Staff Software Engineer - Modeling Platform (Remote US)

CaptivateIQ, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 181,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare

Flexible Time Off

Annual stipends for development

Work anniversary bonuses

401(k) retirement savings (US only)

Premium hardware for work

Active ERGs and DEI initiatives

Job summary

CaptivateIQ is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Modeling Platform's evolution, setting architectural direction and multi-year technical strategy with EM/EPD leadership. You will own framework and SDK direction, influence API surfaces, and enable rapid, self-service product development across teams.

This role blends hands-on backend work with high-visibility leadership, guiding frontend components and tooling used by multiple internal teams while mentoring engineers toward senior and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering with progression into staff-level technical leadership.
• Strong Python fundamentals with production experience in Django or similar Python web frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience owning a platform or framework layer — not just a service — that multiple internal teams built on top of.
• Strong backend engineering foundation with hands-on experience building frontend components that other engineering teams consume, extend, and build on top of.
• Track record of setting multi-year technical strategy for a platform or major system, with evidence of the strategy shipping and delivering impact.
• Track record of growing engineers to the next level — mentoring, coaching, and leading their technical development toward senior and staff-level impact.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of the modeling platform's framework and SDK layer, partnering closely with the SmartGrid team on the underlying computation engine.
• Own and evolve the platform's framework, SDK, and interfaces — turning today's API surface into a self-service framework with extensibility points for internal teams.
• Make the platform-level tradeoffs that shape it: what belongs in the framework vs. a product team's responsibility, build vs. buy, refactor vs. patch, flexibility vs. speed.
• Operate with high ownership and autonomy — drive ambiguous or contested decisions forward by pulling in the right stakeholders early.
• Set the multi-year technical strategy for the modeling platform, in partnership with EM, PM, Design, and senior leadership.
• Drive technical alignment across teams — build credibility and relationships that align consuming product teams around the platform's roadmap.
• Stay hands-on as a backend-primary fullstack engineer — the platform spans backend APIs, SDKs, and frontend components.
• Grow and develop engineers on the team — coach toward senior and staff-level impact, set the technical bar through design leadership and review standards.

Skills

Python

Django

Platform ownership

Backend engineering

Frontend components

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Tools

Go

Arrow/Parquet

Job description

CaptivateIQ is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Modeling Platform's evolution, setting architectural direction and multi-year technical strategy with EM/EPD leadership. You will own framework and SDK direction, influence API surfaces, and enable rapid, self-service product development across teams.

This role blends hands-on backend work with high-visibility leadership, guiding frontend components and tooling used by multiple internal teams while mentoring engineers toward senior and