Senior Software Engineer: Forward Deployed

As a Senior Software Engineer: Forward Deployed at Gridware, your primary responsibilities include developing customer-facing features, collaborating with customer success teams, and translating customer requests into engineering solutions. You'll also oversee the integration of these features with utility systems to ensure scalability and reliability in deployments.

To qualify for the Senior Software Engineer: Forward Deployed role at Gridware, you should possess at least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, particularly in tech-driven environments. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and JavaScript frameworks like React, along with experience in API development, containerization, and observability tooling, is essential. A passion for energy-related software is also highly valued.

As a Senior Software Engineer: Forward Deployed, familiarity with technologies including Python, GraphQL, React, Typescript, PostgreSQL, and containerization technologies is expected. Additionally, experience with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus will be beneficial in ensuring robust monitoring and performance of customer-facing features you develop.

At Gridware, Senior Software Engineers work in a low-structure, high-autonomy environment that embraces competing priorities. This dynamic setting encourages innovation and ownership, as engineers collaborate with various teams to develop solutions that directly affect our customers and the electrical grid.

Gridware offers a comprehensive benefits package for Senior Software Engineers, including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid parental leave, and an alternating day off every other Monday. Employees also enjoy an annual two-week paid break, dubbed 'Off the Grid,' and a commuter allowance, emphasizing work-life balance and continuous professional growth.

When answering this question, focus on a project where you played a significant role in developing customer-facing software or integrations. Detail your thought processes, the challenges faced, the technologies used, and the eventual success or impact of the project, illustrating your technical capabilities and adaptability.

Highlight your methodologies, such as gathering customer feedback, documenting requirements, and prototyping solutions. Discuss how you ensure alignment with customer success and technical teams and demonstrate your ability to balance user needs with scalable engineering practices.

Discuss specific projects or roles where you've utilized Python for coding and building APIs. Mention any challenges you encountered and how you solved them, illustrating your capabilities with relevant frameworks and libraries, particularly in connection to energy-related applications if applicable.

Provide examples from your past work experiences where you've managed multiple tasks or projects simultaneously. Emphasize your time management skills, prioritization methods, and how you maintained quality while working under pressure.

Share your best practices for writing reliable code, such as implementing thorough testing, utilizing observability tools like Grafana for monitoring, and continuously seeking feedback. Discuss how these strategies lead to improved system performance and customer satisfaction.

Provide a detailed account of a feature you developed, focusing on the requirements analysis, design choices, and technical implementation. Discuss how you validated its success post-launch and any lessons learned during the development process.

Emphasize the importance of teamwork in developing software at Gridware. Discuss how you communicate with customer success teams, share knowledge with peers, and seek input from various stakeholders to create high-quality engineering solutions.

Talk about any specific instances where you've used observability tools and how they aided in understanding application behavior or diagnosing issues. Mention how this experience can be applied to enhance Gridware’s products.

Discuss your proactive approach to self-learning, such as online courses, reading industry-related articles, attending relevant workshops, and engaging in professional communities focused on energy technology or software engineering.

Convey your passion for the mission of Gridware, focusing on how their goals of enhancing the electrical grid resonate with your own values and career aspirations. Share how you believe your skills and experiences will contribute to this mission.