Software Engineer Lead

Software Engineer, Energy Systems

Job Details

Compensation: $150,000 - $165,000

Bonus: Discretionary

Role Type: Lead

Location: Lake Forest, IL

Work Environment: Hybrid (Onsite approx. once every 2 weeks)

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with Match, PTO, Warrants

Job Duties

Key Responsibilities – Software Engineer, Energy Systems

• Design, build, and support software systems used to manage and optimize distributed energy assets and battery storage fleets.
• Develop applications supporting dispatch operations, asset availability, state-of-charge management, demand charge reduction, and energy market participation.
• Build and maintain APIs, backend services, event-driven architectures, and real-time data processing systems.
• Create operational tools including dashboards, monitoring platforms, workflow applications, alerting systems, and decision-support interfaces.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, observability, and fault tolerance across fleet management platforms.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and controls teams to translate business and operational requirements into software solutions.
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to software architecture, engineering standards, and development best practices.
• Develop automation tools that streamline commissioning, onboarding, testing, and operational processes.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve software quality, testing, documentation, and operational efficiency.
• Mentor team members and provide technical guidance while contributing as a hands-on individual contributor.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, backend development, systems engineering, or related technical roles.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, or related services.
• Strong proficiency developing production applications using Python.
• Experience building APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Background supporting real-time, industrial, IoT, operational technology, or mission-critical software environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system integration, troubleshooting, and application performance.
• Experience designing and delivering internal tools, dashboards, and operational applications.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive software best practices.
• Hands-on experience utilizing AI-powered tools within software development workflows.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

• Experience developing real-time monitoring systems, WebSocket applications, or event-streaming platforms.
• Background in battery energy storage systems (BESS), distributed energy resources (DER), energy management systems (EMS), SCADA, utilities, or power generation.
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, or ICCP.
• Experience working with controls-adjacent systems, automation platforms, state machines, or simulation environments.
• Previous experience serving as a technical lead or helping scale engineering teams.

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