<div><p>We are looking for a full-stack software engineer to build software to efficiently manage microgrids and other distributed energy resources.  This is a great role for someone looking to build software that will change the future of the energy industry.</p><p>This role will report to our Director of Software Engineering and be based in our New York City office (Union Square area).</p></div><br><br><h3>Key responsibilities will include:</h3><ul><div><li>Front-end development: build web applications with modern, interactive UIs for operators and customers</li><li>Architect and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs (FastAPI, PostgreSQL) to support real-time microgrid operations, telemetry data pipelines, and optimization workflows at scale</li><li>Develop and enhance financial modeling features, building reliable calculation engines and data integrations that support portfolio-level analysis and investment decision-making</li><li>Design and validate mathematical optimization models (MILP/LP) using Pyomo and commercial or open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi) for generator dispatch and fleet-level maintenance scheduling, including heuristic approaches, OPH projection, and constraint-based planning</li><li>Build and extend simulation infrastructure (rolling dispatch, Monte Carlo scenario analysis) to validate optimization outputs, refine algorithmic approaches, and auto-tune model parameters against operational requirements</li><li>IoT and messaging pipelines: design and maintain scalable data ingestion, transformation, and event-driven pipelines (MQTT, AWS IoT, SQS, Sparkplug B)</li><li>System design: collaborate with product management and design to deliver robust software products that excite users and achieve business goals</li><li>Reliability &amp; observability: implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for high availability microgrid software deployments</li><li>Collaboration: work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product to turn workflows into production-ready automation</li><li>Continuous improvement: assess and adopt new technologies to enhance performance, scalability, and maintainability</li></div></ul><h3>The Ideal Candidate</h3><ul><div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred</li><li>5+ years of experience with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript development</li><li>Energy experience and modeling, optimization</li><li>Experience with complex algorithm-driven problems: convex/constraint-based optimization problems, statistical modelling including Bayesian model fitting, DSP, control systems</li><li>Constraint modeling frameworks (Pyomo) and commercial/open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi, GLPK)</li><li>FastAPI and microservices experience</li><li>React for front-end development</li><li>PostgreSQL and relational database design</li><li>Experience with high-volume, time-series data processing</li><li>Experience with message brokers and IoT protocols (MQTT, Sparkplug B, AWS IoT Core)</li><li>Experience with SCADA platforms (e.g., Ignition or equivalent) and deployment and management of edge devices</li><li>Experience with SCADA/energy protocols such as Modbus, OpenADR, DNP3, or IEEE 61850</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across teams with evolving requirements</li></ul></div></ul><br>

<p>Scale Microgrid Solutions (&ldquo;Scale&rdquo;) is a fully integrated distributed energy platform focused on designing, implementing and financing innovative distributed clean energy solutions.&nbsp; Through its leading technical expertise and access to scale capital, Scale helps its customers transition to a decentralized energy future by providing and financing sustainable, cost-effective, and resilient power solutions.&nbsp; Scale has its own proprietary microgrid solution which provides customer with cheaper, cleaner and more reliable power, and also partners with third party developers to acquire and/or finance a broader range of distributed energy assets.<br /><br /></p>

Sr Software Engineer

<div><p>We are looking for a full-stack software engineer to build software to efficiently manage microgrids and other distributed energy resources.  This is a great role for someone looking to build software that will change the future of the energy industry.</p><p>This role will report to our Director of Software Engineering and be based in our New York City office (Union Square area).</p></div><br /><br /><h3>Key responsibilities will include:</h3><ul><div><li>Front-end development: build web applications with modern, interactive UIs for operators and customers</li><li>Architect and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs (FastAPI, PostgreSQL) to support real-time microgrid operations, telemetry data pipelines, and optimization workflows at scale</li><li>Develop and enhance financial modeling features, building reliable calculation engines and data integrations that support portfolio-level analysis and investment decision-making</li><li>Design and validate mathematical optimization models (MILP/LP) using Pyomo and commercial or open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi) for generator dispatch and fleet-level maintenance scheduling, including heuristic approaches, OPH projection, and constraint-based planning</li><li>Build and extend simulation infrastructure (rolling dispatch, Monte Carlo scenario analysis) to validate optimization outputs, refine algorithmic approaches, and auto-tune model parameters against operational requirements</li><li>IoT and messaging pipelines: design and maintain scalable data ingestion, transformation, and event-driven pipelines (MQTT, AWS IoT, SQS, Sparkplug B)</li><li>System design: collaborate with product management and design to deliver robust software products that excite users and achieve business goals</li><li>Reliability &amp; observability: implement logging, monitoring, and alerting for high availability microgrid software deployments</li><li>Collaboration: work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product to turn workflows into production-ready automation</li><li>Continuous improvement: assess and adopt new technologies to enhance performance, scalability, and maintainability</li></div></ul><h3>The Ideal Candidate</h3><ul><div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred</li><li>5+ years of experience with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript development</li><li>Energy experience and modeling, optimization</li><li>Experience with complex algorithm-driven problems: convex/constraint-based optimization problems, statistical modelling including Bayesian model fitting, DSP, control systems</li><li>Constraint modeling frameworks (Pyomo) and commercial/open-source solvers (HiGHS, Gurobi, GLPK)</li><li>FastAPI and microservices experience</li><li>React for front-end development</li><li>PostgreSQL and relational database design</li><li>Experience with high-volume, time-series data processing</li><li>Experience with message brokers and IoT protocols (MQTT, Sparkplug B, AWS IoT Core)</li><li>Experience with SCADA platforms (e.g., Ignition or equivalent) and deployment and management of edge devices</li><li>Experience with SCADA/energy protocols such as Modbus, OpenADR, DNP3, or IEEE 61850</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across teams with evolving requirements</li></ul></div></ul><br />

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