Head of Engineering (Remote - DE/UK/PT)

About us - Join our mission to fight climate change

Do you want to be part of one of Europe's fastest-growing climate tech startups? We are looking for a Head of Engineering with a strong growth mindset to tackle the day-to-day challenges of building and growing a business.

In this unique role, your mission is to take full leadership of the engineering department, i.e. you take ownership for driving the strategic direction of the department in close collaboration with founders, shaping processes in the engineering department and company that ensure excellence of technical execution and lead the engineers with empathy building an environment in which they can thrive

If you're excited about building an economy where every company creates an impact for a sustainable world and empowering companies to decarbonize and boost their business performance, we’d love to hear from you!

We are open to hiring fully remotely for this role but require you to be located in one of the following countries: Germany, United Kingdom or Portugal.

🎯 What you'll do:

• Lead the engineering department of 8: (7 software engineers and 1 DevOps engineer), and collaborate closely with our Data team to bring AI-driven features to life.

  • Lead by example as a hands-on engineering expert: Coach engineers, support their growth, and foster a culture of ownership, learning and excellence.

  • Foster a team culture and environment in which the engineers can thrive, continuously develop their skills and take ownership for their areas of expertise.

• Set strategic direction of the Engineering Department:

• Establish a technical roadmap aligned with company goals.

• Lead technical execution, drive innovation and set technical standards.

• Define processes across the full software engineering lifecycle that ensure high quality and productivity.

• Work closely with founders to drive development of the engineering department and ensure company processes that enable the engineering department to work efficiently and deliver high quality work.

• Lead technical execution, drive innovation and set technical standards , e.g. drive solving some of the following challenges:

• Find solutions for upscaling every part of the application to be able to process large amounts of data.

• Further develop the setup for data pipelines and data warehousing to enable near-real-time data processing and generation of insights.

• Drive the integration of AI solutions developed by our Data team.

⭐ You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Bring 5+ years of development experience with a focus on TypeScript, Java, .NET or alike and 2+ years leading engineering teams .

• Take full ownership for shaping the strategy, making strategic technical decisions, designing and implementing good processes, and driving people development.

• Are passionate about people management and experienced in leading engineers.

• Are experienced in working closely with Product and Design teams to shape roadmap and direction.

• Are proficient in Cozero’s tech stack :

  • TypeScript, AWS, React, Node.js

  • Bonus: NestJS

  • Bonus: Kafka, dagster, dbt, Snowflake, Python

• Have hands-on experience with a data heavy product , designing and implementing reliable data processing flows .

• Ideally, have a background in a SaaS company being highly familiar with tech and product processes in such an environment.

• Are fluent in English (C1 is required).

• Bonus : Bring data engineering / data architecture experience.

• Bonus: Have deep experience with system architecture, especially in an AWS setup.

💚 Why join Cozero?

• Real impact - Your work directly reduces carbon emissions at scale. Not theoretical, actual tons of CO2.

• Right timing - Series A funded (€6.5M from Kvanted and ENV), growing fast, working with enterprise customers who trust us with their decarbonization journey.

• Exceptional team - Work directly with our founders Helen, Fabian, and Tiago. Multicultural, collaborative, and actually passionate about climate action—not just talking about it.

• You'll grow fast - Flat hierarchy. Your ideas ship. Direct impact on product and strategy.

📍 Where You'll Work

This role can be fully remote within Germany, Portugal or the UK.

(Only 2–4 weeks per year are required in Berlin for onsite collaboration.)

🌱 Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range

€80.000 – €145.000 per year (depending on experience and location).

We publish our salary bands publicly so everyone, including our team, can see we're being fair and transparent. During interviews, we'll talk through where you'd land in this range based on your experience.

Benefits

• 27 vacation days + 1 day life event leave (Wedding, Birth of child etc.)

• 500 EUR annual learning and development budget

• 500 EUR one-time home office setup

• 100 EUR monthly coworking budget (for those outside Berlin headquarters)

• VSOP (Virtual Stock Options) - share in Cozero's success

• Regular team events every year

We're committed to building diverse teams and creating an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, age, or sexual identity. Our recruitment process is fair, objective, and based solely on the skills and qualifications required for this role.