Director, Engineering

EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future. We help consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power. As an Engineering Director, you will be responsible for the development and performance of key parts of our applications - orchestrating the actions of millions of grid-edge devices (from smart thermostats to home batteries to electric vehicles to entire factories) to safeguard the grid and enable its decarbonization. You'll bring your technical expertise and your empathetic leadership to make sure we do that job safely and correctly, and empower our clients to clearly understand and easily use our platform. Your teams do things like: Build interfaces to let humans understand and wield the platform effectively Build automations to protect the grid without human intervention Implement strategies to safeguard grid health Build APIs to integrate with external client systems and internal engineering partners What you will do: Attract, mentor, lead & retain the multiple engineering managers and developers responsible for building and maintaining our system Be an advocate for observability, reliability, equity, and safety in all we do Collaborate with the Product team to define our roadmap and surface growth opportunities Work across the entire Engineering team to establish best practices, help identify problems and implement solutions Define and build the team responsible for core applications in line with our overall company objectives Work with Product and others in engineering to model the foundations for feature requests that open us up to new revenue or optimized fulfillment Other duties as assigned Why you want to do it: It's big. With millions of devices and gigawatts of power under management - you'll be fighting climate change at scale. Keeping it simple is hard. We're adding new device types all the time, and leveraging more and more data to develop new strategies for grid stabilization. Reliability matters. Your teams' systems control a non-trivial fraction of the North American power grid. It's fun. Work with smart, mission-driven people. Play with cool new green technology. Solve puzzles in org design, system design, usability and more. It's important. Climate change sucks. Our work enables decarbonization of the power grid. Key Skills and Experience: Hands-on experience working with large complex systems, message queues, AWS (or other cloud platforms) Demonstrated success managing multiple technical teams Experience with a microservices environment A track record of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders Can read, write, and deploy code, even if you don't do it as much lately Passionate about technology and innovation Strong written and verbal communication skills Familiarity with the Java ecosystem Preferred Skills and Experience: Passion for the climate space and our mission to decarbonize and stabilize the grid Experience with Springboot, RabbitMQ, SQS, gRPC, NoSQL, Redis Experience transitioning to a service-oriented architecture Experience building APIs for external clients IoT experience Experience working in a compliant environment Energy industry experience Company Benefits: EnergyHub offers a generous benefits package including 100% paid medical for employees and a 401(k) with employer match. We offer a casual environment, the flexibility to set your own schedule, a fully stocked fridge and pantry, free Citi Bike membership, secure bike rack, gym subsidy, paid parental leave, and an education assistance program. EnergyHub is an Equal Opportunity Employer The salary range of this opportunity is listed below and is determined within a range based on factors including qualifications, location, and experience. This allows opportunity for growth and development within the role. The salary offered is part of a total compensation package.Pay Range: $195,000 "” $245,000 USD EOE, Including Disability/Vets #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-02-01