Software Engineer

Volta Charging; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

401(k)

Parental Leave

Job summary

JOLT is building an AI-native engineering culture with agentic systems and automated workflows. This role accelerates the platforms powering our EV charging and partnerships across markets, taking ownership of systems end-to-end.

You’ll design and ship AI-driven workflows, own cloud infrastructure concerns, and contribute across the stack while communicating tradeoffs to non-engineers.

Qualifications

• Cloud infrastructure experience required.
• AI agentic software development (LLM integration, MCP, tool-use) required.
• CI/CD pipeline management experience required.
• Comfortable in a Linux environment required.
• Full-stack contribution capability across the stack required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are non-negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AI-driven workflows that automate real business processes.
• Own monitoring, incident triage, and back-office support for operations.
• Manage and evolve cloud infrastructure with a bias toward simplicity and maintainability.
• Contribute across the stack when needed, including front-end related tasks.
• Proactively communicate with cross-functional stakeholders about progress and tradeoffs.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

AI agentic software development

CI/CD pipeline management

Linux environment

Full-stack capability

Written and verbal communication

Job description

Salary range: $125,000 - $135,000 per year

About JOLT

JOLT is disrupting two industries at once, EV charging infrastructure and out-of-home advertising, across five markets, with a team that moves fast to test and deliver exciting new innovations. We don't operate like a traditional software company, and we don't want engineers who think like one.

We're building something genuinely new: an AI-native engineering culture where agentic systems, automated workflows, and intelligent tooling compound our output every week. The infrastructure we've built in the last year has transformed how the business operates. This role is about accelerating that, taking real ownership of the systems that power JOLT across markets, charging networks, and commercial partnerships.

This isn't a role for someone who just wants to close tickets. It's for a lateral thinker who looks at a manual process and immediately designs the system that makes it disappear, someone who builds like an owner and ships with confidence.

AI & Automation

Design, build, and maintain AI-driven workflows that automate real business processes — LLM integration, MCP servers, agentic pipelines, and automated ops tooling. You own technical execution end-to-end, guided by product direction.

Engineering Operations

Own monitoring, incident triage, backend production issues, cloud resource management, and back-office support for our field ops team. Autonomy to fix, automate, and improve as you go.

Cloud Infrastructure

Manage and evolve our cloud infrastructure. Keep things running, scale what needs scaling, and build new infrastructure with a bias toward simplicity and maintainability. Stack-agnostic — we care about engineering judgment over familiarity with any specific toolset.

Full Stack Contribution

Contribute across the stack when the team needs it — debugging front-end issues, supporting releases, or picking up work that doesn't fit neatly into a lane. Customer-facing app experience is a bonus, not the focus.

Stakeholder Communication

Proactively communicate with cross-functional stakeholders who aren't engineers — operations leads, commercial teams, external partners. Explain what you're building, why it matters, and what the tradeoffs are without being asked.

Required Skills

• Cloud infrastructure experience — depth of understanding over specific stack
• AI agentic software development (LLM integration, MCP, tool-use)
• CI/CD pipeline management
• Comfortable in a Linux environment
• Full-stack capability — able to contribute across the stack
• Strong written and verbal communication (non-negotiable)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k)
• Parental Leave

Work Eligibility

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. JOLT is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role at this time.

Accessibility & Accommodations

If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us. We are happy to support applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

JOLT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace for all employees.