Software Engineer – Grid Services

Responsibilities

• Design and build software integrations with ISOs/RTOs, utilities, aggregators, and demand response platforms.
• Develop optimization and control algorithms that determine when and how data center resources including compute workloads, on-site generation, and storage are dispatched in response to grid signals.
• Build forecasting models for electricity demand, data center load, prices and grid conditions to support market participation and dispatch decisions.
• Translate wholesale market and demand response program rules including capacity accreditation, baselines, measurement & verification (M&V), settlement, and compliance into operational software.
• Build reliable data pipelines that ingest, validate, and process real-time operational and market data.
• Own software services from design through deployment, monitoring, and long-term operation.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building production systems in Python
• Strong experience designing and operating reliable, distributed software systems where correctness and availability are critical
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building data pipelines and working with large-scale operational datasets
• Familiarity with SQL and modern data engineering practices
• Experience in electric utilities, ISOs/RTOs, wholesale electricity markets, demand response, or adjacent energy systems
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field