Software Engineering Manager

Job Title: Software Engineering Manager 

Location: (including hybrid): Melbourne, Australia

Salary: $180,000 - $200,000 + Superannuation

Reporting to: Director of Engineering 

Kaluza reimagines energy to bring net-zero within everyone’s reach. Our intelligent Platform enables energy utilities to unlock the full value of a radically changing energy system and propel us to a future where renewable energy is sustainable, affordable and accessible for all. 

From automating and simplifying core operations including billing to create a lower-cost, higher-engagement experience, to optimising energy usage across smart devices in the home, we turn tough challenges into win-win-win outcomes for customers, suppliers and the energy system. 

We champion a flexible, hybrid work approach and we find that teams often benefit from coming together in the office at least 2-3 days a week to foster connection and accelerate progress. 

Outside of these collaborative opportunities, we aim to be as flexible as possible to balance work with life. As a company we come together annually for our conference and end of year celebrations! 

Our goal is to build a self-sufficient and empowered team here on the ground in Australia. We’re well on our way, but until we get there we still have some reliances on our UK team. Being comfortable working flexibly for a portion of your working week to cover time zones is required.

Where in the world of Kaluza will I be working? 

You'll be joining the Kaluza Technology community. We’re a large team of both data-led and product focused Software and Production Engineers, pushing the boundaries of technology and working at an extraordinary scale. As a collective we strive for engineering greatness and by ensuring best practices across the board of the community.

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 is built with scale and technical quality in mind and is the foundation for decarbonisation efforts by Kaluza’s customers. 

Here at Kaluza we are 100% committed to providing a reliable platform for our clients. As part of that commitment, our engineering ownership model is “you build it, you own it.”  Our engineering teams have a high sense of ownership and support their critical services both in and out of normal working hours. After hours support is assigned according to a paid roster.

What will I be doing

You will lead our regional Client Engineering team to lead development of region- and client-specific solutions on the Kaluza platform and serve as a trusted advisor to our clients.  You will become an expert on the Kaluza software-as-a-service products: how they work and how to integrate with and extend them.  With our clients’ success as your top priority,  you will combine this expertise with your knowledge of the energy industry and technology ecosystem to drive high quality, high value solutions.  

Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships with client stakeholders and advise them on technical aspects of their Kaluza projects, guided by a deep understanding of their goals, technology ecosystem and the Kaluza platform
• Build and lead an engineering team who support client integration efforts and build region-specific solutions using our global platform
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to your team to ensure they can ship features quickly while developing in a sustainable way
• Create and deliver against the technical strategy for your team in partnership with other engineering leaders
• Promote engineering and delivery best practices within the team
• Work within a team of other senior leaders responsible for designing and evolving platform capabilities
• Provide solution expertise to guide development activities performed by our client, third-party partners, and other Kaluza teams
• Highlight client-requested features and emerging trends to other product / engineering teams to help shape the global platform
• Work with the Solution Architects to ensure Kaluza engineering teams have the necessary understanding of the clients’ technology ecosystem and its integration architecture
• Participate in the resolution of incidents, including providing guidance to the response team based on client-specific considerations  

About You 

Ideally you'll have/be:

• Experience in software engineering leadership and client service in an agile environment 
• A bias to action and a ‘Can do’ approach to problem solving in the face of uncertainty
• Experience of building, managing and leading multiple engineering teams
• Experience of mentoring, training and developing other engineers
• Experience in the energy retail or utility industry (not essential)
• Familiarity with supporting clients in high-level solution design decisions and throughout complex integrations and migrations
• Alignment with the Kaluza values and mission

Kaluza Values

Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business: 

Play to win, Solve the real problem, Build trust every day, Own the outcome, Go further together

From us you’ll get

Currently, from day one, you will get:

• Progressive leave policies - including leave dedicated to the moments that matter to you the most
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets
• Flexible working — 2-3 days in our CBD Melbourne (WeWork) office 
• 26 days holiday
• Novated Leasing 
• Purchase Leave

We want the best people

We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you.