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Nira Energy

Backend Engineer (old)

HybridFull time roleMid Level

$150,000 – $250,000 / Yearly

6 months ago

About the Job

What you'll do

As a Backend Engineer at Nira we want you to lead the buildout of backend services to power new products. You'll get to come in on the ground floor and set up these new projects from scratch. This will include some infrastructure work, architecture diagrams and lots of coding. You'll work directly with the CTO.

About you

  • 3+ year working as a backend engineer.
  • Mission-oriented: excited about working in climate tech!
  • Python experience a plus.
  • Customer facing experience a plus.
  • Excited to work with Transmission Engineers and learn about how our electrical grid works.
  • Product-minded: enjoys thinking about the whole picture and talking to users.
  • Operate well in ambiguity and excited about taking ownership over large pieces of work.
  • Capable of rolling with the punches. Plans change when working at a rapidly growing startup.

About the Company

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Nira Energy

USA

21-50

<ul><li><p>Nira's mission is to help convert the US power grid to be 100% fossil-free.</p></li><li><p>We are profitable!</p></li><li><p>Nira is a software platform that helps renewable energy developers find the cheapest points on the grid to connect.</p></li><li><p>We focus on estimating the cost to interconnect with the electrical grid (aka the Interconnection Process). Depending on where developers connect, they may be on the hook to pay millions of dollars to upgrade power lines, substations etc.</p></li></ul>