Cloud Platform Software Engineer

Job Description

Company Overview

Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers local, scalable, and fuel-flexible power to help accelerate the transition to the net-zero carbon grid.

The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the commercial and utility sides of the meter for the $816B global electricity equipment market. We serve a wide range of Fortune 500 customers across markets and industries as well as top-tier utilities and other gridside providers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.

Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.

Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and has partnered with top-tier investors and utilities such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, NextEra, and American Electric Power. More information can be found at

Responsibilities

The Mainspring Linear Generator relies on software for every aspect of operation and interaction. Our generator gateway software provides the interfaces from the Linear Generator to our cloud services for providing fleet-wide applications and analysis as well as troubleshooting..

As a cloud platform software engineer, you will:

Design and implement networked systems for interacting with an autonomous commercial product

Create systems to remotely update software on a large, complex linux device

Create applications and interfaces to manage operations on a fleet of remote devices

Participate in our Software Development Lifecycle from design to coding to code reviews to testing and documentation

Plan and manage your work using an Agile framework

Develop unit and integration tests to validate your code end-to-end

Share values with the team to balance different requirements pragmatically with an optimistic can-do perspective

Create a great work-product and have an interest to improve your capability with collaboration

Participate in field software incident support

Qualifications

Experience developing production software in a large code-base where cloud software interacts with remote hardware, (e.g. updating remote software/firmware, retrieving logs, remote control)

Driven, self-directed individual with history of significant contributions

Generalist with wide breadth of skills in system software architecture, user interfaces and managed cloud services such as AWS or GCP

Experience in multiple programming languages - C++, Golang, Python

Strong operational capability with Linux OS

BS in computer science or related degree or experience - advanced degrees are a plus

Minimum 3-5 years hands-on software development experience on a commercial software product

Experience with IoT device management platforms is a plus

The Bay Area salary for this role is $k-$k base + pre-IPO stock options + benefits. This position can be hybrid. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.