Senior Software Engineer

Far Coder; 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

Flexible schedule

Fully stocked fridge and pantry

Free Citi Bike membership

Secure bike rack

Gym subsidy

Paid parental leave

Education assistance

Job summary

EnergyHub is seeking a remote Senior Software Engineer to join the Battery team. This back-end and data-focused role designs and develops services and APIs to support residential battery programs while maintaining a strong security posture across our infrastructure.

You will work with technologies including React, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CI/CD, Spring, and Python to build scalable solutions and deliver secure, reliable software for virtual power plants and grid flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with the Java/Spring ecosystem.
• Expertise in RESTful web APIs, especially those targeting external clients.
• Strong software design skills.
• Knowledge of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
• Security-focused design and implementation practices.
• Experience with CI/CD and monitoring (e.g., GitHub Actions, DataDog, Sentry, Metaplane).
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across our battery solution.
• Develop and maintain the backend REST API and business logic.
• Integrate with distributed internal services to enable new capabilities.
• Ensure security and data protection policies are in place and enforced.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to improve requirements and quality.
• Write and maintain technical documentation.
• Support and evolve APIs for client integrations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

5+ years experience

Java/Spring

RESTful APIs

Software design

Security best practices

CI/CD

Testing/monitoring

Autonomy & collaboration

Problem solving

Golang/Python experience

AWS

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

React

CI/CD tooling

GitHub Actions

DataDog

Sentry

Metaplane

gRPC

protobuf

Containerization

Job description

EnergyHub is hiring a remote candidate for Senior Software Engineer. This is a full time position. Work location: USA. The role typically involves technologies such as React, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CI/CD, Spring, Python. As a Senior Software Engineer on our growing Battery team, you will design and develop backend services that support residential battery programs while maintaining a strong security posture across our infrastructure. Working closely with leading battery providers, you will improve grid flexibility and help push virtual power plants forward towards a sustainable climate future. This role is back-end and data focused, giving you the opportunity to build services, APIs, and new features to improve the quality and breadth of our battery solutions. You would join a relatively new and growing team with the opportunity to contribute to highly visible projects with significant client impact. Partnering with engineers, product, and OEMs, you will design backend services that provide direct client value and unlock the full potential of residential batteries.

Main Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across our battery solution
• Develop and maintain our client-facening REST API and the backend logic that powers it
• Build integrations with distributed internal services to abstract away complexity and enable new product capabilities
• Ensure proper security and data protection policies, procedures, and monitoring are in place
• Collaborate with product and engineering to continuously improve requirements and software quality
• Collaborate with other teams to enable new API features and help them build on top of utility client data
• Drive and embody the “Dev Owns Quality” culture
• Write and maintain technical documentation
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience

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

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with Python
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers
• Experience with microservice architectures and event-driven messaging systems
• Experience with React and other web technologies
• Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC
• Experience with containerized systems
• Experience with MongoDB

Why work for EnergyHub?

• Collaborate with outstanding people: Our employees work hard, do great work, and enjoy collaborating and learning from each other.
• Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the team!
• Gain well rounded experience: EnergyHub offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
• Work with the latest technologies: You'll gain exposure to a broad spectrum of IoT, SaaS and machine learning obstacles, including distributed fault-tolerance, device control optimization, and process modeling to support scalable interaction with disparate downstream APIs.
• Be part of something important: Help create the future of how energy is produced and consumed. Make a positive impact on our climate.

About EnergyHub

EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future. We help consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power. To learn more, visit energyhub.com.

Company Benefits

• 100% paid medical for employees and a 401(k) with employer match
• Casual environment, the flexibility to set your own schedule
• Fully stocked fridge and pantry
• Free Citi Bike membership
• Secure bike rack
• Gym subsidy
• Paid parental leave
• Education assistance program

EnergyHub is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE, Including Disability/Vets. Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please contact [e-mail].

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Notice To Third Party Agencies: EnergyHub understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you.

The base salary range of this opportunity is listed below and is determined within a range based on factors including qualifications, location and experience. This allows opportunity for growth and development within the role. The base salary offered is part of a total compensation package. Base Salary Range $130,000—$170,000 USD Skills required for this role include React, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and related tools for day-day development. Seniority level: Senior.