Data Visualization Engineer, Formware

over 2 years ago
Full time role
Somerville, MA, US... more
Somerville, MA, US... more

Job Description

Form Energy is a team of passionate people tackling the challenge of climate change through transformationally low cost energy storage. Our team members are active learners who enjoy working on tough technology problems in massive markets and embody our values of humanity, excellence and creativity. The company is backed by a diverse set of committed investors and we have raised over $360M to date.Role DescriptionForm Energy’s approach to energy storage business development is uniquely data-driven and backed by an industry-leading analytics and optimization suite called Formware. As a data visualization engineer on the Formware team, early projects may include selecting our geospatial data stack, designing a complex visualization for a blog post, or creating an app to help utilities understand how energy storage will impact their grid. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your software and design experience to make a direct impact on climate change as part of a fast-growing team.

What You'll Do:

  • Create reusable libraries and stand-alone data visualizations that convey the value of multi-day energy storage for a deeply decarbonized power grid
  • Build data-intensive web apps to guide our business development and uncover market opportunities
  • Collaborate with Product and other stakeholders to design new features and support a breadth of users
  • Nerd out about PPAs, CCAs, IRPs, LMPs, LCOEs, and ELCCs with energy market experts (ok if you’re excited to learn!)
  • Advocate for software engineering and data visualization best practices across the company, and lead by example
  • Act as a collaborative member of a distributed software engineering team

What You'll Bring:

  • Minimum 3+ years of professional software engineering experience. Senior roles are also available.
  • Experience developing data-intensive software systems in Python, React, Typescript, and D3 (or similar). You’ll also help shape our stack as we grow.
  • Keen design sense, deep empathy with your users, and a knack for storytelling with data
  • A pragmatic approach to problem-solving that blends good judgement, clear communication, dependable follow-through, creative use of resources, and joy in the process
  • Background in renewables, storage, or utilities, or strong desire to learn

Form Energy, where possible, embraces a digital work environment and supports onsite, hybrid, and remote types of work with office locations in Somerville, MA (Greater Boston), Berkeley, CA (San Francisco Bay Area), and Eighty Four, PA (Greater Pittsburgh).Form Energy is committed to equitable compensation and we offer a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need. We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. We offer a 401k and all employees are granted stock options. A full listing of our benefits is available on our careers page. At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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