Staff / Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Equilibrium Energy
Offers equity
Clean power company
Open for applications
Clean power company
21-100 employees
Open for applications
Offers equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the collective path to climate, energy, and societal equilibriums.
Role
Who you are
- 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 working experience with Kubernetes or other containerized workload platforms
- Deep working experience with infrastructure-as-code (preferred language: Terraform)
- Deep working experience with AWS cloud technologies (IAM, EKS, RDS, EC2)
- Working experience in software development (preferred language: Python). A commitment to writing readable, reliable and well tested code
- Working experience with automated deployment and orchestration (CI/CD, Gitlab, Docker)
- A passion for automation, DevOps and collaboration – blending operational excellence, development best practices and mentorship
- 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
- Expert-level experience with any of Kubernetes / Terraform / AWS
- Experience managing Postgres and/or Snowflake at scale
- Experience with https://temporal.io/ or similar workflow orchestration
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer (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
- As a key member of our Platform group, 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 the world's electrical grids, there is an urgent demand for effective energy storage solutions. Equilibrium Energy is stepping onto the stage to tackle this challenge. Merging energy expertise with cutting-edge technology, the company aims to navigate the intricacies of an increasingly volatile power grid.
Centered on grid-scale battery deployments, Equilibrium offers a contractual solution for grid-scale battery developers in partnership with Hatch Renewable. This approach addresses a pivotal financing gap and recently manifested in a monumental 100MW battery tolling agreement in Texas with Jupiter Power.
Backed by an impressive 2023 infusion of capital, Equilibrium is poised to reshape renewable energy deployment. With a strategic focus on supporting battery developers, Equilibrium's trajectory holds the promise of propelling the clean energy revolution forward.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2025
$28m
LATE VC
Oct 2024
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
- Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
- Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
- Ability to work remotely from anywhere in the US & Europe, or join one of our regional hubs in Boston, SF Bay Area, or London
- Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ryan Hanley
(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.
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