Bees & Bears is revolutionising climate financing by making sustainable energy solutions accessible to everyone. As a leading German climate fintech, we've just secured €500 million in financing commitments, positioning us to enable 25,000+ renewable energy installations across Germany and beyond.

Founded in 2023, we're tackling the €4 trillion annual shortfall in sustainability investments by providing instant, accessible financing for solar systems, heat pumps, energy storage, and EV chargers. Our platform levels the playing field, enabling small and medium-sized installers to compete with industry giants by offering their customers financing approval in minutes rather than months.

The Opportunity

We're seeking a visionary Head of Engineering to join as a foundational technical leader during our next phase of explosive growth.This is a unique opportunity to architect and scale a platform that directly accelerates the global energy transition.

You'll take ownership of a platform that's already facilitating renewable energy financing and transform it into an enterprise-grade system ready for massive scale. This role combines the excitement of early-stage impact with the resources and backing of a well-funded company addressing one of the world's most critical challenges.

As our Head of Engineering, you'll be instrumental in:

• Create technology with purpose. With every sprint you bring meaningful improvements to people’s lives, support our climate goals, and make sustainable energy more accessible.
• Architecting for hypergrowth: Design and implement scalable systems architecture to support our expansion from thousands to hundreds of thousands of transactions
• Building a world-class engineering team: Scale from our small current lean team, establishing engineering culture, processes, and standards that attract top talent
• Enhancing our automation capabilities: Evolve our risk management and loan processing systems to handle increasing transaction volumes with sophisticated automation and AI-driven insights
• Establishing technical excellence: Implement comprehensive testing, monitoring, security, and DevOps practices that exceed the rigorous standards required in financial services
• Driving climate impact: Every system you build directly enables more renewable energy installations, contributing measurably to global CO2 reduction
• Leading technical strategy: Work directly with founders and investors to shape product direction and technical decisions that will define our competitive advantageModernizing our stack: Guide the evolution of our technology platform to leverage cutting-edge tools and frameworks that enhance developer productivity and system performance

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of scaling platforms to handle high-volume, mission-critical operations
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience, ideally scaling engineering teams in highly regulated environments (FinTech, banking, lending, compliance-heavy industries)
• Full-stack expertise with strong opinions on architecture, security, and scalability. Our current stack includes Node.js, React.js, TypeScript, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Regulatory and compliance experience - you understand what it takes to build systems that handle sensitive financial data and meet strict compliance requirements
• Hands-on leadership style - comfortable coding alongside your team while also mentoring, hiring, and setting technical direction
• Investor and stakeholder management experience - you've navigated due diligence processes and can articulate technical strategy to non-technical stakeholders
• Growth mindset - you thrive on scaling challenges and building systems that can handle exponential growth
• Climate passion (preferred) - you're motivated by the opportunity to accelerate renewable energy adoption through technology

Our Current Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Python, Django, Node.js
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Infrastructure: AWS (evolving toward Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Pulumi)Integrations: SCHUFA, CreditReform, YouSign, Taktile for risk assessment

• Competitive compensation
• Equity stake in a fast-growing climate-tech company with strong investor backing
• Flexible work arrangements with hybrid in office and work from home arrangements
• Technical autonomy - freedom to evolve our stack, choose tools, and establish engineering practices that drive excellence
• Direct climate impact - your work directly enables renewable energy installations and measurable CO2 reduction
• Founding-level influence - shape company culture, technical strategy, and product direction alongside our experienced founding team