Software Engineer

Cypress Creek Renewables

Durham, DC

Full Time

Posted September 10, 2026

$120k - $150k

Renewable Energy Development

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Job Description

The energy industry is entering one of the most significant periods of growth and transformation in its history.

Key Responsibilities

Software Design & Development
Design, build, test, and maintain backend services, APIs, and internal applications.
Write clear, well-tested, maintainable code and participate actively in code review.
Translate business requirements into technical designs.
Contribute to the team's engineering standards, shared libraries, and services.
Experience with event-driven or stream-processing architectures (Kafka or similar).
Production Ownership
Deploy and operate services in production including monitoring and triage of failures.
Diagnose issues across service boundaries (application code, data stores, message streams, and third-party dependencies) and resolve root causes.
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment configuration for the services you work on.
Data, ML & Integrations
Apply machine learning and statistical modeling techniques to forecasting models and other data science initiatives across the business.
Build and maintain integrations between internal applications and enterprise systems.
Perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model validation using scientific Python tooling (numpy, pandas, and related libraries).
Design and evolve data models in the company's analytical data platform and write efficient queries against large datasets.
Build and maintain data pipelines and services that ingest, transform, and serve data from internal and third-party sources.
Move ML models from prototype to production: package, deploy, monitor, and retrain models as part of the services you own.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner directly with business users (development, engineering, finance, and operations) to understand their workflows and turn ambiguous needs into working software.
Support internal users of the applications you own, including troubleshooting unexpected results and explaining technical behavior to non-technical audiences.
Produce and maintain documentation that lets business users work independently and allows other engineers to pick up your work.
Continuous Improvement
Identify and address technical debt, manual processes, and operational pain points in the systems you work on.
Evaluate new tools, libraries, and approaches, and make the case for adoption where they meaningfully improve the team's output.
Contribute to a culture of clear documentation, code quality, and engineering discipline across the team.

Requirements

3-6 years of professional software engineering experience with backend development in Python.
Experience designing, building, and consuming APIs.
Experience applying machine learning or statistical modeling techniques (for example, forecasting, predictive modeling, or other data science methods).
Experience with scientific or numerical Python (numpy, pandas, and related tooling).
Experience with databases, including schema design, migrations, and query performance.
Background in renewable energy development and/or operations - solar development, energy modeling, performance engineering, or asset management.
Demonstrated ownership of software in production, including debugging and resolving live issues.
Strong written communication skills; able to document technical work and explain it clearly to non-technical audiences.
Judgment to distinguish problems that warrant a robust engineered solution from those that need a fast, correct answer today.
Ability to manage ambiguity and drive work to completion with limited direction
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
Working knowledge of containers and CI/CD.
Experience integrating with Salesforce or a comparable enterprise system of record.
Familiarity with energy modeling.
Experience with ML frameworks and libraries (for example, scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow) or time-series forecasting methods.
Embrace and live by the mission and values of Cypress Creek Energy.
Location: The location for this role is one of our office locations: Durham, NC; or Washington, DC. Our team operates on a hybrid schedule, with in-office schedule of three days per week.
Compensation: The salary range for the position is $120,000 - $150,000 . This position is also eligible for an annual bonus. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

Benefits & Perks

15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 11 observed holidays.
401(k) Match
Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision and health insurance
Wellness stipend, family planning stipend, and generous parental leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Phone Bill Reimbursement
Company Swag
A note to Recruiting Agencies Cypress Creek Energy Human Resources team does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiters, staffing firms, or related agencies. The Human Resources team coordinates all recruiting and hiring at our company. We do not accept resumes from third-party recruiters unless authorized by the Human Resources team and if a signed agreement is in place. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered property of CCE and we are not responsible for any related fees. All communication related to recruiting partnerships should ONLY be directed to the Human Resources team.
Please be aware of recruiting scams—official communications will only come from @ccrenew.com, we will never request personal or financial information, and any suspicious activity should be reported to HR@ccrenew.com .