Staff Software Engineer, Project Tapestry
Staff Software Engineer, Project Tapestry
X, the moonshot factory
Mountain View, CA
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About The Team
Tapestry, is X’s moonshot for the electric grid . We are a team of software engineers, power systems experts and clean energy geeks who are impatient to tackle climate change head on through our energy system. Tapestry is on a mission to make the world’s electric grid visible so everyone, everywhere can access clean, affordable and reliable energy. We are working with partners around the world to create AI powered tools that will help everyone who works with the grid build and manage a carbon-free and secure electricity system.
Currently incubating at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, we are now building the team that will scale Tapestry for more global impact. We are looking for people who are passionate about revolutionizing the energy sector to join us at this critical growth stage. You’ll have the chance to be part of a rapidly growing team that has the agility and impact of an early stage company, while building on world-class technology created at Alphabet. Learn more about Tapestry here .
About The Role
As a staff software engineer you will work across the entire platform, helping the team design & implement scalable, high performance infrastructure. You will work with amazing and talented people, who work on highly creative and ambitious efforts. You will work closely with other software engineers, machine learning experts, domain experts and product managers to plan, coordinate and integrate your work.
Come talk to us if you are passionate about climate and energy tech and have strong engineering chops to help push our electric grids towards the future!
How You Will Make 10X Impact
- Design, guide and implement robust, end to end production-level software to make complex data accessible through enterprise class applications
- Help drive planning, prioritization, technical direction setting and project execution for the team
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists, domain experts and PMs.
- Interface with external partners to refine technical requirements, and rapidly develop prototypes to evaluate feasibility
- Have strong software engineering/system design skills and being excited about solving complex problems at scale and navigating ambiguity
- 8+ years of experience building large, complex software systems and applications, including at least 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
- Experience with large-scale data processing and modeling, designing backend services and building enterprise/consumer applications
- Experience with backend technologies such as Java/Kotlin/GoLang, Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Pub/Sub, monitoring
- Ability to work in small teams / rapid prototyping environment and mentor other team members on software design techniques and implementation
- Experience building applications and infra leveraging the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) stack
- Working knowledge or background in power systems, though not required, would be a plus
- Experience with building full-stack applications including frameworks such as Angular
- Experience with RDF or any other graph database technologies
- Experience working in a Startup/early stage company with rapidly changing requirements and limited oversight
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, or benefits.
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