Berlin (Hybrid / On-site) | Freelance / Contract Basis | Loadwise.ai About LoadwiseData centers are becoming one of the fastest-growing electricity consumers in history, especially AI and HPC clusters. At the same time, power systems are increasingly driven by renewable generation, creating volatility in prices, carbon intensity, and grid conditions. Loadwise builds software that allows compute infrastructure to respond intelligently to these energy signals. We connect data center infrastructure directly to real-time energy markets and grid signals, enabling cost-optimal and carbon-aware operation of compute workloads and energy assets. Our goal is simple: Make sure the infrastructure powering humanity's most powerful technology runs on humanity's best and cheapest energy source. The EngagementThe incumbents (Schneider, Eaton, Vertiv and others) built excellent tools for a stable grid. That grid is gone. Data centers now operate in a world of volatile energy prices, grid flexibility demands, and AI-scale power loads. The existing tooling was not built for this. We are. We are looking for a Data Center Infrastructure Advisor to act as the facility reality check for the Loadwise platform. You have built, run, or operated data centers from the inside. You know what DCIM dashboards actually look like in production, which BMS vendors are a nightmare to integrate with, how cooling systems behave under real load, and what keeps a facility operator up at night. Your role is to ensure our platform reflects how facilities actually operate. You will help shape integrations, product decisions, and customer deployments based on real-world constraints and trade-offs. This is not a strategy consulting role. We are looking for someone with hands-on experience in live facilities. Typical engagement: approximately 3-5 days per month, with flexibility depending on integration and deployment phases. What You'll Work OnOperational Grounding & Product Direction- Review product and integration decisions from an operator perspective, identifying gaps between theory and facility practice- Define what “good” looks like for core facility integrations (cooling, power, automation)- Help prioritize features based on operational impact and deployment feasibility Integration Acceleration- Guide the engineering team through vendor-specific quirks, undocumented APIs, and real-world protocol behavior- Help design integration pathways that fit within the operational and security constraints of live facilities- Support early customer deployments and troubleshooting with hands-on facility knowledge Customer & Partner Engagement- Participate in technical customer conversations to accelerate trust with operators- Feed vendor ecosystem knowledge and operational intelligence back into product and commercial decisions Example Problems You Might Help Solve- Should UPS systems ever be cycled for demand response or energy optimization?- What telemetry is actually available from production DCIM platforms like Schneider EcoStruxure or Vertiv?- How can facility and customer SLAs be minimally adjusted to create operational flexibility and energy leverage without compromising reliability? What We're Looking ForData Center Operations- Direct experience running or scaling live data center environments- Familiarity with facility management systems in a data center environment- Experience with power distribution, UPS systems, generators, cooling, and facility redundancy architectures Customer & SLA PerspectiveUnderstanding how facility operations interact with customer-facing uptime guarantees and service commitments is essential. Relevant environments may include:- Colocation data centers- Hyperscale or cloud infrastructure- HPC research facilities- Vertically integrated compute operators Technical Breadth- Ability to read and reason about integration schematics, control sequences, and facility system architectures- Comfort participating in architecture discussions with software engineers Collaboration & Mindset- Ability to explain operational realities clearly and challenge assumptions constructively- Curiosity about how software can make data center infrastructure significantly more efficient and responsive to energy markets What We OfferFlexible EngagementThis is a freelance or fractional engagement. We are open on structure: day rate, freelance contract, or project-based arrangements depending on what works best. What matters is your operational expertise, not the exact contract structure. Our ProcessWe keep it simple. A couple of direct conversations with the founders to align on scope, expectations, and impact, and we can move quickly to agreed terms.