Renew Home is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Energy Intelligence team. You will take significant ownership of end-to-end algorithm development for home energy optimization, tackling challenges like co-optimizing thermostats, home batteries, and EVs.

What You'll Do

Optimize load profiles across multiple classes of devices including thermostats, home batteries, and EVs.
Develop and productionize algorithms and models using machine learning and statistical techniques.
Analyze diverse datasets such as device temperature, energy consumption, user interactions, grid carbon emissions, weather, and energy markets to inform product direction and algorithm design.
Show significant ownership of the algorithms team’s software architecture.
Collaborate with Product, Product Design/UX, Operations, and Engineering to define and deliver impactful features.
Drive software projects independently over multi-week timeframes, designing and leading longer term efforts within the team and cross-functionally.
Provide technical leadership in small engineering groups.
Help clarify ambiguous problems and shape solutions that balance technical feasibility and business needs.
Design, implement, and maintain systems and features, including integration points with other teams and external platforms.
Uphold high standards in code quality, testing, security, observability, and operational excellence.
Foster a collaborative and efficient engineering culture, reducing complexity and improving development processes.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in algorithm development and productionization, particularly for optimization problems.
Strong expertise in applying machine learning and statistical techniques to real-world, large-scale data.
Demonstrated ownership of software architecture and end-to-end project delivery over multi-week cycles.
Ability to drive projects independently and provide technical leadership within engineering teams.
Excellent collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Operations.
Strong analytical skills for working with complex, multi-domain datasets.
A track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable systems.
A commitment to high standards in code quality, testing, security, and operational excellence.

Technical Stack

Python
PostgreSQL
Prefect
AWS/GCP (CDK, ECS/EKS, RDS, Redshift, S3, etc.)
Apache
Git
Jira

Work Mode

This is a remote position open to candidates located anywhere within the United States.

Renew Home is an Equal Opportunity employer striving to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels that they have a voice that is heard.