Gridware's mission is to create a future where power outages and electric grid hazards (think wildfire ignition) are a thing of the past. We provide a truly full-stack (hardware + firmware + software) solution for the real-time monitoring of America’s critical infrastructure. The system centers around low-cost hardware platforms that are easily and permanently deployed to power poles. The platform detects and predicts physical fault phenomena, expedites repairs during power outages, and helps utilities demonstrate risk reduction to regulators through comprehensive asset health profiles.

Gridware's technology is designed to unlock essential values for other adjacent verticals. Our unique positioning allows us to solve some of the world's most burning challenges -- from helping policy makers make data-driven infrastructure decisions to helping farmers overcome micro-climate challenges. While others turn a blind eye to these aged and highly-regulated industries, we at Gridware believe it's our duty to find win-for-all scenarios that lead to a prosperous future for coming generations.

Gridware is a privately-held, YC-backed company with funding from some of the best climate & hard tech investors in the world.

• Y-Combinator
• Lower Carbon
• 50 Years
• True Ventures

Responsibilities

This is what you’ll be doing:

◦ Design and implementation of systems to support concurrent command and control of millions of devices
◦ Design and implementation of systems enabling in-depth observability of the health, behavior, and history of our distributed device fleet
◦ Design and implementation of both customer-facing features and internal tools
◦ Collaborate closely with firmware engineers, manufacturing engineers, data team, and product designers to deliver software that advances our systems and acts as a multiplier for the rest of the company
◦ Contribute to improving development workflows and best practices
◦ Thrive in a tightly integrated, lightning-paced team of high-energy and deeply committed individuals

Required Skills

◦ 5+ years’ experience with Python backend development
◦ Experience building scalable, distributed applications on one of the major cloud providers (AWS preferred)
◦ Experience working with event driven architectures and data streaming frameworks such as Kafka, Kinesis, SNS/SQS
◦ Proficiency with SQL and experience with GraphQL
◦ Proficiency with React and Typescript
◦ Proficiency with observability tooling such as New Relic, Grafana, and Prometheus
◦ Demonstrated ability to construct scalable ingestion pipelines and APIs
◦ Comfortable developing in Linux environments with an understanding of networking, filesystems, and scripting
◦ Knowledge of version control, automated deployments, and testing pipelines
◦ Experience with containerization technologies like Docker / ECS / Kubernetes

Benefits

We offer competitive benefits that help employees thrive and grow. These benefits include:

• Flexible starting hours to reduce commute
• Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum plans fully covered)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company-paid training to upgrade your skills
• Free parking and a commuter allowance

Gridware is an equal opportunity employer. We want applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to color, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Gridware is currently located in Walnut Creek but will be headquartered in San Francisco starting January 2025.