Uplight is hiring a
The Position
Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 90 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.
What you get to do:
Skills and experience are necessary, but we hire on value alignment first, so if you feel you would be a good fit with us, still consider applying.
**What you will contribute:
**As our Senior Software Engineer you will work within the Engineering Department to build and improve our applications to deliver flexible and creative solutions to our utility partners and end users. You’ll be a part of developing robust architecture and leading large feature initiatives that deliver a compelling experience for our customers in the area of Demand Response and Energy Orchestration.
You will work on a team that values communication, collaboration, growth, and trust. At Uplight, we believe that demonstrating our core values is the key to success.
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What you bring to Uplight:**
4-6 years of professional software engineering experience
Advanced knowledge of Python.
Experience in designing and implementing scalable microservice architecture
Experience with cloud-based architectures, development, and deployment
2+ years building and managing APIs to industry-accepted RESTful standards
Application of security best practices to application and system development
Experience working with large data sets in RDBMS, preferably PostgreSQL
Familiarity with container technologies, such as Docker. Ideally with container orchestration experience (e.g Kubernetes)
Mastery of test driven development, including automated tests
Track record of engineering collaboration such as mentoring, pair programming, and creating documentation for your work
You are a strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you.
You possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
BS in Computer Science / Engineering, or demonstrable industry experience
Bonus Points:
**What makes working at Uplight amazing:
**In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we are:
We also provide:
Salary Range: $125,000 to $145,000 USD
In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.
Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.