Senior Software Engineer, Data Center Power & Telemetry

emerald-ai; Washington, Boston (District of Columbia, MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay + equity

Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision

Flexible location with 1 WFH day/week

Job summary

emerald-ai is seeking a Software Engineer in Washington, D.C. to design real-time telemetry pipelines that dynamically adjust workloads based on grid conditions. This role bridges IT and OT environments, shaping system architecture and owning projects end-to-end.

The ideal candidate has over 7 years of software engineering experience with a strong proficiency in Python or Rust. You will collaborate across teams to deliver sustainable solutions for AI data centers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and/or Rust, Go or C/C++.
• Hands-on experience building telemetry ingest pipelines or distributed systems handling high-volume, time-series data.
• Familiarity with async messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Responsibilities

• Build software modules interacting with datacenters and the electrical grid.
• Architect and implement data ingest pipelines for high-frequency telemetry.
• Design fault-tolerant integration layers between IT and OT systems.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

C/C++

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Tools

Kubernetes

InfluxDB

Prometheus

Job description

emerald-ai is seeking a Software Engineer in Washington, D.C. to design real-time telemetry pipelines that dynamically adjust workloads based on grid conditions. This role bridges IT and OT environments, shaping system architecture and owning projects end-to-end.

The ideal candidate has over 7 years of software engineering experience with a strong proficiency in Python or Rust. You will collaborate across teams to deliver sustainable solutions for AI data centers.