Software Engineer (Devops/Backend Focused)

About Wattch

Wattch enables observability, intelligence, and control for renewable energy systems of all types and sizes. As an emerging leader in Energy IoT (EIoT), we serve customers in the solar, energy storage, EV charging, and hydroelectric spaces, with wide-ranging potential applications. Our ultimate goal is to provide interoperability for every device in the world that produces or consumes energy.

About the role

As a Software Engineer at Wattch, you will develop software to monitor, control, and coordinate distributed renewable energy assets. We’re a collaborative team and will seek your opinions and ideas for product implementation as well as your constructive feedback in the form of code reviews, design docs, and post-mortems. As a member of a small team, you will have considerable autonomy. To be successful in this role, you should be organized, a good communicator, and interested in tackling a wide range of projects. We value someone who is excited to learn new things and it doesn’t hurt to have an interest in clean energy!

On a given day, you may…

• Develop new and powerful algorithms to manage the future of the grid
• Work with a small team to drive core product and engineering decisions
• Model ideal and predicted performance of renewable energy systems
• Build technology solutions in a wide variety of areas
• Fight climate change by making renewables more efficient and cheaper to maintain

You’re perfect for this role if you…

• Have at least 5 years of experience in professional software development
• Are fluent in all of the following technologies:
  • Kubernetes, gRPC, SQL, Git or Mercurial, Bash or ZSH, REST APIs, TCP/IP
• Are fluent in any of the following languages:
  • Go, Rust, C++, Java, C#, Kotlin, Swift (or similar)
• Learn quickly
• Have a deep dedication to security and reliability
• Can operate and lead projects independently
• Have managed Kubernetes deployments in production environments

Bonus points if you…

• Have worked at a company delivering Enterprise B2B SaaS
• Have experience in any of the following technologies:
  • Go
  • React
  • Typescript
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • PostgreSQL
  • InfluxDB
• Have experience with timeseries data engineering and/or analysis
• Understand the basic physics of electricity (or are excited to learn them!)
• Have experience with distributed IoT devices
• Believe in the potential of a distributed, renewable grid

Company Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, plus 11 paid federal holidays and office closed last week of the year
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) to cover medical expenses and insurance premiums
• Incentive Stock Options (ISO)
• Office on the Eastside Beltline in Atlanta (in office 3 days per week, Work from Home Tuesdays and Thursdays)
• Small, highly collaborative team with direct access to founders and tons of growth opportunities

Wattch is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the unique contributions of all Wattchers create our success and we aim to offer an inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, and the communities we serve. We value empathy, clarity, and sustainability and strive to make these values present in our daily interactions as well as our hiring process. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone’s perspectives and experience, we don't discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We welcome all applications.