About the role

Role Overview

Backend engineer for WeaveGrid’s clean energy SaaS products that monitor and manage distributed energy resources (DERs) for electric utilities. You will independently design, implement, and deploy backend systems while helping set technical direction and improve engineering quality.

Responsibilities

Design and produce high-quality backend code focused on robustness, testability, and maintainability
Develop deep ownership of backend services, including long-term reliability and technical debt management
Integrate with device manufacturer APIs and utility data sources; ingest, aggregate, and integrate signals
Implement monitoring/understanding of battery status and scheduling/verifying optimal charge/discharge plans
Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to deliver scalable platform features for DERMS capabilities
Improve system reliability, data quality, scalability, and collaborate across multiple codebases
Perform production rollouts with instrumentation, alerting, and reliability monitoring
Build new partner capabilities by reusing and generalizing modules
Operate and maintain infrastructure using Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub, Jira/Confluence, CircleCI
Participate in on-call rotations (about once per quarter) to monitor, diagnose, and triage production issues
Support team prioritization by proposing improvements (new capabilities, reliability investments, and technical debt reduction)

Requirements

3+ years of relevant engineering experience OR a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering (or related)
Ability to independently deliver complex backend systems end-to-end
Available for collaboration during standard US West Coast working hours if working remotely
Ownership mindset and strong software craft
Ability to leverage AI tools effectively while maintaining strong engineering judgment to catch AI errors

Preferred / Nice-to-haves

Experience building systems that interact with real-world devices/data and handling operational complexity
Experience working with cloud-native microservices and production reliability practices

About Climactic

Climactic (WeaveGrid) provides clean energy software and enterprise SaaS solutions for electric utilities. Its platform helps the grid integrate distributed energy resources such as electric vehicles and battery storage, using cloud-native architecture and reliability-focused engineering to meet regulatory, security, and performance requirements.

Software Engineer Backend

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