We're hiring a senior full-stack software engineer (in person in for at least 3d a week in NYC) to take our product from 1-10 during the pre-seed phase and to join our mission of bringing energy retrofits to rental homes.

Salary range $140-190k.

On Fram Energy

Rental homes are lagging behind in the energy transition: less than 0.1% of rental properties have solar, which is about 100x less than owner-occupied homes. This gap is a massive climate challenge, equity problem, and missed economical opportunity.

Why is there virtually no solar in the rental market? Today, split incentives are the key roadblock holding back solar adoption on rentals - rental property owners can't profit from solar when tenants pay energy bills and get the associated savings.

This problem is exactly why we're building Fram Energy, an end-to-end software solution that solves the split incentive issue by empowering solar panel owners to monetize on-site generated electricity via their tenants' energy bills. For property owners, we open up a new income stream whilst simultaneously addressing net zero goals. For renters, we lower energy bills and enable access to clean energy. For the planet, we unlock gigawatts worth of emissions reduction.

Fram Energy has raised over $2.5M in venture capital and non-dilutive funding and was named the top U.S. solar startup by The Department of Energy in the 2024 Solar Prize.The product is live, with tenants paying their bills every month through Fram Energy's platform. Fram Energy is a Newlab Founder Fellowship company and a part of Metaprop's upcoming proptech accelerator cohort.

Charlotte Meerstadt founded Fram Energy in 2023. We are building a purpose-driven, thoughtful and joyful team to deliver on all these promises. Read more about our culture here.

What you'll do (impact)

As one of our first hires, you will be a big part of Fram Energy’s story. Your core responsibility will be to work with other engineers on building the tenant and property owner facing features of our software product, as well as rolling up your sleeves and diving into hardware-software systems design, site visits, customer interactions, sales and discovery. You will collaborate intensively with the broader Fram Energy team. This role is a great opportunity to drive the development of an impactful product, but at this early stage there is always so much to do that you’ll end up getting involved in all kinds of company activities. There will be several different growth paths available to you.

We have two key components of our product: property owner and rental tenant-facing. By the time you start, both of these products will be somewhere between MVP and beta (tested and deployed in first pilot projects, but not yet feature-complete). You’ll be working with our customer-facing and data operations teams to build a software stack that enables Fram Energy to meet the needs of different types of users.

You’ll drive Fram Energy’s success by:

• Building scalable foundations that will support high velocity growth.  You will be writing code for backend architecture for the long term. We started off by building the product in its simplest form, and it will become more complex as we add more features and users. Our philosophy is to build for scalability from day 1. You will drive decisions on architecture and implementation.

• Improving UX & frontend development through user obsession. You will be writing code for the frontend of our product. We're striving to deeply understand what tenants and property owners need when it comes to energy billing (tenants) and solar investments (owner). Because UX and frontend development play a big role in delivering Fram Energy’s value proposition to our users, you’ll play a big part in shaping how users interact with Fram’s product.

• Solving interesting technical problems.  This will be a job full of problem solving and creativity. Many of your days will be spent finding elegant and practical ways to deal with problems that pop up, both in the code and in the broader challenge of billing tenants for electricity. You’re encouraged to experiment in order to find the best solution.

• Hustling as part of our founding team! In this early stage, everyone will help out beyond their job description, and every person on the founding team has the chance to grow their skills in directions they find meaningful.

What we're looking for (attributes & qualifications)

Attributes

• Resourceful & curious You think in solutions, not in obstacles. You make the most out of the resources you have and you prefer moving forward and solving problems over achieving perfection.

• Self-directed fast learner We believe in giving all team members abundant trust and ownership. You thrive when you are given freedom to strategize, execute and troubleshoot in your own domain whilst staying plugged in to adjacent work streams and aligned with the growth of the company as a whole. You are self-motivated and practical.

• Collaborative It energizes you to work closely with our software and business development teams, with whom you'll interface with regularly. You are a strong communicator and you’re a reliable team member.

• Results driven You like to work towards an ambitious goal in a team. You see yourself thriving in a dynamic startup environment.

• Kind & low ego We believe kindness is a form of excellence. You’re a culture add to our growing team.

• Purpose fit You’re passionate about Fram’s mission to decarbonize rental homes! We love to see engagement in climate communities.

Required qualifications

We’re flexible on titles, but we are looking for evidence that you have the skills and experience to take the lead on software development.

• Work experience as a software engineer Number of years is less important than what you’ve done during them. Previous startup experience is a plus.

• Proficiency with full-stack architecture, cloud infrastructure, SQL databases Our stack is Django (Python) backend and currently Jinja+Bootstrap, and we anticipate moving to React+Typescript as we build out our more interactive dashboard experience. We are on Google Cloud Platform, and use a Postgres database. We don't require recent experience in these specific frameworks and platforms, but we expect you'll be up and running shortly, so some familiarity is a plus.

• Experience owning your own engineering domain You have previously built (big or small) applications from scratch, implementing both backend and frontend. If any of these are open to share, please drop links in the application form so we can see some examples of your work.

• NY based Everyone on our team comes to the office at least three days a week. We are based at Newlab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and will occasionally work in Manhattan. We support all employees to work remote 3-4 weeks every year to facilitate flexibility and trips on top of PTO.

What we offer

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Join the Frambassadors

We are building a community of kind + exceptional humans. We are big believers in finding joy in your job (see our values) and we structure our way of working to maximize the number of good days. We regularly do fun things as a team; 2024’s outings included mini golf, a cooking workshop, drinks and snacks on a boat, and pottery and seafood in Soho.

🚀 One heck of a ride

You will be one of the very first team members on an ambitious and important mission. We can say from experience that the purpose, personal development, opportunities for growth, freedom and creativity that come with that are unlike anything you will find in a larger organization. Are you ready to move your work life from black and white to technicolor?

🌱 A leadership team that cares deeply about your growth and fulfillment

At Fram, we believe that unlocking your superpowers is our most important lever to build a big and impactful company. Fram’s internal processes are designed thoughtfully to help you thrive. Our founder, Charlotte, followed a coaching training program at Stanford and has done >100 hours of coaching. She will strive to make Fram a meaningful part of your career journey.

📝 Attractive compensation and benefits

We will compensate you well.

• Competitive salary and equity — Salary will depend on your level of experience. We’ll give you multiple offer options based on your desire for ownership.

• We invest in you — Fram Energy uplifts your life and career through budgets for coaching, professional development and wellbeing.

• Competitive benefits — Fram Energy’s offer will come with good health insurance, PTO, a $1000 stipend to invest in home decarbonization, parental leave policies and other benefits.

• Flexible work weeks with an in-person-forward culture — spending time in person is part of Fram Energy’s DNA, but the requirement for three days means that two days a week are flexible for you to either come into the office or work from home or another spot.

• You’ll get budget for things that make sense — Hardware, software, conferences or memberships — we’ll align to make sure you have access to everything you need to excel at this job.

How to Apply

Interested in applying? We can’t wait to meet you! If you have questions about the role, please direct them to jobs@framenergy.com.

• To put us in the best position to evaluate your candidacy, be sure to tailor your application to the “What we’re looking for” section above.

• Please include links or descriptions of projects that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done.

• The interview process consists of several informal and formal interviews, a work sample and reference checks. You will be asked to sign an NDA.

• Diversity and inclusion matter to us. If you are a member of an underrepresented group in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply. We take your context into account in our evaluation of candidates.

Fired up to work for Fram but not a fit for this role? If you resonate with our mission and think your profile would be a great fit for other opportunities, please drop your resume here.