Software Engineer, Uplight
Data Platform
$105-130k
+ Bonus
Clean energy solutions for a decarbonized grid
Be an early applicant
Clean energy solutions for a decarbonized grid
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$105-130k
+ Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To fuel the transition to clean energy in order to build a more sustainable future.
Role
Who you are
- 2 to 5 years of software engineering experience using at least one of the major cloud providers, ideally in infrastructure or data platform roles
- Experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tools for managing cloud resources
- Experience with Databricks or a similar data platform
- Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of SQL
- Some familiarity with data engineering concepts like ETL pipelines, data modeling, or workflow orchestration
- Familiarity with, or genuine openness to, working with AI coding agents and assistants; you don't need to be an expert, but you should be curious about using agentic AI thoughtfully and responsibly
- Comfortable asking questions, working through unclear requirements, and learning from the engineers around you
- If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles
Desirable
- Familiarity with Databricks account-level administration & Unity Catalog
- Experience with multi-cloud (AWS, GCP)
- Knowledge of data governance, access control, and compliance practices
- Additional data engineering experience with Spark, Delta Lake, or similar frameworks
- Experience tuning big data workloads for performance and cost efficiency
- Contributed to machine learning productization and/or have used MLOps frameworks
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Software Engineer – Data Platform to join our Data Platform team and help scale the infrastructure behind Uplight's data ecosystem
- You'll join a remote-first data platform team working on the infrastructure-as-code, enablement tooling, and platform administration that ensure teams across the company can use our Databricks platform effectively
- Instead of building product pipelines, you'll contribute to the platform layer that everyone else builds upon, helping keep it reliable, secure, well governed, and easy to use
- If you like working at the overlap of cloud infrastructure and data platforms, and you want your work to support clean energy, this is a great fit
- Build and maintain Databricks infrastructure across AWS and GCP using Terraform
- Contribute to Unity Catalog administration including metastores, workspaces, catalog and schema infrastructure, and the grants and access patterns that keep data secure without slowing teams down
- Help build deployment accelerators, templates, and self-service tooling (including Databricks Asset Bundles) so other teams can onboard and ship on their own
- Support engineers across the company as they use the platform, troubleshooting issues and turning repeat questions into documentation and tooling
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI, including OIDC authentication and service principal deployment patterns
- Maintain and iterate on our existing MLOps infrastructure
- Help bring agentic AI into the team's day-to-day workflows, using AI coding agents and assistants across development, code review, testing, and operational runbooks
Application process
- Application deadline: October 30, 2026
Our take
Uplight provides end-to-end technology solutions that aim to increase efficiency within energy ecosystems. The company's tech solutions consist of energy personalization systems to motivate customers to use energy more efficiently, in addition to energy reports, marketplaces, and other API microservices. They're currently working with more than 80 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities.
Uplight’s software gives these utility companies granular data about how customers consume energy in their homes and businesses and offers ways to reduce their base power demand. They also offer a consumer marketplace for finding rebates and deals on energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles.
The company has grown rapidly, reaching Unicorn status in 2021, despite only being founded two years previously. Uplight has since entered its next phase of growth, and is focused on significantly scaling its software solutions to further expand globally.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Medical: We offer robust medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family. Coverage begins on the first day of the month following your start date.
- Flexible PTO & Holidays: Recharge with our flexible paid time off policy and a heap of company holidays. Take the time you need when you’re under the weather.
- 401k Match: We know saving for the future is important, so we help contribute to your retirement with a 3% match that vests immediately and is eligible after 90 days of service.
- Parental Leave: We provide a generous 16 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of fully paid leave for non-birthing parents, plus support programs.
- Learning and Development: Take charge of your career development with courses tailored to your interests and goals.
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Hannah Bascom
(General Manager)Hannah joined Uplight in 2023 as a Chief Marketing Innovation Officer. They then moved into the role of Chief Growth/Commercial Officer in 2024 before moving into their current role of General Manager in 2026.
Jesse Demmel
(CTO)Jesse was previously the CTO of Sovrn Holdings before joining Uplight in 2021. He also spent nearly 4 years at Under Armour in VP Engineering roles and 3 years at MapMyFitness in Senior Development Manager/VP Engineering roles.
Sally Lambert
(COO)Sally has been at Uplight since 2019, initially joining the team as a Regional Director of Customer Success. Since then, she has held a number of roles and became COO in 2024. She previously held Director roles at Tendril and CLEAResult.
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