Senior Software Engineer, Active Grid Response

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
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About the role

About Gridware

Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.

Role Description

In this role, you will lead development of systems that detect and report faults on the power grid. The technology you create will integrate the capabilities of our machine learning systems and human analysts to catch faults on the power grid in real-time. Your decisions will directly impact the ability of our fault detection systems to operate reliably and effectively at scale. 

Your background might look something like:

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in product-driven companies
  • Ability to thrive in a low structure, high-autonomy environment with competing priorities 
  • You’ve built something from the ground up with broad ownership 
  • Experience with Python, React, Typescript, PostgreSQL

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience developing real-time, event-driven systems or human-in-the-loop platforms
  • Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Mimir
  • Experience working in hardware/software contexts

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) 

Paid parental leave 

Alternating day off (every other Monday)

“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees. 

Commuter allowance 

Company-paid training

About Gridware

Protecting the grid today, preparing the grid for tomorrow

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Job details

Salary

$175 - $195

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

6+ years

Company

NameGridware
IndustryEnergy
Team Size125

Funding

Total raised

$55M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

Y Combinator
Sequoia Capital
Tiger Global Management
Generation Investment Management
True Ventures

Founders

AO

Abdulrahman Bin Omar

Co-founder

TB

Timothy Barat

CEO

Tim Barat

Tim Barat

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Omar B

Omar B

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Hall Chen

Hall Chen

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.