Staff Software Engineer - Energy

Utility Warehouse

3d • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who acts as a prolific contributor and a technical leader. You should be someone who mentors senior team members, provides context over instruction, and leads by example to foster a culture of quality. Your technical toolkit should include: Expert knowledge of gRPC, GraphQL, Postgres, and Kafka, experience with Go is preferred but not essential. Deep experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Proficiency in CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD. A track record of improving stability, performance, and scalability in business-critical systems. The ability to make the complex simple and communicate a long-term technical vision. Energy is at the heart of UW, with over 95% of our customers taking at least one Energy service. You’ll join our Energy team - the driving force behind our Energy Transformation and Market Wide Half Hourly Settlement. These high-impact projects lay the foundation for the next phase of UW. You will provide technical direction to other engineers within your pillar, ensuring that multiple team goals align with our broader strategy.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of gRPC, GraphQL, Postgres, and Kafka
• Experience with Go is preferred but not essential
• Deep experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
• A track record of improving stability, performance, and scalability in business-critical systems
• The ability to make the complex simple and communicate a long-term technical vision
• Mentors senior team members
• Provides context over instruction
• Leads by example to foster a culture of quality

Responsibilities

• Establishing engineering standards and principles within your domain.
• Solving complex technical problems across teams and influencing long-term strategy.
• Driving prioritisation to ensure squads deliver on critical pillar goals.
• Rolling out strategic operational and security improvements across multiple squads.
• Setting and achieving appropriate SLOs and SLAs and acting as a point for critical incident escalation.
• Leading discovery into unknowns and cutting through the noise on large-scale projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed