Equilibrium Energy · 23 hours ago
Software Engineer- Data Engineering (Staff/ Sr Staff)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expEquilibrium Energy is a clean energy startup focused on revolutionizing the power sector with an AI operating system. They are seeking a Staff/Sr Staff Software Engineer specializing in Data Engineering to lead the design and implementation of data architecture, enabling energy trading and forecasting through advanced data initiatives.
CommercialEnergyPower Grid
Responsibilities
Design and implement the long-term data architecture using modern technologies and frameworks
Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Python, SQL, and dbt—ingesting data via APIs, web scraping, and streaming sources
Develop and operate data pipelines using orchestration frameworks such as Temporal and Dagster
Design data models and schemas for our cloud warehouse (Databricks) and relational databases; contribute to the development of our ML feature store
Optimize workflows for performance and cost efficiency
Drive large, cross-functional data initiatives from planning to execution
Partner with AI and engineering teams to ensure high-quality datasets for machine learning and analytics
Collaborate with product managers, scientists, and engineers to gather requirements and deliver robust data products
Mentor other engineers in best practices for data ingestion, architecture, and scalable pipeline design
Support the software testing cycle, debug code, and resolve issues found during QA or user acceptance testing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
7+ years of progressive experience in data or software engineering
Advanced programming skills in Python and SQL
Experience building globally distributed data systems and real-time pipelines
Hands-on with orchestration/stream processing tools like Temporal, Dagster, Airflow, Spark, or Kafka
Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra)
Familiarity with data warehousing and cloud computing (Databricks and AWS preferred)
Experience mentoring engineers and providing architectural direction
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work with unstructured or ambiguous datasets
Commitment to data quality, testing, and observability
Experience with both OLTP and OLAP data processing systems
Preferred
Experience with energy market data or weather data sources (e.g., NWS, NOAA, Yes Energy)
Experience using dbt for transformations and data quality checks
Collaborating with data science teams to build and productionize ML pipelines
Familiarity with DataOps practices and CI/CD for data workflows
Knowledge of real-time data technologies, graph databases, or unstructured data processing
Understanding of power systems, grid operations, or financial aspects of energy trading
Benefits
Competitive base salary and a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech
Company
Equilibrium Energy
Equilibrium Energy is a Climate Generation power company focused on the creation and proliferation of clean energy.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
GS Energy
2025-03-12Series B· $28M
2023-12-26Series B· $39M
2023-08-01Series A· $33M
Leadership Team
Ryan Hanley
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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