Senior Backend Software Engineer (Kotlin, TypeScript, Python)

About SPAN

SPAN is on a mission to enable electrification for all, designing and deploying products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

The Role

We are seeking a seasoned backend software engineer to join our team building the cloud-based systems that provide users access to the rich information and controls offered by SPAN products. Our system collects a large volume of energy monitoring data that needs to be stored, processed, and exposed in different ways for different end users, from homeowners to utility operators.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new features and subsystems in the SPAN Cloud to support a variety of end users.
• Work cross-functionally with product and design teams to learn about our customers, identify solutions, and develop features that solve their needs.
• Collaborate with firmware, frontend, and backend engineers to build a cohesive product.
• Work in our Kotlin and TypeScript cloud with REST APIs and GraphQL, as well as communicating with our IoT devices using MQTT and gRPC.
• Design APIs and data specifications for internal and external users.

Potential Projects

• Architect and coordinate full-stack solutions to enable new panel functionality such as geolocation-specific demand reduction.
• Design and build 3rd party cloud-based integrations with a variety of other hardware partners.
• Scale our existing cloud and data infrastructure to support SPAN’s growing fleet.

About You

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer with a track record of taking ownership of projects and features.
• Experience collaborating with engineers from multiple domains to complete projects.
• Experience with Cloud-native platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure (we use AWS).
• Experience collaborating with coworkers in a shared code base using industry-standard tools and processes.
• Understanding of engineering principles and processes to design robust, scalable, and resilient systems.
• 5+ years of professional experience in a common backend programming language and a desire to work with TypeScript, Kotlin, and Python.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience working with IoT products or other hardware components.
• Experience with AWS SaaS and IaaS offerings.
• Experience with container-based deployments.
• Experience with a variety of different datastores (e.g., SQL and NoSQL).
• Experience with GraphQL APIs or gRPC.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Pulumi, Terraform, Crossplane, etc.

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, and we value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.

The Perks

• Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company.
• Comprehensive benefits: 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage.
• Parental leave up to twenty-four (24) weeks depending on eligibility.
• Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit.
• Strong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns.
• Flexible hours, one holiday per month, and flexible time off.

If you are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.