Staff / Senior Staff Software Engineer, Equilibrium Energy
Digital Platform
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Connective intelligence for power
Job no longer available
Connective intelligence for power
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity grant
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the collective path to climate, energy, and societal equilibriums.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a Software Engineer, Digital Platform (Staff / Sr Staff) who can multitask, demonstrate flexibility, and deal with many different situations at a time like writing specifications and documentation for the server-side features, analyzing the technology currently being used and developing plans and processes for improvement and expansion
- Passion for clean energy and fighting climate change
- BS/Master's degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of relevant work experience
- Deep experience in software development (preferred language: Python). A commitment to writing readable, reliable, and well-tested code
- Deep experience with using automated CI/CD pipelines to test, build, package, and deploy code
- Experience working in a monorepo (preferably polyglot)
- Experience with Kubernetes or other containerized workload platforms
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (preferred language: Terraform)
- Experience with AWS cloud services
- Ability to adapt to cross-functional teams and new ways of working
- Knowledge and experience working in an agile team and/or a willingness to learn
- Strong communication skills
Desirable
- Energy industry experience
- Expert-level experience with any of Terraform / AWS / Kubernetes
- Experience managing Databricks and/or Snowflake at scale
What the job involves
- You will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining the core infrastructure used by Equilibrium’s development teams & empower critical developer workflows
- Help define, design, develop and deploy EQ's Internal Developer Platform
- Apply and advance best practices for DevOps, including Infrastructure As Code, Gitops, CI/CD Pipelines
- Participate in project planning meetings to share knowledge of system options, risk, impact, and costs vs. benefits. In addition, communicate operational requirements and development forecasts
- Perform routine maintenance to ensure the production environment runs smoothly. Develop maintenance requirements and procedures
- Implement advanced monitoring and alerting
- Share on-call responsibilities with the rest of the Platform group, and the Engineering department as a whole
- Participate in and lead blameless post mortems to build a culture of continuous improvement
Our take
Amidst the rapid growth of renewable energy across global power grids, there is an urgent demand for effective energy storage and portfolio management solutions. Equilibrium Energy is stepping onto the stage to tackle this challenge, combining energy expertise with advanced technology to navigate the complexities of increasingly dynamic and volatile power markets.
Centered on grid-scale battery deployments and broader portfolio optimization, Equilibrium partners with developers and operators to address pivotal financing and operational gaps, as seen in its landmark 100MW battery tolling agreement in Texas with Jupiter Power. This integrated approach helps energy companies and independent power producers maximize performance, efficiency, and profitability across diverse assets.
Recently the company closed a $28M funding round led while launching its flagship software platform, EQ Mission Control™. The platform unifies fragmented data and systems, allowing real-time, AI-powered portfolio optimization and decision-making. By embedding augmented intelligence throughout its workflows, EQ Mission Control™ helps customers unlock unprecedented insights, maximize returns, and manage risk across batteries, renewables, and other energy assets.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2025
$28m
LATE VC
Oct 2024
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Professional Growth: Do your best work in our relentlessly innovative, cross-functionally organized teams. Leverage your current expert skillset while growing new areas of expertise.
- Competitive Rewards: Doing good can also mean doing well. We offer competitive pay, significant ownership stakes, and ever-increasing modern benefits.
- Compassionate Culture: Innovation doesn’t have to be cutthroat. Relish working alongside the most talented and most supportive colleagues in your career.
- Transform Power: Build the revolutionary capability necessary to modernize power and transform the backbone of society.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ryan Hanley
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from the University of California with an Master's in Business Administration. Previously served as a Grid Services Director at Tesla and as the CPO at AMS. Also worked as an Energy Platform General Manager at Shell.
Ashley Smith
(CCO)Prior to joining Equilibrium Energy in 2025, Ashley spent 4 years at The AES Corporation as Chief Technology & Innovation Officer. Before that, she spent 4 years at Shell, as a Senior Principal of Shell Ventures, GM of Strategic Business Development (Renewable Power), and Director of Business Transformation (Power & Gas).
Mark Grimshaw
(CRO)Prior to joining Equilibrium Energy in 2025, Mark spent over 9 years at Korn Ferry as CCO, CRO, Executive Director of Consultancy & Partners, and as a Senior Partner. He also spent 3 years at Hewlett-Packard as VP of Business Development, Global Account Executive of Global FTSE 100 Bank and FTSE 100 Insurance Company.
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