Staff Data Platform Engineer, Form Energy
$143-193.2k
Salary dependent on location; Plus stock options
Energy storage systems manufacturer
Job no longer available
Energy storage systems manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$143-193.2k
Salary dependent on location; Plus stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To form a better world by developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully renewable electric grid year-round.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of professional experience as a data engineer, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, or other software professional
- Strong command of python and SQL, with extensive experience working in cloud data platforms like Snowflake and Databricks
- Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Pulumi or Terraform
- Experience working with streaming platforms like Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, and Spark Streaming
- Experience working with container orchestration tools, ideally AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Elastic Container Service (ECS)
- Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving
- Experience working with SCADA and/or MES systems highly desirable but not required
What the job involves
- This role sits on the Software Platform team, which is responsible for deploying and maintaining common, cloud-based software and data infrastructure used across the company
- This includes everything from our central data warehouse; to the distributed systems used to run our applications and data pipelines; to the data streams used to monitor manufacturing and plant operations
- As the lead data platform engineer on the team, you will play a critical part in establishing data engineering patterns, deploying and maintaining data infrastructure, and building relationships with partner teams
- This is a unique opportunity to leverage and expand your data engineering and infrastructure experience to make a direct impact on climate change as part of a mission-driven team!
- Lead the design, deployment and maintenance of data infrastructure used across Form to support manufacturing analytics, field operations, product development, commercial analytics, and more
- Develop and maintain data pipelines from software applications, PLCs, enterprise systems, and third party APIs to our data lake and Snowflake data warehouse
- Establish standards for performance, up-time, and security of data infrastructure and ensure these are met with the help of the Platform team and other Software teams
- Partner with other teams across the company to identify opportunities to automate workflows, gather requirements, design robust solutions, and execute
- Advise on data and software engineering best practices used across the company
- Monitor and optimize use of third party SaaS applications and identify opportunities to in-source services
Our take
Central to the development of the digital revolution is the role of electric grid infrastructure and expansion. A completely electrical infrastructure is restricted by the inherent limitation that electrical energy is difficult and costly to store. Form Energy, however, has created a reliable battery that has the capacity to revolutionise how we use electricity.
Revolutionising battery storage is at the core of Form Energy’s approach to making renewable energy universal. Form Energy’s battery uses Iron-air technology that currently offers energy storage capacities and operational costs comparable to legacy power plants. In addition to improvements in cost and consistent electricity access, Form Energy’s batteries are scalable, portable, and safe - offering a unique approach to revolutionising renewable energy storage towards a greener future.
Although renewable energy storage technology remains an emerging industry, a variety of competitors are also driving developments of battery storage technology. However, Form Energy continues to be a key leader in this space, bagging significant investment that will enable it to build its first manufacturing plant and begin selling to customers. Form Energy's progress is highlighted by a deal with Xcel Energy to deploy iron-air battery systems at two of its retiring coal plant sites and with Puget Sound Energy in 2024, to help the company deploy multi-day energy storage systems.
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Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Dec 2024
$50m
SERIES F
Oct 2024
$405m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company benefits
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums covered for employees
- Health insurance coverage begins first day of employment
- Health Savings Account
- Generous PTO policies to enable employees to recharge when needed
- An Employee Resource Program that provides mental health counseling services, legal guidance, financial resources, and other helpful consulting services
- 80% of the total medical, dental, and vision premiums covered for dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave, 14 weeks for the birthing parent
- Access to a Dependent Care Account
- Access to a Health Flexible Spending Account
- Access to a Commuter Benefits Account
- Access to an Adoption Assistance Flexible Spending Account
- Stock options granted to all employees
- Stock equity education and tax advice service provided by Carta
- Company sponsored 401k
- Access to an annual budget for professional development
- License to complete Gallup’s Strengths Finder Assessment and ongoing resources
- 100% employer-sponsored coverage life insurance, and short and long-term disability policies
Company HQ
Ward Two, Somerville, MA
Leadership
Ted Wiley
(Co-Founder, COO & President)Studied at Harvard Business School before spending 6 years at Aquion Energy and then a year as President of McDonough Innovation. They co-founded Form Energy in 2017, serving since as COO and President.
Mateo Jaramillo
(Co-Founder & CEO)Mateo started their career at Predictive Networks before joining Gaia Power Technologies and then Tesla. They left their VP of Products & Programs role in 2016 to found Verse Energy in April and Form Energy in December 2017.
William Woodford
(Co-Founder & CTO)William Woodford is co-founder and CTO of Form Energy. His career has focused on developing robust low-cost energy storage systems.
Yet-Ming Chiang
(Chief Scientist)Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Sublime Systems, and Professor at MIT. Prior to Form Energy, Chiang co-founded the companies Desktop Metal, 24M Technologies, A123 Systems, and American Superconductor Corp.
Marco Ferrara
(Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer)Also co-founded Tessolar. Former VP of Energy, Analytics and Optimization at IHI INC.
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