Senior Software Engineer, Field Software
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
You will build the backend services APIs and data pipelines that power how Gridware manages field assets and devices throughout their lifecycle. You will help shape how we model and exchange asset data with utilities as we scale while building reliable systems used by our field teams customers and other engineering teams.
This role has a direct connection to the physical world. The software you build helps field crews complete installations and gives utilities accurate information about their grid and assets.
- Design build and own backend services supporting the full lifecycle of Gridware devices and field assets.
- Build GraphQL APIs supporting an offline-first mobile application used by field crews and utility linemen.
- Develop reliable data pipelines and integrations for exchanging asset data with utilities.
- Design systems and data models representing grid infrastructure assets and the relationships between them.
- Own systems end to end from architecture and implementation through deployment monitoring and production operation.
- Work directly with field crews to understand operational workflows and see your software used in the field.
- Partner closely with Field Operations Product Data and other engineering teams to translate real-world workflows into scalable software.
- Contribute to architecture and technical decisions as Gridwares systems and field deployments scale.
- 5 years of professional backend software engineering experience.
- Strong experience with Python and PostgreSQL including making schema changes to live production databases.
- Experience designing and building production GraphQL APIs and data pipelines where correctness and reliability matter.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems including debugging and understanding failures in production.
- Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments. We use AWS and Kubernetes.
- Experience using AI coding tools effectively while maintaining ownership of the design quality and correctness of the code produced.
- Strong technical judgment communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Track record of owning software systems end to end and proactively identifying and addressing problems.
- Experience with Apollo Federation SQLAlchemy or async Python.
- Experience building backend systems for mobile or offline-first applications.
- Experience with TypeScript and contributing across the full stack.
- Experience with event-driven systems such as Kafka or SQS.
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry Grafana or Sentry.
- Experience with data lakehouse technologies such as Databricks Apache Iceberg or Trino.
- Experience with geospatial data GIS or utility data.
- Experience building software for mobile applications IoT or connected devices utilities or other physical-world systems.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
**At this time, Gridware is unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this role. We’re only able to consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the country of employment without visa sponsorship now or in the future.** This describes the ideal candi ... View more
