Head of Engineering

How to Apply

Use the 'Apply Now' Button above to send your resume and answers to the following questions to us. 

• What excites you about this role and why are you the right person for it?
• What is a challenging technical problem you’ve faced and how did you solve it?

 We can’t wait to hear from you!

Our Mission

At Zero, we are changing the paradigm of how homeowners plan and purchase energy upgrades for their homes. We are streamlining today’s time-intensive and often frustrating process with a self-serve interface that delivers actionable intelligence to homeowners so they can get their projects done without all the hassle.

It’s never been more important to help homeowners understand the health of their home, how it impacts the planet, and to make it easier for them to take action. With Zero, homeowners experience a quick, no pressure, and even delightful experience purchasing upgrades for their home. And by partnering with a trusted network of Trade Partners, Zero helps to facilitate installations for heat pumps, solar panels, and electrical upgrades giving homeowners a single point of contact through their project. 

Who we are

Zero is on a mission to electrify every home to build a happier, healthier world. We’re solving the world’s hardest problem, climate change, and we’re looking to grow our team with similarly minded, passionate change-makers who want to dramatically impact and improve millions of people’s lives.

Born out of previous experience as a general contractor and designing small satellites at NASA, Zero is building the toolkit to automate the design of all-electric home energy upgrades, from a distance. We are building a seamless experience for homeowners enabling them to plan, purchase, and schedule installations with certified Trade Partners, the same day.

Zero is based in Denver, CO, venture-backed, partnered with the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), and has substantial early traction. Learn more at zerohomes.io. 

Who you are

You love to get your hands dirty and are comfortable being in the trenches building and problem-solving. You’re a curious, “doer” type with a bias for action, but also know when to zoom out and examine the big picture. You have broad and deep expertise in building cloud-based web/mobile software systems. You’re a risk-taker, great communicator, and a phenomenal team player who has a proven track record of engineering excellence. You’re passionate about climate change and want to be part of a team making a tangible impact in improving people’s lives and saving the planet!

Beyond engineering, you’ve previously held leadership positions, have substantial experience in an early stage startup, and have both built great engineering teams and led them to build successful products. 

What you’ll do

As the leader of the engineering team at Zero, you’ll have a unique opportunity to build from the ground up and on top of early successes. You’ll work directly with the CEO and product team to develop our next generation product and customer experience. You will be hands-on, creating exciting applications that make it easier for homeowners to upgrade their homes, and you will also be responsible for helping to build powerful teams to deliver these applications. The software you create will change the paradigm of home improvement, enabling millions of homeowners to simply electrify their homes and helping thousands of contractors improve their businesses. 

Requirements

• 10+ years of full-stack software development experience. 
• Substantial experience in an early-stage startup (e.g. ex-founders, founding engineers, one of the first 10 employees).
• Demonstrable experience building consumer mobile or web products.
• Experience with one or more cloud technologies (eg. Google, AWS, Azure) and deployment infrastructure (CI/CD, containerization, scalability, serverless).
• Experience across the entire stack, including Javascript/Python, database design, web-standards, and one or more modern frameworks.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Live within 50 miles of Denver, CO or willing to relocate.

Nice to have

• Experience with residential building systems, energy efficiency, HVAC, solar, or energy.
• Experience working with a product lead to capture customer feedback and prioritize feature development

Compensation

The expected compensation range for this role is between $150,000-$200,000 and meaningful equity depending on qualifications.

Benefits

• Meaningful Stock Options (2-3%)
• 3 weeks PTO, Unlimited Sick Days
• Health Insurance
• Workstation Stipend
• 2 WFH days per week
• Relocation (as needed)