Principal Data Engineer
About The Position
As a Principal Data Engineer, you will design and implement software solutions that turn millions of electric vehicles, smart thermostats, batteries, and other energy IoT devices into resources that help create a cleaner and more resilient grid. You will design and implement systems for ingesting and managing data from core utility software systems, such as meter data management systems, geographic information systems, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), EMS/SCADA and others. You will operate almost completely independently to find potential solutions, design them, identify roadblocks and challenges, and parcel out the work to senior engineers on various different teams. You will build influence across teams and across functions to take on initiatives that impact the whole company, chart out the relevant dependencies and tradeoffs, and help teams execute on the shared roadmap you build. You will develop new ways of connecting our systems to energy markets and the systems that balance the electric grid. You will develop APIs and tools that enable hardware manufacturers and third-party enterprise software systems to integrate with our platform. You will collaborate with our analytics and machine learning teams to deliver new data insights and optimize our virtual power plants. You will improve the scale, automation, and reliability of our massive pipeline of device telemetry, energy, and weather data. You will introduce and devise tools, techniques, and best practices that benefit the entire team. You will react to and resolve novel technical, operational, and organizational challenges. You will contribute to our team culture and inclusive environment. You will mentor early career engineers and more senior engineers on the teams you interact with.
Requirements
- 10+ years professional software development experience
- Python and SQL (of any flavor) experience required
- Experience building out data pipelines and ELT / ETL systems
- Comfortable leading system design and architecture
- Experience with data warehouses (we use Snowflake) and data modeling
Nice To Haves
- Designing and building data pipelines within an electric utility
- Familiar with tools and technologies like airflow, dbt, AWS kinesis, S3
- Typical development tools and processes (automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, monitoring systems)
- Java or MongoDB
- Sigma, Tableau or similar BI tools
Responsibilities
- Design and implement software solutions that turn millions of electric vehicles, smart thermostats, batteries, and other energy IoT devices into resources that help create a cleaner and more resilient grid
- Design and implement systems for ingesting and managing data from core utility software systems, such as meter data management systems, geographic information systems, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), EMS/SCADA and others
- Operate almost completely independently to find potential solutions, design them, identify roadblocks and challenges, and parcel out the work to senior engineers on various different teams
- Build influence across teams and across functions to take on initiatives that impact the whole company, chart out the relevant dependencies and tradeoffs, and help teams execute on the shared roadmap you build
- Develop new ways of connecting our systems to energy markets and the systems that balance the electric grid
- Develop APIs and tools that enable hardware manufacturers and third-party enterprise software systems to integrate with our platform
- Collaborate with our analytics and machine learning teams to deliver new data insights and optimize our virtual power plants
- Improve the scale, automation, and reliability of our massive pipeline of device telemetry, energy, and weather data
- Introduce and devise tools, techniques, and best practices that benefit the entire team
- React to and resolve novel technical, operational, and organizational challenges
- Contribute to our team culture and inclusive environment
- Mentor early career engineers and more senior engineers on the teams you interact with
Benefits
- 100% paid medical for employees
- 401(k) with employer match
- Casual environment
- Flexibility to set your own schedule
- Fully stocked fridge and pantry
- Free Citi Bike membership
- Secure bike rack
- Gym subsidy
- Paid parental leave
- Education assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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