Software Engineer II - Engineering Platform

Job Description

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.

In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we're thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.

Tackling one of the world's biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We're building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia! Visit www.arcadia.com.

HQ: Washington, DC$1B Valuation; >$500M of Capital raised since inception

What we're looking for

We are seeking a resourceful, versatile Software Engineer to join our Intervals Team. In this role, you will own the development and maintenance of our intervals product, which enables programmatic access to utility-provided interval usage data. You will be responsible for building and scaling the web scrapers, data pipelines, and REST APIs that provide our customers with granular energy data that is used for use cases like solar prospecting, bill matching, and demand response.

The ideal candidate is an engineer who not only writes modular, maintainable code but also deeply integrates AI tools into their daily workflow to multiply velocity. You should be a low-ego team player who approaches engineering problems and potential solutions with a unique, holistic, and long-term perspective and is genuinely excited to build the software expanding renewable energy adoption by both businesses and consumers.

Our Intervals product utilizes a robust, Kubernetes-based architecture featuring Celery/RabbitMQ for task queuing, alongside Python-based services, AWS SQS, Aurora, and DynamoDB.

This role is a hybrid remote-first approach with Chennai as the anchor location and is an exceptional opportunity for someone who relishes the chance to engage with cutting-edge technology, influence how our team builds and stays relevant, and work in a fast-paced environment with engineers on a high-morale, tightly knit team. Our engineering values are deeply ingrained in our culture-- you can read more about them here.

What you'll do

• Independently own and deliver features of medium complexity for the Intervals data offering, including web scrapers, data pipelines and REST APIs.
• Design and maintain robust, scalable back-end systems using Python, Postgres, and Aurora to handle large-scale utility data ingestion.
• Write modular, maintainable, and easily testable code while providing detailed code reviews for teammates to ensure architectural consistency.
• Improve system observability by setting application monitoring thresholds and adding alerting for the systems you own.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers through pairing, technical discussions, and constructive feedback.
• Partner with Product, SRE, and Customer Operations to ensure data accuracy and meet strict customer SLAs.
• Explore new technologies with an open-minded team
• Increase test coverage and reliability and help troubleshoot production issues
• Resolve interval scraper issues on time as per agreed customer SLAs
• Notice and speak up about opportunities to improve experiences to our customers and partners
• Embrace and explore AI technologies, including agentic coding assistants, to maximize productivity.
• Apply spec-driven development and develop expertise in prompt writing for efficient coding and non-coding tasks.
• Leverage AI tools for faster, better code delivery, and to automate recurring tasks.
• Proactively identify and implement new applications of AI to reduce costs, increase team and system efficiency.

What will help you succeed

The following list reflects our current technology stack-- you'll need to have some overlapping or analogous experience, but not necessarily an exact match.

• 3+ years of experience in a software engineering role, with a proven track record of owning features independently.
• Experience with the programming languages we use:
  • Python
  • Javascript
  • SQL
• Experience with infrastructure found in our stack:
  • Postgres or similar relational database
  • Docker
  • AWS (EKS, SQS, etc.)
  • Cloudformation
  • distributed queuing systems like Celery/RabbitMQ.
• Comfortable managing the balance between shipping code quickly and shipping perfect code
• Experience leveraging AI technologies like google gemini for coding and non-coding tasks, coding assistants like claude code, cursor or copilot and spec driven development.
• Knowledge of writing efficient AI prompts to automate day to day tasks.
• Ability and internal drive to problem-solve, both creatively and pragmatically
• Skill with mentoring and learning from other engineers, and treating colleagues with respect
• Ability to scope, prioritize, and deliver on project commitments while maintaining a positive, collaborative attitude.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• A basic understanding of web development, including HTML, CSS, and HTTP
• Passion for our mission, sustainability, and drive a clean-energy future

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on market standards

• We are working on a hybrid model with remote first policy

• Apart from Fixed Base Salary potential candidates are eligible for following benefits

  • Flexible Leave Policy
  • Office located in the heart of the city in case you need to step in for any purpose
  • Medical Insurance (1+5 Family Members)
  • Flexible Benefit Plan
  • Awards and Bonus
  • Annual performance cycle
  • Quarterly engagement activities

• A supportive engineering culture that values diversity, empathy, teamwork, trust, and efficiency

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.

Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in India