Grid AI Software Engineer — Data Center Dispatch

Emerald AI, Inc.; Michigan; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Make an impact.

Join a world-class team

Build from 0 1.

Competitive pay + equity

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible location

Backed by top investors

Job summary

Emerald AI, Inc. in the United States (Michigan) is seeking a Software Engineer for the Grid Services team to enable data centers to participate in wholesale markets and demand response.

You will ingest signals, forecast behavior, and determine load flexibility, then dispatch across utilities and market operators. You will help define architecture as an early engineer, own major technical decisions, and collaborate with control systems, platform, and AI infrastructure teams to turn grid-side

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building production systems in Python.
• Experience designing and operating reliable distributed software systems.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Experience building data pipelines and large-scale datasets.
• Familiarity with SQL and modern data engineering practices.
• Experience in electric utilities, ISOs/RTOs, wholesale electricity markets, or related energy systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software integrations with ISOs/RTOs, utilities, aggregators, and demand response platforms.
• Develop optimization and control algorithms for dispatch of data center resources.
• Build forecasting models for electricity demand and grid conditions.
• Translate market rules into operational software for reliability and compliance.
• Build reliable data pipelines ingesting real-time operational and market data.
• Own software services from design through deployment, monitoring, and long-term operation.

Skills

Python

Distributed Systems

Cloud infra

Data Pipelines

SQL

Energy Markets

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in CS/EE

Tools

Docker/Kubernetes

OR-Tools

Gurobi

CPLEX

Pyomo

cvxpy

Rust/C/C++

Job description

Emerald AI, Inc. in the United States (Michigan) is seeking a Software Engineer for the Grid Services team to enable data centers to participate in wholesale markets and demand response.

You will ingest signals, forecast behavior, and determine load flexibility, then dispatch across utilities and market operators. You will help define architecture as an early engineer, own major technical decisions, and collaborate with control systems, platform, and AI infrastructure teams to turn grid-side