Software Engineer, Infrastructure
About Reel
We are rethinking electricity to accelerate the transition to a carbon-free energy system.
Electricity is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions globally, yet most green power sold on the market today fails move the needle toward decarbonizing electricity production.
Reel empowers companies to move beyond climate commitments and achieve real-world carbon reductions, by bridging the gap between renewable energy producers and consumers.
Join our mission-driven, cross-disciplinary team of developers, builders, and climate experts working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
How you can contribute
As our new Software Engineer with a focus on infrastructure, you’ll help keep the systems the rest of Reel is built on reliable and secure. That’s everything from the grid-scale assets we control in real-time to the platform our customers use every day. You will work closely with Christian, our CTO, and the rest of the engineering team, freeing up the whole team to move faster by keeping our foundations solid and boring in the best possible way.
You see infrastructure as a means to an end: helping the product and the team move faster. You stay close to what the team actually needs, favour simple, proven solutions over complexity, and build foundations others can rely on.
What your role will look like
These are some (not all) of the things you will be working on:
Keep our core systems reliable: Keep our systems healthy and up-to-date - working on systems that dispatch grid-scale batteries, trade energy, and serve real-time data means that reliability is a high priority.
Connect to physical assets reliably: Build and strengthen the secure connections between our platform and physical solar, wind, and battery assets.
Drive security across the team: Strengthen our security practices across the engineering team, from least-privilege access to secure-by-default development environments, and support security audits and compliance.
Strengthen the data backbone: Keep our data infrastructure fast, reliable, and cost-effective, and help build good internal data tools for the team.
Raise the bar and help set the direction: Perform code reviews, share feedback, contribute to key technical decisions, and help shape how our tech and infrastructure evolve.
We think you will thrive in this role if
You have shipped production software and know how to get things done. You take real ownership of your work and have a bias for shipping. You don't need to know anything about energy today or have 10 years of infrastructure experience - what matters most is that you're eager to learn and ready to put in the work.
You might also recognise yourself in some of these:
You have solid experience building and maintaining backend systems in production.
You have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code.
You care deeply about reliability and security.
You default to simple, pragmatic solutions. You let what the product and team need drive your priorities, and reach for proven tools and solutions over custom tooling.
You have worked with networking, VPNs, and/or data infrastructure.
You work well independently, make decisions with confidence, and know when to bring others in.
You enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others level up.
You are curious about how AI tools can help us ship better software as a team.
We work in Elixir and Python. We're hosted on GCP, use Kubernetes, data in Postgres w. TimescaleDB and BigQuery, and observability using Loki, Prometheus, and Grafana. We strive to keep our infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform and ArgoCD. Experience in this specific stack is by no means a requirement.
Please note that we are located in Copenhagen, Denmark and this is an in-office role with flexibility for hybrid work.
Working at Reel
At Reel, we care deeply about our people. We offer a workplace that values initiative, ownership and kindness, with ample room for personal and professional growth. We believe great teams are built by welcoming people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences.
You will join a tight-knit team on an ambitious journey, where the impact of your role will be visible and recognisable on a daily basis. Every colleague - from founders to student assistants - are in this together. We cherish focus and autonomy just as much as team work and setting time aside for having fun together - at our monthly socials, bi-annual offsites and daily coffee chats in our bright and spacious office in central Copenhagen, 2 minutes from the metro.
Read more about working at Reel at our Careers page.
What we offer you
At Reel, we offer you an organisation that cares as much for its people as for the climate. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where your personal growth and well-being is imperative.
Compensation: A healthy base salary + warrant programme
Vacation: 30 days (5 weeks + 1) of paid holidays to recharge
Pension: Employer-supported pension scheme, including health insurance
Parental leave: A generous parental leave policy
Equipment: Choose your preferred IT setup (Mac, Windows, etc.) with a budget of 25,000 DKK
Office: A vibrant office-first culture in central Copenhagen with a flexible remote work policy
Lunch: A delicious lunch at the office every day - and your daily caffeine fix from our espresso machine
Socials: Monthly social events and bi-annual offsites where we have fun, unwind, and nurture our team spirit
Visa: We try to support non-EU residents by sponsoring visas whenever we can, but our ability to do so depends on the role
Interested?
We are very excited hearing from you. You can find more information about the interview processhere.
You don't feel like you fulfill all the criteria?
We know that 'perfect' candidates do not exist. The only thing you need to ensure is that the problem we are solving at Reel is one you cannot wait to get out of bed for on Monday morning.
We encourage all candidates, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc. to apply.