute to strategic planning, helping define roadmaps and long-term technical vision in partnership with engineering and leadership.

Requirements:

• Expertise in Python, with a strong command of modern software design patterns, testing practices, and performance optimization.
• Extensive experience with relational databases and data modeling for high-throughput systems.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems design and the trade-offs involved in consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.
• Proven track record of working on data-intensive and high-load backends, ideally within SaaS environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, especially AWS, and experience with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration.
• Strong architectural intuition and ability to drive clarity in ambiguous, complex technical situations.
• Leadership experience through mentoring, leading initiatives, or shaping engineering practices across teams.
• Experience in defining and improving DevOps pipelines, observability, and platform reliability.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, able to build alignment across stakeholders.
• Proactive and pragmatic, able to balance technical excellence with delivery impact.

Benefits:

• Work remotely from Germany, providing flexibility in your work environment.
• Join a company committed to the energy transition, contributing to meaningful and impactful projects.
• Be part of a culture that values technical growth, mentorship, and collaboration among engineers.
• Engage in strategic planning and influence the technical direction of the company.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a high-performance, data-intensive environment.