Staff Backend Software Engineer

sense

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$200,000🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Expand cloud platform capabilities and enable new product features for smart home energy efficiency systems.

Role type

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Builds

High-availability, performant, and scalable cloud services integrating with hardware platforms

Domain

Climate tech / Energy industry / Cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Linux, AWS, REST API design, security principles, DevOps, SRE, high-volume realtime data handling, system design

Preferred skills

Cassandra, MySQL, Kafka, Python, energy industry experience, climate tech experience

Technologies

Java, Linux, AWS, Cassandra, MySQL, Kafka, Python

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable cloud services, partner with cross-functional teams, integrate with hardware platforms, troubleshoot production issues, own projects from design to deployment

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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About sense

Check out and join our energetic team at Sense! We’re a VC-backed, post-Series C climate tech company entering our next stage of growth. We’re located in Central Square, Cambridge and are passionate about our mission! This is a great opportunity to work with a team of experienced entrepreneurs creating technology that will really make a difference in the world. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by making homes smart and efficient, and we're looking to make an impact at scale: Sense's technology has the potential to prevent one gigaton of carbon from entering the atmosphere every

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Core

Role type

Builds

Domain

Deliverable

Required skills

Preferred skills

Technologies

Responsibilities

Seniority

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