Sr. Data Engineer

Our Mission  

At Span, we are building products that enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy like home solar, batteries, and electric vehicles. The Span Smart Panel replaces the standard electrical panel to become the center for connected power in the home, providing revolutionary insights and home energy controls through the Span mobile app.  

Span has been named one of the best home innovations in 2020 by Fast Company and one of the Forbes Top 20 IoT Startups to Watch, in addition to receiving multiple awards from the US Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

The Role

We are seeking a data engineer to join our team building the cloud based glue that gives our users access to the rich information and controls provided by the Span Panel. Our system collects a large volume of energy monitoring data that needs to be stored, processed and exposed in different ways for different end users. We're also opening up revolutionary levels of insight and control of the energy in the home that need to be accessed in secure and easy to use APIs.

You’ll join our cloud software engineering team bringing your expertise in data engineering to bear as we design, implement and manage the Span cloud system. You’ll work with other engineers including mobile, device firmware, and systems software in our broader software engineering group. Your data experience will help us build features and systems that leverage the wealth of data the Span panel generates, integrate with external datasets and services and utilize machine learning to be most efficient and effective.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high performance data pipelines (both batch and streaming) to drive new and improved features of the Span System.

• Work on the delivery of new and improved customer facing features for homeowners, installers and electricity utility companies.

• Collaborate with data science and product to develop data models to meet internal and external use cases.

• Enable internal groups such as support, manufacturing and business teams by providing them the data they need to be successful.

About You

Required Qualifications

We are seeking a seasoned backend engineer with several years demonstrating knowledge and experience in:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud software development of any kind. At least 3 of those years focussed on high performance data systems

• Collaborating with engineers from multiple domains, to complete projects.

• Leveraging cloud based SaaS tooling for data processing ETLs, e.g. AWS Athena, Kinesis, Glue, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake etc.

• Designing large scale data analyses to efficiently run in the cloud.

• Collaborating with coworkers in shared code base using industry standard tools and processes including source control, linting and unit testing

• Understanding engineering principles and processes to design secure, robust, scalable and resilient systems

• A common scripting language (e.g. JavaScript, Python), and desire to work with TypeScript and Python

Bonus Qualifications

We would love to hire someone with experience working in one or more of the following areas:

• Internet of Things (IoT) products (e.g. AWS IoT, Google Cloud IoT, something homegrown) or other hardware component to the product

• Designing data schemas for external users.

• Surfacing data products to end customers.

• Docker based deployments

Life at Span

Span is a startup based in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. We are a small, diverse team of creative thinkers. We value open communication, teamwork, and a make-it-happen attitude - no job is too big or too small. We strive to make change by imagining what the future could be and building a product to complete that vision. We are looking to grow our team with talented people who are on the same mission to shape the future of energy.

Working at Span, you can expect:

• Competitive compensation at a well-funded, venture-backed company

• Comprehensive benefits including a choice of medical plans; dental, vision, life and disability insurance

• A sunny, airy office located close to BART and Caltrain public transit

• Regular team lunches, brown bag learning opportunities, board games nights, and other opportunities to connect with teammates - in-person and now virtually

• Equity grants at a quickly-growing startup

• Flexible hours and vacation time - we simultaneously work hard and make space for the important stuff

• To be a part of a team and culture that is hard-working, has a good sense of humor, values collaboration, and is just a little bit nerdy 

Span embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.