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# Software Engineer, Energy Storage

- **Company:** Redwood Materials
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $237,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, SQLite, Rust (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-energy-storage-redwood-materials-7859547

## About the Role

* Strong software design instincts - thinks in systems, reasons from first principles, and understands the real-world challenges of building available, reliable, scalable, and secure distributed systems
 * Comfortable using AI tools to move faster without letting them erode system design or code quality
 * Excellent collaborator - communicates clearly, listens well, and makes the people around them better
 * Bias toward action - takes initiative, makes progress in ambiguous situations, and doesn't wait for perfect information
 * Systems thinker and owner - willing to think and collaborate across team boundaries to make sure the product works well as a whole
 * Rigorous about quality - writes well-tested, well-monitored software and iterates on it over time
 * B.S. or advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or another discipline, combined with 2-5 years of experience in software engineering.
 * Experience with relevant technologies a plus: Kubernetes, Rust, Python, NATS, PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, SQLite
 * A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!

## Description

* Contribute to BESS data engineering - building and maintaining telemetry pipelines and stores, and feature ingestion and storage systems for forecasting and optimization
 * Design, build, and maintain simulation and training infrastructure - platforms for running and orchestrating simulations at scale
 * Develop and operate real-time forecast and optimization workflows, orchestrating pipelines that drive BESS operations
 * Support energy market integration, including data ingestion and bid management
 * Collaborate across the full stack and across team boundaries to ensure the product system works well as a whole
 * Write well-tested, well-monitored software and iteratively improve it over time
 * Apply AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining high system design quality and code standards


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