Staff Engineer

Arcadia

2h•$146,250 - $262,000•Remote

About The Position

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible. In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network. Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia! We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer (L5) to serve as a strategic technical leader within our engineering organization for the foundational backend systems that power our flagship utility data products. As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical direction of your team and its alignment with our greater architectural principles. You will serve as a subject matter expert in crafting scalable backend services during a pivotal period of rapid scaling at Arcadia. You are an expert at leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development and product quality, acting as a mentor to others on responsible, secure, and effective AI usage.

Requirements

A passion for sustainability and the clean-energy mission
8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Deep expertise in Java, Python, DBT, Snowflake, and AWS
Proficiency in using AI coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code to accelerate personal and team velocity
Strong communication and collaboration skills with a track record of gaining alignment on technical solutions, mentoring teammates, and overcoming obstacles with a team-player mindset
Motivation to make fast data-driven decisions, move on them urgently, and finish what you start
Passionate learner, staying on top of best coding practices including AI-driven-development and AI tooling

Responsibilities

Lead the development of the rapidly scaling backend systems that power our flagship utility data products
Model high technical standards, reduce technical debt, and provide guidance on shipping modular, maintainable code
Lead the evaluation of new technologies, making well-reasoned technical trade-offs informed by deep domain expertise and long-term cost/benefit analysis.
Design scalable data engineering workflows for tables with 400+ million rows
Navigate production incidents when they occur and stay calm under pressure
Proactively discover, document, and solve gaps in our platform and developer experience
Mentor engineers and other team members
Lead by example to enforce rigorous standards for code reviews, design reviews, automated testing, and the maintenance of critical documentation
Collaborate with cross-functional team members to design solutions with the context of the entire platform in mind
Create systems that leverage AI to improve day-to-day engineering processes
Serve as a partner to our customers and the Product team, mapping business strategy and market trends to improve customer experience

Benefits

"Remote first" culture - work anywhere in the US as long as you have a reliable internet connection
Flexible PTO - no accrued hours and no limit on the number of vacation days exempt employees can take each year
12 annual company-wide holidays
10 days sick leave
Up to 4 weeks bereavement leave
2 volunteer days off
2 professional development days off
12 weeks paid parental leave for all parents
80-95% employer cost coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents

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