Lead Backend Architect – Scalable Data Platforms

Energy Acuity; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Income protection

Job summary

Energy Acuity is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable, data‑intensive back‑end systems for congestion analysis, forecasting, and grid optimization in North American power markets. You will design, build, and operate highly scalable backend systems and data platforms.

You will mentor engineers through design reviews, drive architectural decisions across services, collaborate with Product, Data Science, SRE and Security, and help improve

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building highly scalable distributed systems.
• Strong hands‑on programming experience in Python, Go, or Rust.
• Experience with data‑intensive applications, pipelines, and large‑scale processing systems.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong understanding of system architecture, software design, and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of large engineering initiatives.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly scalable backend systems and data platforms.
• Lead architecture and technical decision‑making across multiple services and product areas.
• Own complex engineering initiatives from design through production deployment.
• Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Simplify and modernize existing systems as technologies and business needs evolve.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, SRE, and Security teams.

Skills

years of experience

distributed systems

Python

Go

Rust

Kubernetes

cloud platforms

architecture

leadership

communication

Tools

Kafka

MySQL

ClickHouse

Docker

AWS

Terraform

Pulumi

Argo

Grafana

Sentry

Honeycomb

Job description

Energy Acuity is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable, data‑intensive back‑end systems for congestion analysis, forecasting, and grid optimization in North American power markets. You will design, build, and operate highly scalable backend systems and data platforms.

You will mentor engineers through design reviews, drive architectural decisions across services, collaborate with Product, Data Science, SRE and Security, and help improve