Senior Software Engineer, Formware

Form Energy is a team of passionate people tackling the challenge of climate change through transformationally low cost energy storage.  Our team members are active learners who enjoy working on tough technology problems in massive markets and embody our values of humanity, excellence and creativity. The company is backed by a diverse set of committed investors and we have raised over $100M to date.
In this role, you’ll focus on one of our flagship internal products, FormWare. FormWare is a suite of energy optimization tools that identifies grid needs in a deeply decarbonized world, including the role for Form's multi-day storage. Example early projects may include architecting an app to automate analyses at key steps of our sales cycle, lowering the barrier for the analytics team to run custom analyses, and open-sourcing a version of the core optimization engine. This is a unique opportunity to be one of the first 5 members of a Software team (and one of the first ~100 members of a company) making a direct impact on climate change.

What You'll Do:

• Identify high-ROI opportunities to improve how our business development, analytics, and product teams get work done today, and keep your eye out for the challenges we’re about to hit
• Contribute to the core optimization engine of FormWareDesign, architect, build, launch, and support a suite of user interfaces around the core optimization that are tailored to distinct user needs, from CLI to data viz to web apps
• Advocate for software engineering best practices across the company, and lead by example
• Fill in gaps on a small team, including acting as a designer, PM, or platform engineer when needed
• Work as a collaborative member of the Software team

What We're Looking For:

• At least 5 years of professional software engineering industry experience 
• Proficiency in full-stack web development with a Python/React/AWS stack, gained through 3+ years of working on apps in production 
• Knack for eliciting user requirements for data-centric products and designing insightful solutions
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving that blends good judgement, clear communication, dependable follow-through, creative use of resources, and joy in the process
• Excitement for learning about the following (or bonus points for experience!): batteries, utilities, renewables, constrained optimization, data science, business development

Must be able to obtain US work authorization
Compensation, Benefits, and Perks Form Energy is committed to equitable compensation and we offer a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need. We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance. We offer a flexible Paid Time Off program and every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. We offer a 401k and all employees are granted stock options. A full listing of our benefits is available on our careers page. 
At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.