Senior Software Engineer - Cloud & IoT for Homes

Doist; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee medical premiums

401(k) plan

16 weeks parental leave

Job summary

Copper in Berkeley, CA, is seeking a Software Engineer to design and scale software systems connecting our electrified home appliances with cloud infrastructure and customer-facing apps. You will own end-to-end features spanning cloud, mobile, and internal tools, shaping data pipelines and hardware integrations.

Ideal candidates have experience with cloud-based systems, modern web stacks (TypeScript/Python, React), and a track record of reliable, well-tested software.

Qualifications

• Professional software development experience, ideally including time at a small or growing startup.
• Proven ability to independently drive ambiguous technical problems from definition through execution.
• Experience designing and building cloud-based systems (AWS or similar), including distributed systems and data pipelines.
• Comfort working across a modern web and application stack, including: TypeScript and/or Python, React-based frontends, SQL and database-backed systems.
• Experience building production-quality systems with an emphasis on reliability, automated testing, and long-term ownership.
• Ability to work across teams and disciplines, communicating clearly with engineers, operators, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, making pragmatic tradeoffs, and taking responsibility for outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and evolution of critical software systems spanning cloud infrastructure, mobile applications, and internal tools.
• Design, implement, test, and ship features and systems across the cloud, mobile app, and internal tools used by customers, installers, manufacturing, and operations teams.
• Own and grow data pipelines and cloud systems that power fleet visibility, analytics, and participation in programs such as virtual power plants.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and product teams to build software that integrates cleanly with real devices and real-world workflows.
• Refine feature requirements, balancing user needs, system complexity, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with engineering leadership to shape technical direction and prioritize high-impact work.
• Support mobile releases and QA, with a bias toward automation and repeatable processes.
• Ship high-quality code, thoughtful design, and practice strong engineering principles.
• Contribute to code reviews and mentor other engineers through hands-on collaboration.
• As the system matures, help support operational needs, including occasional on-call incident response outside of normal business hours.

Skills

Independent problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Communication

Tools

AWS

TypeScript

Python

React

SQL

Job description

Copper in Berkeley, CA, is seeking a Software Engineer to design and scale software systems connecting our electrified home appliances with cloud infrastructure and customer-facing apps. You will own end-to-end features spanning cloud, mobile, and internal tools, shaping data pipelines and hardware integrations.

Ideal candidates have experience with cloud-based systems, modern web stacks (TypeScript/Python, React), and a track record of reliable, well-tested software.