Senior Backend Engineer - Applications

about 2 months ago
Full time role
Remote... more
About Us
Voltus’ mission is to be the Distributed Energy Platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition. The Voltus platform connects any distributed energy resource (DER) to any energy market across the US and Canada, providing flexibility, reliability, and resilience to the grid while generating revenue for our partners. By partnering with industry leaders and the DER ecosystem, we are building the decarbonized, distributed, decentralized, and digitized energy system of the future. 

Voltus is a remote and virtual company, distributed across US, Canada, and abroad with many team members in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and other cities.

This role is remote, however you must be within 4 hours of North American Eastern Time - GMT-1 to GMT-9.

About the Role
We are a full-stack team that develops and iterates on products that help our customers efficiently and effectively manage their own energy usage.

We are looking for an experienced, product-oriented backend engineer who is as excited by rapid iteration and hypothesis testing as they are designing resilient and maintainable services. We’re also looking for a team player who understands the value of mentoring, collaborating, and building for velocity.


What You'll Do

  • Work closely with the team to define, scope, and deliver features
  • Prototype and iterate on new ideas with regular releases to customers and internal users alike
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide feedback and guidance on technical work
  • Contribute shared tooling, infrastructure, and documentation for team velocity and knowledge share

Our Ideal Candidate

  • Loves collaborating with their team
  • Is self-directed and curious
  • Looks for ways to improve our technology
  • Communicates well with others
  • Contributes to a positive and welcoming engineering culture
  • Cares about the environmental impact of reduced energy use
  • Wants to learn more about the energy industry
  • Enjoys working in an agile, remote environment

Skills We're Looking For

  • 5-10 years software engineering experience
  • Experience building durable and reliable production systems (Python is a plus but not a requirement)
  • Experience working with data at scale
  • Familiarity with domain-driven design
  • Experience building clean and intelligible APIs
  • Experience with microservice architecture best practices

At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.