Cuculus - Build the future platform for the energy transition.
Most software companies optimize websites.
We optimize the digital nervous system of modern energy grids.
At Cuculus, our platform connects millions of smart meters, devices, and grid systems used by utilities around the world. Our software helps run critical infrastructure where reliability, scalability, and security are non-negotiable.
We are now looking for someone who will constantly challenge and evolve how we build that platform.
Not a manager.
Not a slide-deck architect.
A hands-on technologist who loves improving systems.
Technology Innovation Lead (m/w/d)
Remote Germany
Full-time
Permanent employee
Shape the utilities market of the future with us!
Your Mission & Impact
As Technology Innovation Lead, you will shape the technological evolution of Cuculus.
Your job is simple in principle and hard in practice:
Find better ways to build our platform - and prove they work.
You will:
This is a company-wide role working across engineering teams.
You will also coordinate our Architecture Guild, a group of Solution Architects from across the organization who align on major technical decisions.
You influence through technical credibility and working prototypes, not hierarchy.
Your job is simple in principle and hard in practice:
Find better ways to build our platform - and prove they work.
You will:
- explore new technologies and engineering practices
- build prototypes and technical pilots
- introduce AI-assisted development and automation
- help teams adopt better architectural approaches
- reduce technical complexity and operational cost
- challenge legacy decisions when better solutions exist.
This is a company-wide role working across engineering teams.
You will also coordinate our Architecture Guild, a group of Solution Architects from across the organization who align on major technical decisions.
You influence through technical credibility and working prototypes, not hierarchy.
Your Role at a Glance
You might spend your time:
- building a prototype that proves a new architecture reduces system complexity
- experimenting with AI tools that improve engineering productivity
- reviewing a major technical decision with our Solution Architects
- helping a team rethink part of the platform architecture
- evaluating whether a new framework improves scalability or just adds hype
- demonstrating how automation can eliminate operational friction.
Your mission is to make our technology better every quarter.
Your profile
You’re probably someone who:
- has built serious software systems, not just prototypes
- understands distributed systems and platform architecture
- loves testing new technologies in practice
- is curious about AI, automation, and developer productivity
- prefers building things over writing long documents
- enjoys challenging technical assumptions.
Why us?
You won’t be optimizing click-through rates.
You will work on systems that:
And you’ll work with engineers who care deeply about building systems that last.
What you can expect from us:
A flexible work setup within Germany (or optionally Europe), with the option to spend time in our offices in Erfurt, Leipzig, or Ilmenau. Flexible working hours and an environment defined by short decision paths and close collaboration across teams. The opportunity to have a real impact by building products that shape the energy market of tomorrow.
You will work on systems that:
- manage millions of connected devices
- process large volumes of operational data
- operate in security-sensitive environments
- support utilities running real energy infrastructure.
And you’ll work with engineers who care deeply about building systems that last.
What you can expect from us:
A flexible work setup within Germany (or optionally Europe), with the option to spend time in our offices in Erfurt, Leipzig, or Ilmenau. Flexible working hours and an environment defined by short decision paths and close collaboration across teams. The opportunity to have a real impact by building products that shape the energy market of tomorrow.
Über uns
Cuculus stellt die Versorgung aller Menschen mit Strom, Wasser und Gas sicher und schützt gleichzeitig die wertvollen Ressourcen der Erde. Gemeinsam mit unserem internationalen Partnernetzwerk bieten wir modernste Software- und Technologielösungen an, um den Herausforderungen der Versorgungswirtschaft jetzt und in Zukunft zu begegnen. Unsere Arbeit ist wichtig für Privatpersonen, Städte und ganze Nationen, sie ist ernst und von elementarer Bedeutung, aber wir verfolgen unser Ziel mit viel Spaß und Leidenschaft.