Australian Energy Industry Specialist

Location: London, Edinburgh or Bristol

Kaluza’s vision is to help create a world where decarbonization is easy. Born out of the OVO Group, Kaluza is the AI platform powering the future of energy. 

From revolutionising customer billing to smart electric vehicle charging, our technologies are empowering some of the biggest energy suppliers to better serve millions of customers and unlocking the benefits of renewable energy and smart devices to help decarbonise the grid. Our products are built with differentiation in mind, giving developers endless ability to extend our core capabilities.

We are an agile scale up energy tech business, but we’re also backed by the resources of the UK’s largest independent energy supplier, OVO Energy. (The best of both worlds, one could say!). 

What will I be doing?

You’ll be responsible for providing expertise & knowledge on energy retailer interactions to our ‘Energy Engine squad’ with a focus on Energy Billing & Industry Interactions. These are our teams who work on areas like energy billing, meter readings, home moves etc. 

As part of the Energy Industry Specialist Team you’ll work closely with the product managers, design teams and engineers to provide energy industry expertise allowing teams to work faster and stretch thinking to shape the future of products being delivered.

Alongside excellent Australian energy industry knowledge the ideal candidate will have a product focused mindset and be a great collaborative worker.

In the role you will….

• Work across the large Energy Engine team to provide knowledge and insight to teams as they require throughout the product life cycle. 
• Make the complex simple; using key codes, regulation and data to effectively communicate problems and contribute towards solutions. 
• Effectively share knowledge of the energy industry in an accessible way across Engineering, Product and Design teams. 
• Harness understanding of the energy industry to work alongside agile teams to write product requirements. 
• Challenge assumptions and validate using industry insight and supporting data. 
• Effectively investigate product and user problems through to resolution. 
• Monitor changes within the retail energy industry to keep knowledge up to date and highlight future opportunities. 

Is this the job for me?

Ideally you will have/be

• Well rounded understanding of the operational responsibilities of an energy retailer.
• Experience of the Australian energy retail market.
• Subject Matter Expert in two or more of the following; tariffs (inc. Solar), consumptions, billing regulations, statements, final billing, industry journeys (B2B interactions & CATS Requests), Settlements & Readings, Metering, Jurisdictional Differences.
• Strong understanding of the AEMO procedures and Licenses & Regulatory
• codes (AER & VIC)
• Experience in creating requirements or technical documentation
• Self Starter & Flexible in Approach
• Passionate about creating great tech to solve energy retailer problems

From us you’ll get* 

• 4% of your salary to spend on flexible lifestyle benefits
• 5% matched employer contribution to your pension
• Discretionary annual bonus 
• 25 days holiday + 1 for your birthday
• Flexible working hours
• And many more... 

(*) Please note that certain benefits kick-in once you have passed probation which can be up to 6 months after your start date.

We want the best people

At Kaluza, we empower our people to have choices around where and when they work - flexible working arrangements can be discussed for all of our roles. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team for more info.

We’re keen to meet people with varied backgrounds - our view is 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. If you're excited about joining us and think you have much of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure… we'd love to hear from you.

Learn more about working in Kaluza on our careers page and LinkedIn.