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Principal Data Engineer

πŸ’° $180k-$220k

Job Description

As a Principal Data Engineer, you will:

  • Design and implement software solutions that turn millions of electric vehicles, smart thermostats, batteries, and other energy IoT devices into resources that help create a cleaner and more resilient grid
  • Design and implement systems for ingesting and managing data from core utility software systems, such as meter data management systems, geographic information systems, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), EMS/SCADA and others
  • Operate almost completely independently to find potential solutions, design them, identify roadblocks and challenges, and parcel out the work to senior engineers on various different teams
  • Build influence across teams and across functions to take on initiatives that impact the whole company, chart out the relevant dependencies and tradeoffs, and help teams execute on the shared roadmap you build
  • Develop new ways of connecting our systems to energy markets and the systems that balance the electric grid
  • Develop APIs and tools that enable hardware manufacturers and third-party enterprise software systems to integrate with our platform
  • Collaborate with our analytics and machine learning teams to deliver new data insights and optimize our virtual power plants
  • Improve the scale, automation, and reliability of our massive pipeline of device telemetry, energy, and weather data
  • Introduce and devise tools, techniques, and best practices that benefit the entire team
  • React to and resolve novel technical, operational, and organizational challenges
  • Contribute to our team culture and inclusive environment
  • Mentor early career engineers and more senior engineers on the teams you interact with

Key Skills and Experience:

  • 10+ years professional software development experience
  • Python and SQL (of any flavor) experience required
  • Experience building out data pipelines and ELT / ETL systems
  • Comfortable leading system design and architecture
  • Experience with data warehouses (we use Snowflake) and data modeling

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • Designing and building data pipelines within an electric utility
  • Familiar with tools and technologies like airflow, dbt, AWS kinesis, S3
  • Typical development tools and processes (automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, monitoring systems)
  • Java or MongoDB
  • Sigma, Tableau or similar BI tools

Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

Why work for EnergyHub?

  • Collaborate with outstanding people: Our employees work hard, do great work, and enjoy collaborating and learning from each other.
  • Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the team!
  • Gain well rounded experience: EnergyHub offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
  • Work with the latest technologies: You’ll gain exposure to a broad spectrum of IoT, SaaS and machine learning obstacles, including distributed fault-tolerance, device control optimization, and process modeling to support scalable interaction with disparate downstream APIs.
  • Be part of something important: Help create the future of how energy is produced and consumed. Make a positive impact on our climate.

About EnergyHub

EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future. We help consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power.

To learn more, visit energyhub.com.

Company Benefits

EnergyHub offers a generous benefits package including 100% paid medical for employees and a 401(k) with employer match. We offer a casual environment, the flexibility to set your own schedule, a fully stocked fridge and pantry, free Citi Bike membership, secure bike rack, gym subsidy, paid parental leave, and an education assistance program.

EnergyHub is an Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE, Including Disability/Vets. Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please contact [email protected].

In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you (“Personal Information”). The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may retain some of the personal data that you provide in your application for our internal operations such as managing our recruitment system and ensuring that we comply with labor laws and regulations even after we have made our employment decision.

Notice To Third Party Agencies:

EnergyHub understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you.

The base salary range of this opportunity is listed below and is determined within a range based on factors including qualifications, location and experience.Β  This allows opportunity for growth and development within the role.Β  The base salary offered is part of a total compensation package.

Base Salary Range

$180,000β€”$220,000 USD

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