Senior Software Engineer, Energy Storage
Redwood MaterialsSan Francisco, California
Full Time
Posted March 10, 2026
$150k - $238k
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Job Description
This position is on a team building the software platform that powers optimized control and market participation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) — software that runs both on site controllers and in the cloud.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to BESS data engineering — building and maintaining telemetry pipelines and stores, and feature ingestion and storage systems for forecasting and optimization
- Design, build, and maintain simulation and training infrastructure — platforms for running and orchestrating simulations at scale
- Develop and operate real-time forecast and optimization workflows, orchestrating pipelines that drive BESS operations
- Support energy market integration, including data ingestion and bid management
- Collaborate across the full stack and across team boundaries to ensure the product system works well as a whole
- Write well-tested, well-monitored software and iteratively improve it over time
- Apply AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining high system design quality and code standards
Requirements
- Strong software design instincts — thinks in systems, reasons from first principles, and understands the real-world challenges of building available, reliable, scalable, and secure distributed systems
- Comfortable using AI tools to move faster without letting them erode system design or code quality
- Excellent collaborator — communicates clearly, listens well, and makes the people around them better
- Bias toward action — takes initiative, makes progress in ambiguous situations, and doesn't wait for perfect information
- Systems thinker and owner — willing to think and collaborate across team boundaries to make sure the product works well as a whole
- Rigorous about quality — writes well-tested, well-monitored software and iterates on it over time
- B.S. or advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or another discipline, combined with 2-5 years of experience in software engineering.
- Experience with relevant technologies a plus: Kubernetes, Rust, Python, NATS, PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, SQLite
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
- In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills.
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