Senior Backend Engineer, Battery Solutions & APIs

Remote Genie; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical for employees

401(k) with employer match

Casual environment

Job summary

EnergyHub seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend services for our Battery team, focusing on secure, scalable REST APIs and data-driven features that support residential battery programs. You will work closely with engineers, product teams, and OEM partners to deliver high-impact solutions while maintaining a strong security posture across our infrastructure.

This backend-focused role emphasizes data-centric service development, API integrations with distributed internal

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with the Java/Spring ecosystem.
• Expertise in RESTful web APIs, especially those targeting external clients.
• Familiarity with relational database fundamentals (PostgreSQL).
• Strong problem-solving skills and balancing multiple use cases.
• Knowledge of modern security practices, authentication/authorization frameworks, and API hardening.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring (GitHub Actions, DataDog, Sentry, Metaplane).
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively as the situation demands.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across our battery solution.
• Develop and maintain our client-facing REST API and backend logic.
• Build integrations with distributed internal services to enable new product capabilities.
• Ensure proper security and data protection policies, procedures, and monitoring are in place.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to improve requirements and software quality.
• Collaborate with other teams to enable new API features and leverage client data.
• Drive and embody the “Dev Owns Quality” culture.
• Write and maintain technical documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Java/Spring

RESTful APIs

PostgreSQL

Security

CI/CD

Problem Solving

Autonomy/Collaboration

Testing

Tools

GitHub Actions

DataDog

Sentry

Metaplane

AWS

Docker

Job description

EnergyHub seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and build backend services for our Battery team, focusing on secure, scalable REST APIs and data-driven features that support residential battery programs. You will work closely with engineers, product teams, and OEM partners to deliver high-impact solutions while maintaining a strong security posture across our infrastructure.

This backend-focused role emphasizes data-centric service development, API integrations with distributed internal