Staff Data Platform Engineer

<p style="">Are you ready to build America’s clean energy future with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is an American energy technology and manufacturing company. We are pioneering a new class of iron-air batteries to enable our electric grid to run on renewable, reliable, and affordable energy, every day of the year. </p><p style=""></p><p style="">Form Energy has been recognized by TIME as “One of the Best Inventions of 2023” for its battery technology and by MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company to Watch”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and are growing just as rapidly to meet demand. Our team has more than doubled in size in the past year, and continues to expand every day. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States. Pilot production of our iron-air batteries has already begun, and later this year, production will take off to high volumes at our new factory in West Virginia. </p><p style=""></p><p style="">Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And right now might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of some of the most talented and motivated individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.</p><p style=""></p><p style="">Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place.<br><br></p><h2>Role Description</h2><p style="">This role sits on the Software Platform team, which is responsible for deploying and maintaining common, cloud-based software and data infrastructure used across the company. This includes everything from our central data warehouse; to the distributed systems used to run our applications and data pipelines; to the data streams used to monitor manufacturing and plant operations. As the lead data platform engineer on the team, you will play a critical part in establishing data engineering patterns, deploying and maintaining data infrastructure, and building relationships with partner teams. This is a unique opportunity to leverage and expand your data engineering and infrastructure experience to make a direct impact on climate change as part of a mission-driven team!</p><p style=""></p><h3>What you'll do:</h3><ul style=""><li><p style="">Lead the design, deployment and maintenance of data infrastructure used across Form to support manufacturing analytics, field operations, product development, commercial analytics, and more</p></li><li><p style="">Develop and maintain data pipelines from software applications, PLCs, enterprise systems, and third party APIs to our data lake and Snowflake data warehouse </p></li><li><p style="">Establish standards for performance, up-time, and security of data infrastructure and ensure these are met with the help of the Platform team and other Software teams</p></li><li><p style="">Partner with other teams across the company to identify opportunities to automate workflows, gather requirements, design robust solutions, and execute</p></li><li><p style="">Advise on data and software engineering best practices used across the company</p></li><li><p style="">Monitor and optimize use of third party SaaS applications and identify opportunities to in-source services</p></li></ul><p style=""></p><h3>What you'll bring:</h3><ul style=""><li><p style="">10+ years of professional experience as a data engineer, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, or other software professional</p></li><li><p style="">Strong command of python and SQL, with extensive experience working in cloud data platforms like Snowflake and Databricks</p></li><li><p style="">Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Pulumi or Terraform</p></li><li><p style="">Experience working with streaming platforms like Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, and Spark Streaming</p></li><li><p style="">Experience working with container orchestration tools, ideally AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Elastic Container Service (ECS)</p></li><li><p style="">Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving</p></li><li><p style="">Experience working with SCADA and/or MES systems highly desirable but not required</p></li></ul><p style=""></p><p style=""><em>#LI-Hybrid</em></p><p style=""><em>#LI-KK1</em></p><p style=""></p><p style="">Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy’s culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here. </p><p style=""></p><p style="">When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed. </p><p style=""></p><p style="">To build a clean and equitable energy future, we need everyone at the table. We strive to form a team as diverse as the communities we will serve with our technology, and are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.</p>