Uplight Careers

Description

Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses—including things like smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and even people’s behavior—to generate, shift, or save energy to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity that can be used by the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels. Our solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Delivery & Intelligence team to help enroll, dispatch, and monitor devices in our demand response programs. Uplight’s Delivery & Intelligence team is a remote-first agile team with a full service ownership model.

How you will make an impact:

• Build and maintain multi-cloud Databricks infrastructure using Terraform and Databricks functionality across AWS and GCP.
• Build and maintain data pipelines that process hundreds of thousands of IoT devices.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI, including OIDC authentication and service principal deployment patterns.
• Contribute to a full service ownership culture by managing the underlying cloud infrastructure using modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Build cost-effective, scalable data models for various relational databases, ensuring the system is performant and reliable. 
• Implement automated systems and processes to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is consistently accurate and highly available for dependent business processes.
• Ensure system reliability through rigorous unit and end-to-end regression testing, proactive system monitoring, performance benchmarking, and debugging of production issues.

What you bring to Uplight:

• 2 to 5 years of software engineering experience using at least one of the major cloud providers, ideally in infrastructure or data platform roles
• Experience with Databricks or a similar data platform
• Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of SQL
• Experience consuming large data sets from APIs
• Some familiarity with data engineering concepts like ETL pipelines, data modeling, or workflow orchestration
• Some experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tools for managing cloud resources
• Comfortable asking questions, working through unclear requirements, and learning from the engineers around you

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Databricks, Databricks Asset Bundles, and Unity Catalog
• Experience with multi-cloud 
• AWS
• GCP
• Additional data engineering experience with Spark, Delta Lake, or similar frameworks

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why join Uplight in leading the fight against climate change?

At Uplight, we’re not just offering a job – we’re offering a chance to be part of the solution to one of the world’s biggest challenges. As a certified B Corporation, we’re deeply committed to both social and environmental responsibility. Here’s why you should join our team of passionate Uplighters:

• Make a meaningful impact: Your work directly impacts our mission of decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• Grow your career: We offer ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Thrive: We offer comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, a wellness stipend, and work flexibility to help you thrive both personally and professionally.
• Belong to an inclusive community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard. Our Employee Resource Groups offer opportunities to connect with colleagues who share your interests and backgrounds.
• Be part of a growing movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized. Together, we can build a brighter tomorrow.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefits package and other perks, visit uplight.com/careers.

Salary range: $105,000 to $131,000 USD + bonus

Application deadline: October 15, 2026

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team. Candidates must be eligible to obtain CFIUS approval as a condition of employment.

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status (including neurodivergence), genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurotypicality, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.