Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience, in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a code-contributing engineer
• Experience building production systems in Python, Go, or a similar high level language
• Experience using AWS and Postgres or similar RDBMS
• Knowledge of and proven skills with Linux-based systems
• Basic knowledge of and interest in electronics and electrical systems such as Raspberry Pi or Arduino-style technologies
• A strong collaborator who understands what it means to be a force multiplier
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A genuine passion for our mission to create a cleaner, more resilient energy future
• Authorization to work in the US or Canada without sponsorship
• Desire to learn about the energy industry and complex distributed systems
• Willingness to add to our knowledge and skills with agile methodologies
• Awareness, empathy, intentionality, curiosity
• Desire to be part of an open, collaborative, and psychologically-safe engineering culture

What the job involves

• Voltus is hiring a Senior Engineer for our edge technology team. With thousands of units installed streaming data live to Voltus’s platform, our fleet of devices enable our customers to monitor their energy usage in real time, and allows Voltus to manage thousands of sites for participation in demand response programs
• This team is preparing an accelerated deployment of devices. We are looking for an experienced software engineer to help develop our cloud architecture and IoT fleet management solutions as well as improve and advance our device firmware
• A successful candidate will not only possess the required experience and technical skills, but will also demonstrate awareness, empathy, intentionality, curiosity and a desire to be part of an open, collaborative, and psychologically-safe engineering culture
• All technology aspects of Voltus’ IoT infrastructure including device software and firmware, cloud infrastructure, fleet management, and remote connectivity solution implementations
• Uptime and quality for our fleet of devices
• Device hardware and firmware development
• Remote software updates
• Cloud architecture to receive data from and manage thousands of devices
• Development and maintenance of fleet management solutions
• Engaging with customers, field support teams, and our manufacturing and assembly team to seek opportunities for improvement
• We build scalable software using Python, Postgres, Go, FastAPI, Temporal, Delta Lake, Clickhouse, Typescript, and React, running our services using Docker and the HashiCorp stack on AWS. We do not expect candidates to have a background in every tool listed here; instead, we place a high value on strong foundational programming skills and a genuine eagerness to learn and grow. Successful candidates can demonstrate significant depth in some of core technologies
• A successful candidate will be expected to work cross functionally with customers, internal stakeholders, and the development team

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Unlimited leave for full-time employees
• Parental leave
• Comprehensive benefits package to promote health, wellness, and financial security