Senior Backend Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote-first (offices in New York and Boston)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $140,000 - $190,000 annually

Runwise is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a leading energy tech company. Runwise is a fast-paced, customer-focused climate-tech startup that manages energy systems in over 7500 buildings across the US, significantly reducing energy usage, costs, and carbon emissions. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, testing, and implementing the core software for both embedded controls in buildings and the serverless cloud infrastructure that processes vast amounts of data. You will have the opportunity to work with prominent property companies and make a tangible impact on reducing carbon emissions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a core member to the development of our primary serverless Go architecture, which powers web, mobile web, native mobile (iOS and Android) apps, and APIs.
• Develop code for efficient and intelligent processing of billions of data points annually.
• Design, test, and implement core software for embedded controls and cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience writing in Golang.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience as an engineer.
• Passion for building new products.
• Extensive experience with AWS services, including DynamoDB, SQS, AWS Lambda, EC2, and CloudFormation.
• Experience building embedded software architecture.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching junior engineers.
• Passion for working with systems at scale.
• Some experience with Python is a plus.

Company Values

• No job is too small.
• Sincerity builds trust.
• Setbacks fuel progress.
• Efficiency is vital.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA & FSA options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Access to Talkspace & Health Advocate
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter Benefits
• 401K
• Company-paid life insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Free in-office lunch on Wednesdays
• Hybrid work environment
• Summer Fridays
• Monthly L&D Series
• Employee Resource Groups (e.g., DEIB Committee, Run Club)

This role offers an excellent opportunity to grow within a fast-growing company, develop a career path, and learn about real estate and software/managed services sales while contributing to carbon emission reduction efforts.