Staff Forward-Deployed Engineer
Core
Embedded engineer providing end-to-end technical delivery, reference architecture design, and production ownership for member-owned electric utilities and energy hardware manufacturers.
Role type
Staff Forward-Deployed Engineer (Senior IC with cross-functional leadership)
Builds
Energy accounting/bill-credit reporting, behavioral demand-response programs, data pipelines, and reference architectures for new data classes (e.g., geothermal, battery systems).
Domain
Energy grid modernization, distributed energy resources (DER), utility operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend integration, DevOps/infrastructure, data engineering, cross-stack judgment, technical landscape analysis, translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Preferred skills
Prior forward-deployed/solutions-engineering experience, energy grid domain knowledge, breadth across backend/DevOps/data science
Technologies
TypeScript, React, Go, Kafka, GraphQL federation, AWS, TimescaleDB
Responsibilities
Join delivery team on customer calls to own technical conversations; design reference architectures for new data classes; assess platform fit vs. services-only engagements; build production code and share on-call support; travel quarterly for in-person implementation and training.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
