Senior Backend Engineer, Real-Time Grid & ML

Powerline; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerline is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to strengthen backend systems that power renewable and battery storage optimization. You will design reliable software integrating real-time data, machine learning, and optimization models, collaborating with engineers, data scientists, and energy experts.

Lead the full software lifecycle, build scalable APIs, and contribute across the stack with dashboards and interfaces for energy performance visualization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, focusing on large-scale, real-time systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python with excellent coding, testing, and debugging skills.
• Experience building and maintaining APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL database design and deployment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with diverse teams in a distributed environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy software systems that optimize renewable and battery storage operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML and optimization models.
• Own the full software development lifecycle from architecture to maintenance.
• Ensure production systems are scalable, reliable, and high-performing.
• Diagnose bottlenecks, resolve real-time issues, and improve system performance and monitoring.

Skills

Python

APIs

Distributed systems

SQL

NoSQL

Data pipelines

Communication skills

Job description

Powerline is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to strengthen backend systems that power renewable and battery storage optimization. You will design reliable software integrating real-time data, machine learning, and optimization models, collaborating with engineers, data scientists, and energy experts.

Lead the full software lifecycle, build scalable APIs, and contribute across the stack with dashboards and interfaces for energy performance visualization.