# Principal Software Engineer (f/m/d)

Focused Energy is building the future of clean energy through laser-driven inertial fusion. Backed by our $240M Series A — the largest fully secured Series A in the global fusion industry — we are scaling rapidly across multiple geographies. Based in Germany and the US, we have brought together the top scientific and engineering minds using proven technologies to unlock fusion power at commercial scale. Focused Energy is working to realize game-changing scientific innovation that promises to deliver a clean, sustainable and abundant source of power globally. Your Role Focused Energy is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to define and own the Core Software architecture that will operate and integrate our fusion power plant. Sitting within the Software Department and reporting to the Head of Software, this is a foundational technical role: you will set the direction for how controls, hardware interfaces, calibration systems, data infrastructure, and human-machine interfaces come together into one coherent system. You will design and implement critical parts of the Core Software stack, stand up reliable automated calibration workflows, and set the engineering standards the rest

- **Id**: 4225519
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/focused-principal-software-engineer-fmd>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Darmstadt, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:40:12Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T00:40:12Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4765
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Software, AI Agents, AI Consulting & Integration

## Company

- **Id**: 699762
- **Name**: Focused
- **Domain**: focused.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/focused-3>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.167
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 105
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T07:40:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 63
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T09:05:50Z

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