Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Gridware • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company focused on protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. It developed Active Grid Response (AGR), a grid-management approach that monitors electrical, physical, and environmental conditions affecting grid reliability and safety. Its platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, supporting proactive maintenance and fault mitigation.

The Staff Software Engineer will be a technical force multiplier, elevating the software engineering organization through architectural leadership, mentorship, and a culture of quality. The role designs and builds core platform systems across backend services and front-end tools used by customers and field teams. Working closely with Hardware, Firmware, Data, and ML teams, the engineer will help shape grid monitoring, fleet control, and real-time alerts for utilities. This is a high-ownership individual-contributor leadership role, with architecture decisions that affect physical infrastructure and community safety.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience 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 device fleet grows to hundreds of thousands of devices, accounting for failure modes, graceful degradation, and efficient data access.
• Build automation into core workflows, including automatic hazard reporting, automated device health analysis, and remediations for Field Operations.
• Own the technical vision for critical initiatives and drive system design decisions that keep the platform reliable and secure.
• Foster a culture of ownership and high engineering standards, embedding code quality, testing, observability, performance, and operational excellence from the start.
• Mentor engineers at every level and help develop future technical leaders.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision plans, including Gold and Platinum plans with some provider plans 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.

What This Job Offers

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