Backend Software Engineer

About WeaveGrid

The future of transportation is electric. WeaveGrid’s software solves the most critical emerging electrification challenges to ensure that the impending energy transition is as clean, resilient, and sustainable as possible. We leverage modern cloud platforms in conjunction with custom-built complex system optimizations to address the most vexing challenges in grid integration while meeting the stringent regulatory, security, and reliability requirements of the utility industry.

About the Role

WeaveGrid’s electric vehicle charging SaaS products monitor and manage charging on behalf of electric utilities. We are seeking a strong backend engineer to design, implement, and deploy software that interacts with our partner device manufacturers and utilities. The impact of your code will be broad, from monitoring and understanding vehicle battery charge status, to scheduling and verifying optimal charge plans, to ingesting, aggregating, and integrating signals from various utility sources. 

In this role, we will ask you to:

  • Design and write code for robustness, testability, and maintainability & produce consistently high quality code
  • Work with our Python backend, relational database schemas, and microservice architecture & master technical aspects of your area of work
  • Conduct rollouts and instrumentation in our production cloud environment
  • Work closely with other engineers and product stakeholders to extend our product capabilities and improve the reliability, data quality, effectiveness, and scalability of our existing offerings
  • Create brand new capabilities with new partners that require new modules to be built from scratch
  • Use Docker containers, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub, Jira/Confluence, and CircleCI
  • Participate in on-call rotations, periodically serving as the frontline presence for monitoring, diagnosing, and triaging production service issues
  • Grow your engineering skills and help others on the team do the same by participating in design reviews and code reviews
  • Coordinate with multiple teams across several codebases in the engineering organization
  • Special projects and other duties as designated by your manager or assigned designee. 

About You

  • You are driven to use your skills and talents to help fix the climate crisis
  • You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or 3-5 years of relevant engineering experience
  • If working remotely, you are available to collaborate with team members during standard US West Coast working hours
  • If you’re based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will be working from our San Francisco office 3 days/week
  • You care about the craft of software and feel a sense of ownership about code
  • You enjoy solving hard technical problems and are excited to tackle the complexity of software that interacts with the real world
  • You are comfortable implementing and shipping end-to-end features on projects once the most important assumptions have been clarified
  • You have an interest in building microservices that will run in a cloud-based backend
  • You are proficient in a language like Go or Python
  • You enjoy being hands-on in the full lifecycle of software development: early design, testing, production deployment, post-launch iteration, measuring and monitoring outcomes, and quickly fixing problems that may arise
  • You thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, where priorities frequently shift to meet changing business needs

The total compensation for this opportunity includes a base salary range of $120,000 - $160,000 plus equity (stock options) and benefits. This is our target compensation range and is subject to multiple factors including role, level, experience, and location. Please note that WeaveGrid may not necessarily hire individuals at or near the top of the base salary range. As you go through our interview process, our recruiter will work with you to identify a competitive base salary within the proposed range and combine it with an equity package to get you excited about your future at WeaveGrid.

‍Important Note to Job Seekers ‍We have recently become aware of fraud and phishing attempts related to hiring at WeaveGrid. Individuals claiming to represent WeaveGrid or posing as our employees are contacting job seekers. These deceptive tactics include messages with fake job descriptions, interview invitations which lead to interviews through Skype messaging, and fraudulent letters offering positions with our company. These individuals may ask that you provide sensitive information and/or make purchases for what they claim is for the company.   Here at WeaveGrid we take fraud and phishing attempts seriously. To help you navigate our hiring process securely, please keep the following points in mind: Confirmation Email: When you apply for a position at WeaveGrid, you will always receive a confirmation email from our applicant tracking system, Greenhouse.  Email Verification: If you receive an email regarding a role at WeaveGrid, please verify the email address is legitimate. WeaveGrid will only contact you from an @WeaveGrid.com email address and will never use Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or any other non-official email account to communicate with potential candidates.  Open Roles: All roles at WeaveGrid that candidates can interview for will be posted as openings on this page.  ‍Interviews: Our candidate review process is extensive and includes multiple rounds of interviews that are via video conference or in-person before being extended a job offer. ‍No Money Requests: We will never ask you for money for any reason.  ‍Concerns and Queries: If you have additional concerns about potentially fraudulent activity, consult the “Help” section of the platform from which an individual reached out to you (e.g. LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, etc.). ‍Additional Information: If you’re unsure about the validity of an available role, please refer to our official Careers page, view the openings below, or contact [email protected]. ‍Your security and confidence in our hiring process are of utmost importance to us. We appreciate your vigilance in safeguarding your personal information.   Thank you for considering a career with us.

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