Senior Software Engineer

Join Uplight, a leading company in the clean energy revolution. As a Senior Software Engineer for our Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform, you will drive technology forward and enable grid operators to access flexible, dispatchable capacity at scale. You will take ownership of features from design to deployment, manage cloud infrastructure, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and ensure system reliability. You will also collaborate closely with Product Management, Delivery, and Operations, and mentor peers through code reviews and technical guidance.

• Conduire le développement et la maintenance des services backend évolutifs et des API robustes qui alimentent la plateforme VPP d'Uplight.
• Promouvoir une culture de "propriété de service complet" en concevant, déployant et gérant l'infrastructure cloud sous-jacente en utilisant des pratiques modernes d'Infrastructure as Code.
• Collaborer étroitement avec la gestion de produit, la livraison et les opérations pour traduire les défis des clients en nouvelles capacités.

• Solid working knowledge of various SQL and NoSQL databases
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), building CI/CD pipelines and utilizing Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Extensive experience operating within Agile/Lean development environments with a strong commitment to full service ownership and operational excellence
• Strong proficiency in Python (or similar object-oriented programming languages). You consider writing readable, testable, and maintainable code a core requirement and have a deep understanding of design patterns
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, production-grade systems
• BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a strictly related field
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles