Sr. Software Engineer, Platform

NRG Energy
Washington
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 153,000 - 185,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Ownership","Problem-solving","Execution","Collaboration","Mentorship"]

Design and operate high-scale platform services powering real-time smart home experiences across cloud services, event pipelines, APIs, and IoT integrations. Build distributed systems for large volumes of events, drive architecture and technical direction, and improve performance, reliability, and operability. Partner with mobile, backend, embedded, and data teams, mentor engineers, and help establish engineering practices for a growing Seattle greenfield team.

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NRG Energy
NRG Energy
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Sr. Software Engineer, Platform

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Job Summary

Design and operate high-scale platform services powering real-time smart home experiences across cloud services, event pipelines, APIs, and IoT integrations. Build distributed systems for large volumes of events, drive architecture and technical direction, and improve performance, reliability, and operability. Partner with mobile, backend, embedded, and data teams, mentor engineers, and help establish engineering practices for a growing Seattle greenfield team.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement high-scale cloud services and APIs used by mobile apps, cameras, and smart home devices.
  • •Own systems end-to-end: design, deployment, observability, and production operations.
  • •Drive architecture discussions and provide technical direction for new platform capabilities.
  • •Build secure, resilient, low-latency distributed systems and event-driven integrations across IoT, backend, and mobile platforms.
  • •Mentor engineers and raise the overall engineering bar.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 153,000 - 185,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kWellness StipendFlexible Time

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years building and operating production systems (open to Senior–Staff level).
  • •Strong experience in Go, Python, or similar backend languages.
  • •Experience designing distributed systems for scalability, availability, and performance.
  • •Experience building REST and/or gRPC APIs.
  • •Experience with cloud-native tooling such as containers, orchestration, and CI/CD.
Experience:5+ yearsIoTCloud-nativeDistributed systems
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:OwnershipProblem-solvingExecutionCollaborationMentorship
Tech Stack:GoPythonRESTGRPCCloud-native toolingContainersOrchestrationCI/CDKubernetesDockerKafkaMessaging systemsMQTTMongoDBVideo streamingMP4HLSFfmpegAI-assisted development tools

Company Brief

NRG Energy
NRG Energy is a large integrated power company that owns and operates a diverse fleet of power generation assets and provides retail electricity services, energy solutions, and distributed energy resources to residential and commercial customers.
Industry: Utilities
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Houston, United States
Founded: 1989
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