Senior Full Stack Engineer for Energy Industry Digital Studio - remote
Bellawatt
Posted 2 years ago
About Us
Bellawatt builds nimble and user-friendly software products for some of the leading energy companies including PG&E, Sunrun, and the DOE. The energy industry is undergoing massive changes and our clients are increasingly using modern software to help solve their biggest challenges and unlock new opportunities.
We typically build web-based applications such as ev.pge.com, and on occasion take on other types of energy software projects we find interesting and/or challenging. A recent example is building IOT backend infrastructure for V2G.
We believe in creating impact quickly: we call this making nimble software. We have been a remote company from well before the pandemic, and believe that high quality software requires designated time for deep work. As a result we lean heavily on written communication and try our best to limit senseless meetings. When we do collaborate, we prefer to pair to tackle the trickier problems of our industry. You can read more about our philosophies at bellawatt.com/work.
We choose tools that empower even single developers to make a big impact. We prefer to participate in vibrant ecosystems that will be around for many years, such as Ruby on Rails and React (our default stack). At the same time, we occasionally leverage Python and have also dabbled in Node.js and TypeScript. We encourage playing around with just about anything that you find interesting, though we are cautious about what we use in production.
Why you might want to work with us:
- See your work hit production regularly. You won’t be asked to manage direct reports and your meeting time will be limited, giving you ample time to make meaningful contributions to your project(s).
- Contribute to a crucial space. We literally help keep the lights on (and make them cheaper/greener). Most of our work is at the forefront of the clean energy transition.
- Give back via open source software. We recognize how much we've benefitted from OSS ecosystems and have a number of packages and libraries we've published and use ourselves.
- Work with a veteran team. We hire slowly - even to the detriment of our bottom line - and skew senior/experienced.
- Get your time back. We're careful about protecting your personal time and energy. One recent example is we now force staff to take a day off soon after any big launch. The rest of our benefits are standard - health, flexible PTO, equipment as necessary, and a 401k program.
About You
Bellawatt’s engineering team is growing, and we're looking to add senior colleagues who can take on complicated and nuanced problems and turn them into beautiful and functional products. You'll work on pods that include a PM, designer, and 1-2 other engineers, and you'll be involved from the product ideation stage all the way through to launch.
Specifically, we're looking for:
- A bias towards execution, closeout and/or ongoing operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in Ruby on Rails. Specifically, multiple years of experience in a senior role leading development on production apps.
- Production experience with rich JavaScript UIs. React is our default choice, but not explicitly required.
- Ability to manage your own time and unblock yourself and your team. We plan in “sprint like” increments, but our project management processes are lightweight by design. As a result, we look for staff that are highly self-sufficient.
- Bonus: Production experience with at least one other backend language. Our clients sometimes have their own technical constraints which we must fit into.
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We are excited to have a new team member, not a new employee. We won’t waste your time - our interview process is straightforward:
That's it! We don't like drawn-out interview processes any more than you do. Looking forward to connecting!