Senior Software Engineer - Flex API Team

Senior Software Engineer – Flex API Team

Remote or Redwood City, CA – Full Time
 

About AutoGrid Systems

At AutoGrid, you will join a team helping to accelerate the world’s transition to a clean, affordable and reliable energy system. We’re a growing and award-winning clean-technology company driving the fundamental transformation of the electrical grid into a distributed, decarbonized and digitized network of connected assets. You will collaborate with a team of world-class software, data and energy experts working at the forefront of advanced data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning and high-performance computing. With more than 3,000 megawatts of flexible capacity under contract with energy companies around the globe, our solutions give you an opportunity to make a real-world impact. If you are passionate about using technology to improve society and love a fun, fast-paced work culture with opportunities for continuous learning and advancement, you will love AutoGrid.

We continuously create an inclusive environment and welcome people from all walks of life.

We are empowered to do our best and innovate, while living our unique life and work.

Together, we dare to disrupt and turn our bold ideas into reality.
 

Description

The Flex API team is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, optimize, and directly contribute to the core API functionality of our high-scale, global SaaS product.
 

Responsibilities and Duties

• Work with team and directly contribute to the Flex Predictive Controls Platform code designing, writing, and maintaining APIs, components, microservices, test cases, automated test frameworks, and other code as needed

• Analyze use-cases and convert functional requirements into scalable design and concrete technical tasks and be able to provide consistent and reasonable effort estimates on an ongoing basis

• Work proactively and independently while collaborating with global teams to address technical project requirements, identify risks, and deliver high-quality solutions

• Review code individually and lead group code review discussions, mentor team members on technical topics, understand use-cases, develop test cases, and confirm production code developed meets strict quality standards

• Excellent communicate skills, ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences highlighting pros, cons, estimated timelines and risks associated for prioritization, decision making and risk mitigation

Qualifications and Skills

• 5+ yrs. development experience building web applications/APIs using either: Golang, Ruby, Python.

• 5+ yrs. building and designing REST APIs for high-scale applications using OOP

• Expert at designing microservices with containerization tools like Docker

  and Kubernetes.

• Expert at building and maintaining very high-scale, high-performance production B2B

  services and applications

• Expert in data structures and algorithms using relational databases including MySQL

  PostgreSQL

• Excellent with UI frameworks like Angular or ReactJS

• Experience in High Performance Computing and active experience working in cloud

  environments AWS and/or MS Azure

• Experience with SOA & Event Driven Architecture, Linux development and runtime

  environments

• Experience with Agile / SCRUM methodology for product development and proven ability

  to work in a small, highly dynamic team within Agile SAFe framework

• Excellent communication and documentation skills

• Working knowledge of Apache Spark

• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment with evolving project

  requirements in a highly regulated industry
   

Education and Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree: Electrical Engineering, Energy Systems, etc.

• 5+ years at any leading SaaS firm, startup firm, or energy/product software firm.

Bonus Points

• Experience with the energy industry and/or working with high-scale distributed IoT devices.

• Certifications in SCADA, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and/or Agile process