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trawa is a fast-growing B2B energy platform based in Berlin that helps European industrial companies reduce electricity costs by up to 30% through integrated procurement, energy management, and flexibility steering. The company has raised over €35M (including a €24M Series A in May 2025) and operates across Germany and Austria with ~100 FTE, ~30 in Product & Tech.
You will lead two interconnected engineering teams—Platform and IT & Compliance—reporting to the Director of Engineering. These teams form the technical foundation for trawa's mission-critical services, from cloud infrastructure to security and compliance.
Key responsibilities include:
• Building and evolving scalable, secure AWS infrastructure powering mission-critical services with high availability
• Enhancing developer experience through CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and internal platforms that accelerate shipping
• Owning IT operations and security, including tools, processes, and policies that protect trawa's systems and data
• End-to-end ownership of compliance and audit processes, managing ISO 27001, GDPR, and NIS 2 implementations, coordinating with stakeholders, and leading external audits
Your first 90 days will focus on establishing relationships with direct reports and peers, understanding current OKRs and tech stack, then defining strategic roadmaps for platform developer experience, IT operations growth, and compliance programs.
Tech stack: AWS, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, Python, TypeScript, Dash0, Sentry, Incident.io, Primo, Vanta.
Culture is office-first with flexibility; the Tech team spends a minimum of 3 days per week in the Berlin office.
Requirements:
• At least 3 years of technical leadership experience with people management responsibilities, ideally in a fast-moving startup
• Hands-on background in SRE, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or IT/Security Engineering
• Deep experience in cloud engineering on AWS, including infrastructure as code, cloud-native patterns, and containerized systems; experience building or leading large-scale distributed services with strong grasp of security, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency
• Practical experience with compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2; experience leading or playing a significant role in audit or certification processes
• Clear communicator who builds trust and fosters collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Inclusive leader who creates an environment where engineers of diverse backgrounds thrive
Note: The company encourages applications even if you don't meet every requirement.
