Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack
About The Position
Gridware is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical force multiplier and elevate its software engineering organization through architectural excellence, mentorship, and a culture of quality. The engineer will design and build core software systems for Gridware’s platform, spanning backend services and front-end tools used by customers and field teams. The role works closely with Hardware, Firmware, Data, and ML teams to shape how Gridware monitors the electrical grid, controls its fleet, and delivers real-time alerts to utilities. It is a high-ownership individual-contributor leadership position in which architecture decisions affect real-world grid safety and reliability.
Requirements
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale production systems, including scaling them through rapid growth.
- Deep experience designing and scaling distributed, data-intensive systems and addressing reliability and performance challenges.
- Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Kafka, or a similar modern stack.
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping them grow into senior technical roles.
- Strong product sense and a passion for building products that combine software, sensors, and the physical world.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing real-time or event-driven systems, such as MQTT, WebSockets, or gRPC.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or Mimir.
- Background working in hardware-software ecosystems or IoT systems.
Responsibilities
- Architect services that remain correct and responsive as the fleet grows to hundreds of thousands of devices, accounting for failure modes, graceful degradation, and efficient data access.
- Automate core workflows, including hazard reporting, device health analysis, and remediation for Field Operations.
- Own the technical vision for critical initiatives and drive system design decisions that keep the platform reliable and secure.
- Promote a culture of ownership and high engineering standards, including code quality, testing, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers at every level and help develop future technical leaders.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision plans, including Gold and Platinum plans with some providers fully covered.
- Paid parental leave.
- Alternating day off every other Monday.
- A two-week-per-year paid “Off the Grid” break for all employees.
- Commuter allowance.
- Company-paid training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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