Production Engineer
Kaluza
Production Engineer
Kaluza
Billing automation and grid optimization software
Location: UK - Hybrid
Level: TL2
Team: Applied Engineering
This role is based in the UK and requires existing right to work in the UK.
At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship.
Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future.
Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life.
With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.
Drive the architectural design, technical strategy, and reliability engineering of Kaluza's distributed infrastructure to support multi-region scalability and continuous uptime.
Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, optimizing system observability, automated incident response, chaos engineering, and post-incident root cause analyses.
Build, enhance, and maintain secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD automation pipelines, minimizing deployment friction across cross-functional engineering teams.
Own complex production engineering initiatives end-to-end, acting as a technical authority and key escalation point for mission-critical infrastructure incidents.
Mentor and upskill engineers across the department, cultivating a strong culture of operational excellence, modern DevOps practices, and architectural standards.
Collaborate closely with product and engineering leaders to balance rapid feature delivery with system performance, security compliance, and infrastructure cost optimization.
Ideally you'll have/be:
Strong hands-on production engineering, SRE, or DevOps experience managing high-throughput distributed systems in public cloud environments (AWS/GCP).
Demonstrated technical leadership skills with a track record of architecting scalable infrastructure, driving platform ownership, and upskilling team members.
Deep proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), and modern CI/CD tooling.
Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana) alongside strong scripting or programming skills (Python, Go, or TypeScript).
Solid understanding of distributed network design, cloud security best practices, automated failover, and disaster recovery strategies.
What will set you apart:
Prior experience in high-concurrency event-driven SaaS architectures, IoT platforms, or the green energy sector.
Track record of introducing and scaling SLI/SLO/Error Budget frameworks across multiple product teams.
Active contributions to open-source infrastructure tools or cloud-native technology projects.
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.
Pension Scheme
Discretionary Bonus Scheme
Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
Life Assurance
Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app
Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests
Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts
5% Flex Fund - to spend on the benefits you want most
26 days holiday
Flexible Bank Holidays - Giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like
Progressive Leave Policy - With no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
Personal Learning Budget - Upskill, learn and grow!
Home Office Budget
And more!
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.
Find out more about working in Kaluza on our careers page and LinkedIn. You can also find our Applicant Data Protection Policy here.
Kaluza provides an intelligent energy platform for utilities to manage the shift toward a decentralized, decarbonized grid, automating core tasks like billing and customer care. The product combines software tools with end-to-end services that automate back-office processes and enable demand-side management of flexible devices such as EV chargers and smart thermostats, coordinating energy use with renewable supply. It differentiates itself by offering an end-to-end package, including in-home hardware installation, and by partnering with major providers like AGL to support practical decarbonization. The goal is to help energy retailers and utilities transition to a sustainable, customer-focused energy system while maintaining grid stability and reducing operating costs.
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