Principal Software Engineer - Locations
Job in
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, 80285, USA
Listed on 2026-07-14
Listing for:
Energy Acuity
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-14
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer, DevOps, Software Architect
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Principal Software Engineer
Lead the design and implementation of scalable, data-intensive back‑end systems for congestion analysis, forecasting, and grid optimization in North American power markets.
What You’ll Do- Design, build, and operate highly scalable backend systems and data platforms.
- Lead architecture and technical decision‑making across multiple services and product areas.
- Own complex engineering initiatives from design through production deployment.
- Improve system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Simplify and modernize existing systems as technologies and business needs evolve.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, SRE, and Security teams.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building highly scalable distributed systems.
- Strong hands‑on programming experience in Python, Go, or Rust.
- Experience with data‑intensive applications, pipelines, and large‑scale processing systems.
- Experience working with Kubernetes and a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Strong understanding of system architecture, software design, and operational excellence.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of large engineering initiatives.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience optimizing computationally intensive systems or algorithms.
- Experience with high‑performance computing (HPC).
- Experience with energy markets, power systems, or other highly complex domains.
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and production AI systems.
- Python
- Go
- Rust
- Kafka
- MySQL
- Click House
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- AWS
- Terraform
- Pulumi
- Argo
- Grafana
- Sentry
- Honeycomb
- Claude
- AWS Bedrock
- Lang Chain
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Income Protection (disability, life/AD&D, critical illness, accident)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Healthcare Spending Account (HSA), Commuter
- Lifestyle & Wellbeing Program
- Pet Insurance
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