Join a small engineering team building systems for renewable energy optimization. Work on backend systems processing real-time market data, weather forecasting, and trading logic. Ideal candidate has 10+ years of backend engineering experience and solid Golang skills.
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Sr. Golang Backend Developer - Utrecht, Netherlands
On-site, 5 days per week (office-first environment)
Balanz Energy is building software for one of the biggest challenges in the Dutch energy market.
As renewable energy production continues to grow, the grid becomes increasingly difficult to balance. Balanz Energy helps renewable energy providers and solar field operators optimize their assets in real time through forecasting, automated trading logic, and asset level optimization.
You will join a small engineering team building systems that directly influence automated trading, forecasting quality, scalability, and real time decision making.
The role
You will work on backend systems that process real time market data, weather forecasting data, asset information, and trading logic. The work combines distributed systems, event driven architecture, automation, and large scale data processing.
About Balanz Energy
Balanz Energy recently went live in the Dutch market and is growing rapidly. The company combines software engineering, forecasting, and trading logic to help renewable energy assets perform more efficiently and profitably.
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The engineering team is intentionally small and highly product focused. By the end of the year, the development team will likely consist of around five engineers.
AI assisted coding is fully embedded into the engineering workflow. The team actively uses coding agents and AI tooling to move at a speed normally associated with much larger engineering organizations.
What are we looking for
We are looking for engineers who enjoy ownership, scalable backend systems, and solving technical problems with direct market impact.
The ideal candidate likes building products, thinking pragmatically, and working closely together with both engineering and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience
- Solid experience with Golang
- Understanding of concurrency and asynchronous processing
- Experience with scalable backend systems
- Comfortable with architectural decision making
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Current stack includes:
- Golang
- Python
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- ClickHouse
- Redis
- Svelte
- NATS Jetstream
What we offer
- Market aligned salary package
- Bonus structure
- Pension contribution
- 33 vacation and ADV days
- Travel reimbursement
- Visa sponsorship support
- Relocation assistance
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The office is based in Utrecht. Relocation and visa sponsorship are possible.
Recruitment process
1. Introductory conversation
2. Technical architecture and whiteboarding discussion
3. Final culture and team fit discussion
This vacancy is managed by Talcom Recruitment on behalf of Balanz Energy.
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