Senior Software Engineer, Energy Storage — Build BESS

Redwood Materials; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 237,500; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy technology firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance battery energy storage systems (BESS). This role involves designing software platforms for optimized control, developing real-time forecasting workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have 2-5 years of experience, strong systems thinking abilities, and are skilled in technologies like Kubernetes and Python. The position offers a competitive salary in the range of $150,000 - $237,500, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Excellent communicator who enhances team performance.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and initiates action.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to BESS data engineering and telemetry pipelines.
• Design and maintain simulation training infrastructure.
• Develop and operate forecast and optimization workflows.
• Support energy market integration and data ingestion.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure product coherence.
• Write well-tested, monitored software for iterative improvement.

Skills

Software design instincts

Collaboration

Problem-solving

AI tool usage

Tools

Kubernetes

Rust

Python

NATS

PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB

SQLite

Job description

A leading energy technology firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance battery energy storage systems (BESS). This role involves designing software platforms for optimized control, developing real-time forecasting workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have 2-5 years of experience, strong systems thinking abilities, and are skilled in technologies like Kubernetes and Python. The position offers a competitive salary in the range of $150,000 - $237,500, depending on experience.