Staff Software Engineer, Front End

About Kevala

Kevala provides insight into the relationships between the consumption, production, distribution, and value of electricity by delivering data and analysis, and attendant consulting services via subscription and Application Programming Interface (API) licensing to the Kevala platform. Our tools improve electricity distribution grid planning, forecasting with a focus on distributed energy resources (including solar, electric vehicles, and battery storage), and decarbonization.

Our customers include utilities, regulators, community choice aggregators, third-party aggregators, solar developers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, and charging infrastructure developers.

If you enjoy collaborating with other professionals who believe in accelerating a clean energy future by making energy-related data meaningful, transparent, and broadly accessible, we encourage you to apply!

About the Role

Kevala is looking for a self-motivated Front-End Software Engineer to lead the development of the Kevala UX Framework. Kevala’s platform enables utilities, regulators, renewables developers and mobility companies to solve their biggest problems related to electrification and decarbonization. To support this, we’re implementing a comprehensive UX framework to drive standardization and scale across our platform.

The successful candidate will drive the technical implementation of this framework, collaborating with teams across the company to ensure that UX flows are usable, scalable, and aligned to Kevala’s platform vision serving. The Staff Engineer will collaborate across the company to translate project requirements into a generalized, intuitive product for interfacing with all aspects of the electric grid: solar power, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, and more

What you will be doing

• Technical lead for the implementation of the Kevala UX framework, scaling and generalizing user flows throughout the platform

• Partnering with Design, Product Management, and Engineering leadership to identify what’s next in our platform’s evolution

• Driving technical strategy and implementation of Kevala’s design system, collaborating with Design to implement Svelte components based upon Sketch/Zeplin designs.

• Diving into difficult problems facing the US electric grid, especially relating to temporal and geospatial data visualization

• Collaborating with other engineers on designing and implementing product features whilst providing consistent feedback through pull requests

• Expanding your areas of technical expertise as we experiment with new products

• Architecting modular code to speed up the delivery of new features and product verticals

  What you need to succeed

• 10+ years of experience working or building with modern web application frameworks

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

• Versatility and enthusiasm for taking on novel problems and learning new technologies

• Excellent communication skills and willingness to collaborate with individuals across the

  organization

  What will make you stand out

• Experience as technical lead of Front End Architecture, leading the implementation of a design system within a software product organization.

• Experience working for startups, particularly for SaaS companies

• Expertise in building modern web based UX using Svelte

• Experience in the utility, clean energy, regulatory, or automotive industry

• Familiarity with geospatial and temporal datasets or data types

  Location

  Kevala is headquartered in San Francisco, but we embrace the virtual office and are continuing to grow our team across the United States.

  Compensation

  The total compensation for this opportunity includes a base salary range of $150,000 - $185,000 plus equity (stock options). This is our target compensation range and is subject to multiple factors including level, experience, and location. As you go through our interview process, our recruiter will work with you to identify a competitive base salary within the proposed range and combine it with an equity package that will support your excitement in joining Kevala.

  Benefits

  As a Kevalier, you will have access to a wide range of benefits including affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision), a generous time-off policy, a physical wellness allowance, and professional development.

  To apply, please visit https://www.kevala.com/careers

Kevala is an equal opportunity employer that believes a diverse team will not just lead to a better working environment, but will also help us create better products and services.

Kevala is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If any reasonable accommodation is needed in our process, please reach out to careers@kevala.com.