Senior Software Engineer, Voltus

Product Platform

$160-190k

+ 10% bonus paid semi-annually and equity

React

AWS

Docker

Python

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

Distributed energy resource connection and management

Open for applications

Distributed energy resource connection and management

201-500 employees

B2BEnergySustainabilitySaaS

Open for applications

$160-190k

+ 10% bonus paid semi-annually and equity

React

AWS

Docker

Python

Datadog

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

201-500 employees

B2BEnergySustainabilitySaaS

Company mission

To be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

If you’re a holistic problem solver who likes to think about systems, we’d love to hear from you
4+ years of software engineering industry experience
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with cloud native application design and development using APIs, containers, and infrastructure-as-code
Experience with building data models and managing database migrations
Understanding of modern API design and best practices
Ability to write maintainable, modular, and well-tested code

What the job involves

The Product Platform team builds the core services and APIs that power Voltus's virtual power plants
This team is responsible for the central business logic that enables us to manage a diverse and growing portfolio of distributed energy resources (DERs) in wholesale energy markets
We approach our work from a systems engineering perspective, and emphasize high reliability, thoughtful abstractions, and root-cause solutions
Our primary stack runs on AWS and includes Go, Python, React, Hashistack, and Docker
We are heavily data driven, and use tools like Jupyter and Datadog to measure and understand our work
We value systems thinking and use techniques like Domain Driven Design to manage complexity
This is an opportunity to do complex, interesting, and impactful work with a team of empathetic human beings
Design and implement modular, composable primitives and APIs to capture core business logic for operating a growing portfolio of diverse energy resources
Understand energy industry rules, regulations, and standards to effectively design software that meets our needs
Collaborate with external partners, such as metering, battery, solar, residential, or commercial energy management systems, utilities, and ISOs
Contribute to the engineering roadmap, vision, and goals
Establish clear and specific success criteria with key stakeholders
Develop technical strategies for tackling new products, markets, and DER types
Provide mentorship and coaching to more junior team members

Our take

The push towards green energy, in combination with the sharp pivot away from traditional energy sources like natural gas, has accelerated the development and commercialisation of new electrical supply solutions. One such solution is the leveraging of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): small scale supply or demand resources that can be hooked up to the electric grid to help meet (or ease) demand.

Voltus helps broker this connection between DERs and the grid, allowing commercial owners of DERs to connect them to all the wholesale electricity markets in Canada and the US, and thereby gain and manage a potentially substantial additional income stream.

Voltus doesn’t manage as much load as competitors in the space like Enel X and CPower, but with its 2021 SPAC funding, it’s aggressively driving to capture more of what’s quickly becoming a hefty market opportunity. Behind-the-meter loads like water heaters and AC, and energy sources like microgrids and EV chargers are increasingly sought after by businesses and land owners, and Voltus is benefitting from partnerships with large businesses such as Madison Square Gardens Arena and Western Grain Marketing.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

2% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.3)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

May 2021

$31m

SERIES C

Oct 2020

$25m

SERIES B

Total funding: $66.1m

Company benefits

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

Company HQ

Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Gregg Dixon

(CEO)

Originally worked as a Principal at Oliver Wyman, then took on various VP and SVP roles at Crayola, Amerada Hess - Hess Microgen, and EnerNOC.

Matthew Plante

(President)

Spent time as VP of Sales first at EnerNOC, then at Bidgely. Subsequently served as CEO of EcoFactor.

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