Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform at Formenergy

Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form!  In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of accolades, including being named by TIME as a “Best Invention”, MIT Technology Review as a “Top Climate Tech Company To Watch”, and Fast Company as “One of the Next Big Things In Tech”. We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia. Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And now - right as we significantly scale up battery manufacturing -  might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better. Feeling energized to make a meaningful impact on the world? Then keep reading - you’ve come to the right place. ROLE DESCRIPTION The Data Platform team is responsible for building 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. The team is also increasingly responsible for defining and executing on our AI platform roadmap. This role will work closely with lab, plant software, and field operations teams to help generate insights and expedite cycles of learning by improving access to data and building powerful internal applications and services. Relocation assistance is available. WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Build upon our lab, factory, and field data pipelines to meet evolving user requirements while maintaining data quality and reliability - Build, review, and optimize data models/transformations in our data platform using tools like dbt and PySpark - Lead the development and maintenance of existing or new internal data applications - Work with our partner teams across Form to define and formalize key metrics used across R&D, product engineering, and manufacturing - Work closely with other Software teams to ensure that data are consistent across sources downstream services. This will be in an environment where schema migrations are frequent for existing data sources, and new sources are regularly introduced - Act as a collaborative member of a distributed software engineering team; this includes participating in an on-call rotation WHAT YOU'LL BRING: - Minimum 8+ years of professional experience as a software or data engineer working on a production codebase - Excellent python and SQL skills; experience working with web frameworks like FastAPI or Flask, and data engineering libraries like dbt, Dagster, and PySpark - Fluent in git and familiar with common AWS services like S3, EC2, and RDS - Strong command of SDLC; experience preparing TDDs and/or RFCs desired - Experience working with OLAP and time series databases like Snowflake, Databricks DBSQL, Clickhouse, and/or InfluxDB - Working knowledge of electrochemistry and/or electrical systems is highly desired but not required - Curiosity, creativity, and tenacity when it comes to problem solving #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 [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]. 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.