Software Engineer

Light; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Light is seeking an experienced software engineer to join as an early team member and help build a first-of-a-kind platform. You will architect the core developer API, embedded UI components, and grid-facing systems, guiding the product from the ground up.

You will own solutions end-to-end, collaborate across the stack, and help define Light's culture as the company grows. Relocation to Austin, TX for in-person collaboration with founders is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering impactful solutions.
• A high degree of product ownership, driven by objectives and outcomes, not just tasks.
• Experience building robust and elegant solutions to complex problems with an understanding of leadership on significant projects.
• Attention to detail and ability to execute autonomously.
• Versatility across the stack and adaptability to evolving product needs.
• Experience working at an early-stage startup is a strong plus.
• The ability to relocate to Austin, TX to work in-person with the founders and rest of the engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Build a first-of-a-kind product from the ground up and architect foundations of the platform.
• Implement core developer API and embedded UI components, plus grid-facing systems.
• Deliver robust solutions for load forecasting and behind-the-meter control.
• Help define Light's culture and collaborate with founders and the rest of the team.

Skills

Software engineering

Product ownership

Technical leadership

Autonomous execution

Full-stack versatility

Startup experience

Relocation to Austin

Job description

About us

The world is electrifying. As we plug in more devices and services, we need new ways to connect to power.

The traditional, one-size-fits-all utility approach — with complicated bills and frustrating customer service — no longer works. At Light, we make it easy to get affordable, renewable electricity by embedding power with the products that consumers already use, from the companies they love.

Light’s mission is to power a sustainable and abundant energy future for everyone. With Light’s utility-as-API platform, companies from automakers and solar providers to real estate and beyond can offer their own, integrated electricity plans.

Imagine purchasing an electric vehicle that includes unlimited home charging, or solar panels that come bundled with any excess energy you might need from the grid. At Light, we’re creating a flexible future where any company can offer their own branded electricity plans and make clean energy convenient for their customers.

Join us in building the digital energy infrastructure for a dynamic, sustainable future.

The role

As one of Light’s early engineers, you’ll build a first-of-a-kind product from the ground up. You’ll play a direct role in architecting and implementing the foundations of our platform, from our core developer API and embedded UI components to grid-facing systems like load forecasting and and behind-the-meter control.

As one of the early members of the team, you’ll help define our culture, making Light a place people come not just for the mission, but work alongside others they admire and enjoy.

You would describe yourself as having:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of delivering impactful solutions.

• A high degree of product ownership, driven by objectives and outcomes, not just tasks.

• Experience building robust and elegant solutions to complex problems with an understanding of what it takes to be a technical leader on significant projects.

• Attention to detail and ability to execute autonomously.

• Versatility in working across the stack and adaptability to evolving product needs.

• Experience working at an early-stage startup is a strong plus.

• The ability to relocate to Austin, TX to work in-person with the founders and rest of the engineering team.