Engineering Manager, Voltus
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Distributed energy resource connection and management
Job no longer available
Distributed energy resource connection and management
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition.
Role
Who you are
- You prefer to build thoughtful, well-designed systems that are scalable and performant. You can navigate the tradeoffs of delivering value, hitting deadlines, and building for the future
- You enjoy working with cross-functional groups and can coordinate with many kinds of stakeholders
- You have empathy for your team members and those who rely on your work. You value critical feedback and personal growth. You are genuinely interested in growing individuals beyond what they thought was possible in a sustainable manner. You enjoy mentoring others and are comfortable receiving and giving kind, candid feedback
- You have excellent communication and collaboration skills. You can build and improve teamwork processes. You are comfortable working iteratively on internal processes
- You have good judgment and can adapt to new situations. You can persist through ambiguity and reach a solution. You have experience leading engineering teams remotely
- You have experience with a high-growth engineering environment
- You are interested in the energy space and are excited to learn more
- You have the flexibility to work from anywhere, but you must overlap with the Eastern Time (ET) zone for at least 4 hours of the workday (9am-5pm)
What the job involves
- Hire and grow a diverse team
- Lead by example, care for the team, develop a supportive culture and promote work/life balance
- Use your expertise in software engineering to ensure high-quality software is delivered incrementally
- Provide mentorship and leadership to team members
- Help/Guide individuals in setting clear goals and provide regular feedback on performance to foster career growth
- Support developing technical vision for product areas
- Coordinate project staffing and prioritization with Product Managers
- Improve overall engineering quality through documentation, technical guidance and mentoring, and establishing and upholding best practices for the team
- Give feedback on technical specs and review and approve code as needed
- Implement new tools and practices, and improve existing tools and practices, that make the team more effective
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
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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