Grid Services Software Engineer — AI-Powered Data Centers

Emerald AI; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) matching

Stock options

Flexible location; 2 WFH days/week

Job summary

Emerald AI is seeking a Software Engineer for the Grid Services team to connect Emerald Conductor with the electric grid and participate in wholesale markets. You will ingest grid signals, forecast system behavior, and dispatch data-center resources across utilities and energy market operators.

This role blends distributed systems, optimization, forecasting, and energy market expertise. Be part of early architecture decisions and collaborate with control, platform, and AI teams to translate grid

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and build software integrations with ISOs/RTOs, utilities, aggregators, and demand response platforms.
• Develop optimization and control algorithms that determine when and how data center resources are dispatched in response to grid signals.
• Build forecasting models for electricity demand, data center load, prices and grid conditions to support market participation and dispatch decisions.
• Translate wholesale market and demand response program rules into operational software.
• Build reliable data pipelines that ingest, validate, and process real-time operational and market data.
• Own software services from design through deployment, monitoring, and long-term operation.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Docker/Kubernetes

Data pipelines

SQL

Communication

Advanced degree

Education

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in CS/EE

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

OR-Tools

Gurobi/CPLEXPyomo

Job description

Emerald AI is seeking a Software Engineer for the Grid Services team to connect Emerald Conductor with the electric grid and participate in wholesale markets. You will ingest grid signals, forecast system behavior, and dispatch data-center resources across utilities and energy market operators.

This role blends distributed systems, optimization, forecasting, and energy market expertise. Be part of early architecture decisions and collaborate with control, platform, and AI teams to translate grid