Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

Gridcare
Redwood City
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 184,000 - 284,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Prioritization","Cross-functional teamwork","Reliability focus"]

Build and operate a cloud-native, real-time backend platform that manages data centers for leading AI compute providers. Own mission-critical architecture decisions and keep systems reliable, secure, and continuously deployable without disruption. Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, automated testing, performance tuning, and observability, while integrating time-series storage, streaming/event processing, and simulation/forecasting/optimization modules in production.

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Gridcare
Gridcare
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Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Build and operate a cloud-native, real-time backend platform that manages data centers for leading AI compute providers. Own mission-critical architecture decisions and keep systems reliable, secure, and continuously deployable without disruption. Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, automated testing, performance tuning, and observability, while integrating time-series storage, streaming/event processing, and simulation/forecasting/optimization modules in production.
Location: Redwood City
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build a cloud-native backend platform that is reliable, real time, scalable, and secure, including time-series storage/retrieval and real-time streaming/event processing.
  • •Integrate simulation, forecasting, optimization, and market modules into the backend platform.
  • •Design for continuous deployment and safe updates for live, mission-critical infrastructure without disruption or side effects.
  • •Drive code quality and engineering excellence through automated testing, CI/CD pipeline development, performance tuning, and observability.
  • •Own end-to-end services and architecture decisions with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, cybersecurity, and suitability for on-premises control center deployments.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 184,000 - 284,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionEquityAnnual BonusMeal AllowanceRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •Experience architecting, implementing, and operating cloud-native, real-time backend systems that are highly available, reliable, secure, and scalable.
  • •Strong software architecture skills across distributed systems, concurrency, and security fundamentals.
  • •Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python).
  • •Experience with REST/gRPC API design and event-driven architectures.
  • •Hands-on experience with containerization and operations (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation) plus time-series and streaming tools (e.g., Kafka, MQTT, TimescaleDB).
Experience:AI infrastructureCloud computingReal-time systemsDistributed systemsStartup environmentEnergyGrid operations
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationPrioritizationCross-functional teamworkReliability focus
Tech Stack:PythonRESTGRPCEvent-driven architectureKafkaMQTTTimescaleDBDockerKubernetesCI/CDCursorCodeRabbitClaudeGitHub Copilot

Company Brief

Gridcare
Provides an AI-powered platform that unlocks near-term electricity capacity on existing grids to accelerate data center and AI infrastructure deployment, partnering with utilities and developers to speed interconnections and reduce time-to-power.
Industry: Utilities
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: Redwood City, United States
Founded: 2024
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