Data Engineer, Real-Time Systems

Gridware • San Francisco, CA

47d • $160,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As a Senior Data Engineer at Gridware, you’ll design and scale the data infrastructure that powers our real-time grid monitoring platform. You’ll build high-performance pipelines that transform massive streams of sensor and telemetry data into actionable insights - helping detect faults, predict failures, and strengthen the grid that powers entire communities.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles, building and scaling real-time data infrastructure
• Strong in Python and SQL, with deep experience in relational, time-series, and streaming databases
• Hands-on with modern data stacks - Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Grafana, and other cloud-native tools
• Skilled in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time streaming architectures for production systems
• Familiar with CI/CD, version control, and data governance/security best practices

Nice To Haves

• Experience with real-time data processing and streaming analytics frameworks
• Familiarity with IoT and embedded systems, including sensor data pipelines and edge computing
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, and Protobuf in production environments
• Exposure to machine learning workflows and real-time monitoring for IoT and time-series data
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth startup environment, adapting quickly across domains

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures.
• Implement data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions.
• Ensure data quality and integrity across various data sources and destinations.
• Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to meet data requirements.
• Optimize and tune data workflows for performance and efficiency.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in data pipelines and related systems.
• Document data processes, architecture, and workflow procedures.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
• Paid parental leave
• Alternating day off (every other Monday)
• “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
• Commuter allowance
• Company-paid training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees