Form Energy
Staff Software Platform EngineerSoftware Engineering * Berkeley, CA; Somerville,
Form Energy, Berkeley, California, United States, 94709
Role Description
Form Energy is hiring a Staff Software Platform Engineer to be part of our growing Software Engineering organization. This organization is responsible for everything up and down our technology software stack, and is at the heart of making sure Form's battery achieves the best performance possible.
The Platform team is responsible for deploying and maintaining common, cloud-based software and data infrastructure used across the company. This includes everything from our Snowflake data warehouse, to the K8s (EKS) clusters used to run our software, to the streaming platform that processes telemetry data from our product in the field. This role is intended to be a technical lead for cloud infrastructure development and management, and will work closely with a distributed team of data and platform engineers. A key focus of this role is to improve the reliability, security, and cost effectiveness of our software and data infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to bring your cloud engineering expertise to help advance the development of our transformational multi-day energy storage systems.
What you'll do:
Cloud engineering including leading the design, deployment, and maintenance of software and data infrastructure used across Form to advance product design, engineering, manufacturing, and operations
Interface with firmware, embedded, and site software teams to design and deploy hybrid on-site and cloud-based software and data infrastructure
Establish standards for security, performance, and up-time of software infrastructure, and ensure these are met with the help of the Platform team and other Software teams
Standardize observability, monitoring, and alerting tools used across the organization
Implement IaC for existing infrastructure when possible, and lead and advise on IaC deployment for new infrastructure
Collaborate with other teams across the company to define infrastructure requirements for products including web applications, data pipelines, machine learning models, physics simulation models, and grid planning models
What you'll bring:
7+ years of professional experience designing, building, and/or maintaining software and data infrastructure, preferably with extensive experience using AWS
Strong command of python or go, and wizardry on the command line
Experience working with container orchestration tools, ideally AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Elastic Container Service (ECS); experience with Helm and ArgoCD desirable
Experience with streaming frameworks, publish/subscribe messaging systems, and Industrial IoT (IIoT)
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools like Pulumi, Terraform, and Ansible
Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving
Experience working at both growth-phase startups and mid-to-large enterprises
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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.
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.
To build America's energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.
If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact accommodations@formenergy.com. Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.
Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants. Please be aware that we will
never
solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.
Compensation Range: $128,660 - $194,218
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The Platform team is responsible for deploying and maintaining common, cloud-based software and data infrastructure used across the company. This includes everything from our Snowflake data warehouse, to the K8s (EKS) clusters used to run our software, to the streaming platform that processes telemetry data from our product in the field. This role is intended to be a technical lead for cloud infrastructure development and management, and will work closely with a distributed team of data and platform engineers. A key focus of this role is to improve the reliability, security, and cost effectiveness of our software and data infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to bring your cloud engineering expertise to help advance the development of our transformational multi-day energy storage systems.
What you'll do:
Cloud engineering including leading the design, deployment, and maintenance of software and data infrastructure used across Form to advance product design, engineering, manufacturing, and operations
Interface with firmware, embedded, and site software teams to design and deploy hybrid on-site and cloud-based software and data infrastructure
Establish standards for security, performance, and up-time of software infrastructure, and ensure these are met with the help of the Platform team and other Software teams
Standardize observability, monitoring, and alerting tools used across the organization
Implement IaC for existing infrastructure when possible, and lead and advise on IaC deployment for new infrastructure
Collaborate with other teams across the company to define infrastructure requirements for products including web applications, data pipelines, machine learning models, physics simulation models, and grid planning models
What you'll bring:
7+ years of professional experience designing, building, and/or maintaining software and data infrastructure, preferably with extensive experience using AWS
Strong command of python or go, and wizardry on the command line
Experience working with container orchestration tools, ideally AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Elastic Container Service (ECS); experience with Helm and ArgoCD desirable
Experience with streaming frameworks, publish/subscribe messaging systems, and Industrial IoT (IIoT)
Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools like Pulumi, Terraform, and Ansible
Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving
Experience working at both growth-phase startups and mid-to-large enterprises
#LI-Onsite
#LI-TR1
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.
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.
To build America's energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.
If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact accommodations@formenergy.com. Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.
Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants. Please be aware that we will
never
solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.
Compensation Range: $128,660 - $194,218
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