Engineering Manager
About The Position
Uplight is creating a new category of energy by developing software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses. This includes smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and user behavior to generate, shift, or save energy. The goal is to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable, which creates clean energy capacity and reduces reliance on fossil fuels. Uplight's solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers. The company is seeking an Engineering Manager to grow a high-performing engineering team and build technology that accelerates the clean energy revolution. This role focuses on delivering high-impact software, developing people, and fostering a healthy team culture.
Requirements
- Experience leading engineering teams.
- Customer focus.
- Ability to make data-driven decisions.
- Experience balancing technical trade-offs with business needs.
- Empathy for customers, users, and colleagues.
- Coaching and mentoring skills for career growth.
- Experience building in a Databricks environment on AWS.
- Ability to define and communicate technical strategy and vision.
- Knowledge of systems for building better software.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of 11 individuals across 2 teams to help utilities adopt greener energy practices.
- Be customer-focused and drive data-driven decisions (DORA, delivery metrics, user feedback, system reliability) to improve the technology stack.
- Balance technical trade-offs with business needs to iteratively deliver solutions.
- Contribute to product choices, team direction, and engineering staff investment.
- Demonstrate empathy for customers, users, and colleagues.
- Coach and guide team members to foster their career growth.
- Build in a Databricks environment on AWS and contribute to technical strategy decisions.
- Share the technical vision with the team, customers, and the wider organization.
- Demonstrate knowledge of systems to improve software development.
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Generous parental leave
- Wellness stipend
- Work flexibility
- Ample advancement opportunities
- Robust learning and development programs
- Supportive team environment
- Bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
