Engineering Manager - Energy Storage

Verse

7h • $190,000 - $270,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Verse is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead technical staff in designing, building, and maintaining their Dispatch Intelligence software stack for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) applications. The role involves leading a team focused on implementing and testing site configuration, monitoring, and control features for BESS applications, which are crucial for the transformation of the electric power grid. The company's mission is to make the case for clean energy irrefutable by enabling data center sites and large loads to come online faster, bypassing utility interconnection delays through their Aria platform and Dispatch Intelligence suite.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
• 3+ years of experience leading and supporting software engineering teams
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing software for real-time, embedded, or industrial control systems in low-resource environments
• Deep technical proficiency in at least two of the following languages: Rust, C, Python, or Go, specifically for systems programming or site controller software
• A strong understanding of distributed systems architectures, edge computing, and reliable site-to-cloud communication
• Strong people skills and high emotional intelligence to ensure high-trust and high-morale while continuously accelerating velocity

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or higher in a technical discipline
• Experience with complex systems where uptime and low-latency are mission-critical, such as autonomous vehicles or industrial automation
• Track record of building and deploying industrial edge or IoT systems in high-pressure environments and tight timelines
• Familiarity with modern compiler, static type-checking, code-generation, testing, and application performance frameworks
• Knowledge of RPC and message broker technologies (e.g., gRPC, Protobuf, NATS, MQTT, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc)
• Knowledge of lightweight file system and memory management solutions
• Direct experience with BESS or Distributed Energy Resource (DER) management systems
• Knowledge of industrial electric power systems, behind-the-meter (BTM) and front-of-the-meter (FTM) solutions, communication network technologies, and edge compute or industrial IoT deployment practices
• Practical knowledge of industrial and electric power communication protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, OpenADR, and IEC family of standards
• Hands-on experience managing and coordinating teams responsible for hardware/software integration across multiple battery system OEMs (e.g., Tesla, Form, Fluence, Sungrow)

Responsibilities

• Support members of our technical staff developing site gateway software for battery energy storage fleet telemetry and control applications
• Guide and direct a high-performing software team focused on site-level gateway orchestration, intelligent control systems, and cloud-based data integration across our fleet of energy storage assets
• Oversee the architecture, development, and operational excellence of mission-critical systems that enable real-time asset observability and control for our energy storage partners
• Provide key input on the technical roadmap and architecture to engineers on site gateway systems, focusing on reliability, low-latency, and high-uptime operation
• Work closely with our energy storage product and project managers to shape the technical direction, set engineering goals, and translate requirements into well-executed deliverables to fulfill the vision for our products
• Collaborate with Product and technical project teams to prioritize the backlog, manage complex dependencies across hardware and software integration, fulfill user acceptance tests, and achieve contractual milestones for our customers

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k
• Flexible hours, a hybrid working model, and unlimited PTO
• Diverse and inclusive working environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager