Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Management
Gridware, San Francisco, California
- Pay
- Not listed by the employer
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Senior
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Oct 2, 2025
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About the role
About Gridware
Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.
Role Description
In this role, you will lead development of systems that manage our growing fleet of devices. From asset management and health monitoring to firmware updates and device configuration, this role will involve close work with our Field Operations and Device Communications teams. This is a critical role where your decisions will directly impact the ability of our fleet to operate reliably and effectively at scale.
Your background might look something like:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in relevant roles at tech and product-driven companies
- Ability to thrive in a low structure, high-autonomy environment with competing priorities
- You’ve built something from the ground up with broad ownership
- Experience with Python, GraphQL, React, Typescript, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Linux systems, and containerization technologies
- Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus
- Experience building human-in-the-loop or operationally complex tooling
- Experience working in hardware/software contexts with physical asset management workflows
- Experience working in IoT contexts and working with fleets of devices
This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits
Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
Paid parental leave
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Commuter allowance
Company-paid training
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