Scale Microgrid Solutions
Sr Software Engineer
TLDR
Build innovative software solutions for managing microgrids and distributed energy resources, with a focus on high-performance back-end services and real-time operations.
Key responsibilities will include:
Front-end development: build web applications with modern, interactive UIs for operators and customers
Architect and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs (FastAPI, PostgreSQL) to support real-time microgrid operations, telemetry data pipelines, and optimization workflows at scale
Develop and enhance financial modeling features, building reliable calculation engines and data integrations that support portfolio-level analysis and investment decision-making
Design and validate mathematical optimization models (MILP/LP) using Pyomo and commercial or open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi) for generator dispatch and fleet-level maintenance scheduling, including heuristic approaches, OPH projection, and constraint-based planning
Build and extend simulation infrastructure (rolling dispatch, Monte Carlo scenario analysis) to validate optimization outputs, refine algorithmic approaches, and auto-tune model parameters against operational requirements
IoT and messaging pipelines: design and maintain scalable data ingestion, transformation, and event-driven pipelines (MQTT, AWS IoT, SQS, Sparkplug B)
System design: collaborate with product management and design to deliver robust software products that excite users and achieve business goals
Reliability & observability: implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for high availability microgrid software deployments
Collaboration: work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product to turn workflows into production-ready automation
Continuous improvement: assess and adopt new technologies to enhance performance, scalability, and maintainability
The Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred
- 5+ years of experience with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript development
- Energy experience and modeling, optimization
- Experience with complex algorithm-driven problems: convex/constraint-based optimization problems, statistical modelling including Bayesian model fitting, DSP, control systems
- Constraint modeling frameworks (Pyomo) and commercial/open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi, GLPK)
- FastAPI and microservices experience
- React for front-end development
- PostgreSQL and relational database design
- Experience with high-volume, time-series data processing
- Experience with message brokers and IoT protocols (MQTT, Sparkplug B, AWS IoT Core)
- Experience with SCADA platforms (e.g., Ignition or equivalent) and deployment and management of edge devices
- Experience with SCADA/energy protocols such as Modbus, OpenADR, DNP3, or IEEE 61850
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across teams with evolving requirements
Scale Microgrid Solutions provides advanced microgrid systems that empower businesses to face today's evolving energy challenges with resilience and adaptability. As a vertically-integrated provider, we deliver turnkey solutions that combine design, engineering, and execution expertise with microgrid-as-a-service financing, ensuring our customers receive optimized systems that maximize value and reliability from the outset.
- Founded
- Founded 2016
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Renewable Electricity
- Total raised
- $300M raised
Senior Software Engineer