Span
Backend Software Engineer
Span, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Our MissionSPAN is enabling electrification for allSPAN is mission-driven to design, build, and deploy products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change.
Decarbonization
is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.
Electrification
is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.
At SPAN, we believe in:
Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy
Making electrification upgrades possible
Building more resilient homes with reliable backup
Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid
The RoleWe are seeking a seasoned backend software engineer to join our team building the cloud-based glue that gives our users access to the rich information and controls provided by SPAN Panel, SPAN Drive, and future generations of our products. Our system collects a large volume of energy monitoring data that needs to be stored, processed and exposed in different ways for different end users from homeowners to utility operators. We're also opening up never-before available levels of control of the energy in the home that need to be accessedin secure and easy-to-use APIs.
You’ll join our cloud software engineering team and work with other engineers including mobile, web, device software (firmware), and systems software teams. Working with the team, you’ll lead the design and implementation of systems that integrate our hardware, mobile apps, dashboards and external APIs.You'll work with product owners and other engineers to build features from start to finish.
Responsibilities
Design and develop new features and subsystems in the SPAN Cloud to support a variety of end users from homeowners, installers, fleet and utility partners.
Work cross-functionally with product and design teams to learn about our customers, identify solutions and develop the features that solve their needs
Collaborate between firmware, frontend and backend engineers on projects to seamlessly build a cohesive product
Work in our Kotlin and TypeScript cloud with REST APIs and GraphQL as well as communicating with our IoT devices
MQTT
and gRPC.
Design APIs and data specifications for internal and external users
Potential Projects
Architect and co-ordinate full-stack solutions to enable new panel functionality such as geolocation-specific demand reduction to assist in reducing peak power draw.
Design and build 3rd party cloud-based integrations with a variety of other hardware partners
Scale our existing cloud and data infrastructure to support SPAN’s growing fleet
About YouRequired Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a backend engineer with a track record of taking ownership of projects and features.
Experience collaborating with engineers from multiple domains to complete projects.
Experience with Cloud-native platforms like
AWS
,
GCP
, Azure (we use
AWS ).
Experience collaborating with coworkers in shared code base usingindustry standard tools and processes including type systems, linting and unit testing
Understanding engineering principles and processes to design robust, scalable and resilient systems
5+ years of professional experience in a common backend programming language and a desire to work with TypeScript, Kotlin, and Python
Bonus QualificationsWe would love to hire someone with experience working in one or more of the following areas:
Internet of Things (IoT) products (e.g.
AWS
IoT, Google Cloud IoT, something homegrown) or other hardware component to the product
AWS
SaaS and IaaS offerings
Container-based deployments
A variety of different datastores (e.g.
SQL
and noSQL, key-value stores, document stores)
GraphQL APIs or gRPC.
Products with a rich mobile app
Infrastructure as code tools like Pulumi, Terraform, Crossplane etc.
The U.S. base salary range for this position is $110,000- $175,000 plus benefits, equity, and variable compensation for Sales-related roles. This range represents SPAN’s good faith estimate of competitively-priced salary for the role based on national, real-time industry data from companies of a similar growth stage. This range reflects minimum and maximum new hire salaries for the role across US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and individual factors including relevant skills, experience and education or training. This range correlates to the relative level of the candidate we believe we need for the role and may require an adjustment for candidates of a different level.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the location this role is based during the hiring process.
Life at SPANSPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.
We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.
The Perks:Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company
Comprehensive benefits:100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage. Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
Strong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns
Flexible hours, one holiday per month, and flexible time off
Interested in joining our team? Apply today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!
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Decarbonization
is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.
Electrification
is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.
At SPAN, we believe in:
Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy
Making electrification upgrades possible
Building more resilient homes with reliable backup
Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid
The RoleWe are seeking a seasoned backend software engineer to join our team building the cloud-based glue that gives our users access to the rich information and controls provided by SPAN Panel, SPAN Drive, and future generations of our products. Our system collects a large volume of energy monitoring data that needs to be stored, processed and exposed in different ways for different end users from homeowners to utility operators. We're also opening up never-before available levels of control of the energy in the home that need to be accessedin secure and easy-to-use APIs.
You’ll join our cloud software engineering team and work with other engineers including mobile, web, device software (firmware), and systems software teams. Working with the team, you’ll lead the design and implementation of systems that integrate our hardware, mobile apps, dashboards and external APIs.You'll work with product owners and other engineers to build features from start to finish.
Responsibilities
Design and develop new features and subsystems in the SPAN Cloud to support a variety of end users from homeowners, installers, fleet and utility partners.
Work cross-functionally with product and design teams to learn about our customers, identify solutions and develop the features that solve their needs
Collaborate between firmware, frontend and backend engineers on projects to seamlessly build a cohesive product
Work in our Kotlin and TypeScript cloud with REST APIs and GraphQL as well as communicating with our IoT devices
MQTT
and gRPC.
Design APIs and data specifications for internal and external users
Potential Projects
Architect and co-ordinate full-stack solutions to enable new panel functionality such as geolocation-specific demand reduction to assist in reducing peak power draw.
Design and build 3rd party cloud-based integrations with a variety of other hardware partners
Scale our existing cloud and data infrastructure to support SPAN’s growing fleet
About YouRequired Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a backend engineer with a track record of taking ownership of projects and features.
Experience collaborating with engineers from multiple domains to complete projects.
Experience with Cloud-native platforms like
AWS
,
GCP
, Azure (we use
AWS ).
Experience collaborating with coworkers in shared code base usingindustry standard tools and processes including type systems, linting and unit testing
Understanding engineering principles and processes to design robust, scalable and resilient systems
5+ years of professional experience in a common backend programming language and a desire to work with TypeScript, Kotlin, and Python
Bonus QualificationsWe would love to hire someone with experience working in one or more of the following areas:
Internet of Things (IoT) products (e.g.
AWS
IoT, Google Cloud IoT, something homegrown) or other hardware component to the product
AWS
SaaS and IaaS offerings
Container-based deployments
A variety of different datastores (e.g.
SQL
and noSQL, key-value stores, document stores)
GraphQL APIs or gRPC.
Products with a rich mobile app
Infrastructure as code tools like Pulumi, Terraform, Crossplane etc.
The U.S. base salary range for this position is $110,000- $175,000 plus benefits, equity, and variable compensation for Sales-related roles. This range represents SPAN’s good faith estimate of competitively-priced salary for the role based on national, real-time industry data from companies of a similar growth stage. This range reflects minimum and maximum new hire salaries for the role across US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and individual factors including relevant skills, experience and education or training. This range correlates to the relative level of the candidate we believe we need for the role and may require an adjustment for candidates of a different level.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the location this role is based during the hiring process.
Life at SPANSPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.
We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.
The Perks:Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company
Comprehensive benefits:100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage. Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
Strong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns
Flexible hours, one holiday per month, and flexible time off
Interested in joining our team? Apply today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!
#J-18808-Ljbffr