Senior Software Engineer, Field Software

Responsibilities

• 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 Gridware’s systems and field deployments scale.

Required Skills

• 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.

Bonus Skills

Qualifications

• 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.
• Bonus Skills
• 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.
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