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Kaluza Tech Stack

Energy intelligence platform orchestrating real-time grid and device decisions

Technology, Information and Internet London 501–1,000 employees Privately Held

Kaluza operates a Python + Kafka + Databricks platform that drives millions of real-time energy decisions across grids, homes, and electric vehicles. The tech stack—heavy on streaming (Kafka), cloud compute (AWS, Databricks), and orchestration (Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Knative)—reflects a company solving hard real-time coordination problems. Active hiring skews engineering and data-heavy, with 24 engineers and 8 data roles against 3 sales headcount, signaling a product-and-platform-first culture building infrastructure for energy retailers and grid operators rather than chasing transactional deals.

Tech Stack 47 technologies

Core StackPython Databricks Kafka AWS Cloudflare Okta Kubernetes Terraform Go TypeScript JavaScript Helm GitHub Actions ArgoCD Datadog Crossplane Node.js Docker GraphQL MuleSoft Git SQL Cilium Hubble Kyverno Traefik Sealed Secrets KEDA Knative Karpenter+17 more
AdoptingClaude

What Kaluza Is Building

Challenges

  • Energy complexity
  • Optimising energy usage
  • Automating core operations including billing
  • Simplifying billing operations
  • Modernising energy retailers operations
  • Data infrastructure scaling
  • Multi-tenant dimensional model
  • Real-time decision orchestration
  • Scaling rapidly
  • Energy retailer pain points

Active Projects

  • Energy retail platform
  • High-performance scalable dimensional model for global clients
  • Agent platform frontend platform
  • Forecasting
  • Recommenders
  • Helpdesk ticket classification
  • Internal ai engineering platform
  • Vehicle to grid
  • Customer lifecycle and metering data services
  • Api product evolution for global clients

Hiring Activity

Accelerating55 roles · 25 in 30d

Department

Engineering
24
Data
8
Product
6
Ops
3
Sales
3
Support
3
Customer-Success
1
Design
1

Seniority

Mid
22
Senior
18
Manager
8
Lead
3
C-Level
1
Staff
1
VP
1

Notable leadership hires: Chief Product Officer, Technical Lead

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About Kaluza

Kaluza builds a software platform for utilities, energy retailers, and automotive companies to automate demand response, manage battery storage, coordinate electric vehicle charging, and optimize grid frequency. The product sits between millions of devices (home thermostats, EV chargers, storage systems) and energy markets, using predictive algorithms to route power in real time. Customers include utilities, energy suppliers, and OEMs across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. The company operates a joint venture in Japan with Mitsubishi Corporation.

HeadquartersLondon
Company Size501–1,000 employees
Hiring MarketsAustralia, United Kingdom, Japan, France

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Kaluza use?

Core: Python, Kafka, Databricks, AWS. Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, ArgoCD. Observability: Datadog. Security/auth: Okta, Sealed Secrets. Recently adopting Claude for AI engineering.

What is Kaluza working on?

Energy retail platform, real-time forecasting and recommenders, vehicle-to-grid coordination, a multi-tenant data model for global clients, API evolution, and internal AI engineering platform. Also building helpdesk automation and metering data services.

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