Berlin (Hybrid / On-site) | Freelance / Contract Basis | Loadwise.ai

About Loadwise

Data centers are rapidly growing electricity consumers, especially AI/HPC. Energy systems are more volatile with renewables. Loadwise connects data center infrastructure to energy markets and grid signals to optimize cost and carbon. The engagement incumbent tools were built for a stable grid; that grid is gone. We are building for volatility, flexibility demands, and AI-scale loads.

We seek a Data Center Infrastructure Advisor as the facility reality check for the platform—hands‑on experience in live facilities required. Typical engagement: ~3–5 days/month, flexible by phase.

What You’ll Work On

Operational Grounding & Product Direction
- Review product/integration decisions from an operator perspective
- Define what “good” looks like for core integrations (cooling, power, automation)
- Help prioritize features by operational impact and feasibility
Integration Acceleration
- Guide engineering through vendor quirks, undocumented APIs, and real‑world protocol behavior
- Design integration pathways fitting operational and security constraints
- Support early customer deployments and troubleshooting
Customer & Partner Engagement
- Participate in technical customer conversations to accelerate trust
- Feed vendor ecosystem/operational insights into product and commercial decisions
Example Problems
- Should UPS systems ever be cycled for DR or optimization?
- What telemetry is available from DCIM platforms (e.g., Schneider EcoStruxure, Vertiv)?
- How to adjust SLAs to enable flexibility without compromising reliability?

What We’re Looking For

Data Center Operations
- Direct experience running/scaling live data center environments
- Familiarity with facility management systems
- Experience with power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, redundancy
Customer & SLA Perspective
- Understand how operations interact with uptime guarantees and SLAs (colo, hyperscale/cloud, HPC research, vertically integrated compute)
Technical Breadth
- Read/reason about integration schematics, control sequences, system architectures
- Comfortable in architecture discussions with software engineers
Collaboration & Mindset
- Explain operational realities clearly and challenge assumptions constructively
- Curiosity about software making DC infrastructure more efficient and responsive

What We Offer

Flexible Engagement: freelance/fractional; open to day rate, contract, or project-based.

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