Staff Cloud Software Engineer

Ring Inc; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO stock options

Benefits package

Job summary

Mainspring Energy is seeking a Software Architect in Menlo Park, CA, to lead the cloud-to-field software ecosystem for their Low Emissions Linear Generator. Responsibilities include processing real-time data, ensuring secure remote monitoring, and building infrastructure for device updates. Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of software engineering experience, expertise in cloud computing platforms like AWS or Azure, and a proactive approach to reliability. Salary ranges from $162,000 to $190,000 annually, with additional stock options and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with leadership experience.
• Understanding of impact of software decisions on physical infrastructure.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure and industrial automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ingest and process real-time telemetry from thousands of generators.
• Enable secure monitoring, diagnostics, and control of remote devices.
• Build infrastructure for updating software on remote embedded devices.

Skills

Systems thinking

Software engineering (7+ years)

Device-to-cloud architectures

Telemetry pipelines

AWS

GCP

Azure

Distributed systems

Reliability-first mindset

Industrial IoT

Job description

Company Overview

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable local power generation technology, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations.

The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless reaction with near-zero NOx emissions. Backed by top-tier investors including Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, Lightrock, and General Catalyst, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.

Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net‑zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world‑class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.

Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world‑class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.

Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross‑disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com

Job Overview

Mainspring Energy is reinventing distributed power generation with our Linear Generator — a fuel‑flexible, ultra‑low emissions platform delivering resilient, on‑site power for commercial, industrial, and utility customers.

Now we’re scaling our fleet.

We’re looking for the right architect to own the cloud‑to‑field software ecosystem that powers, monitors, and optimizes our distributed energy assets. This is a rare opportunity to unify cloud, data, and embedded device software under one technical vision — and scale a platform that directly enables the energy transition.

This is industrial‑grade, uptime‑critical, hardware‑connected software.

Responsibilities

• Ingest and process real‑time telemetry from thousands of generators at high speed
• Enable secure monitoring, diagnostics, and control of remote devices at scale
• Build infrastructure to enable updating software on remote embedded devices
• When our software works, customers stay powered. When it doesn’t, the stakes are real

Qualifications

• You are a systems thinker who understands that software decisions impact physical infrastructure.
• 7+ years in software engineering on production systems, including team technical leadership
• Experience with device‑to‑cloud architectures and telemetry pipelines
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• A reliability‑first mindset — 99% uptime isn’t good enough
• Experience in industrial IoT, energy systems, industrial automation, or fleet‑scale device platforms a plus

$162,000 - $190,000 a year

This position is onsite at our Menlo Park HQ. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre‑IPO stock options + benefits.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job‑related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company‑specific knowledge.