Staff Engineer, Full Stack (Remote, US)

Who We Are

Renew Home is on a mission to change how we power the world by making it easier for customers to save energy and money at home as part of the largest residential virtual power plant in North America.

We partner with industry-leading brands to better manage residential energy for users by prioritizing efficiency, savings, and comfort — and cleaner energy for everyone.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer striving to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels that they have a voice that is heard.

We strongly encourage candidates to check out our website at www.renewhome.com to learn more about the world-changing work we are doing.

What You Will Do

• Lead Technical Design: You will lead the architectural design for complex software projects, covering both the backend systems and the frontend user interfaces.
• Build & Integrate: You'll build and maintain features, bridging the gap between our backend infrastructure and the frontend user experience.
• Mentor & Lead: You will guide small groups of engineers, mentor team members, and help support a strong engineering culture.
• Collaborate: You'll work closely with other teams, including product, design, and others.
• Ensure Quality: You will be responsible for overall code quality, software best practices, and ensuring a high-quality user experience.
• Our Tech: You'll work with technologies like TypeScript, React, Python, FastAPI, and SQL databases (like PostgreSQL) on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• You’ll help support a strong engineering culture.

Requirements:
• 7+ years of industry experience building complex software.
• Full-stack expertise, with significant experience in both backend (like Python) and frontend (like TypeScript/React) development.
• Bachelors/Masters degree in computer science or demonstrated experience in the software industry.
• Strong SQL skills, proficiency with SQL databases.
• A strong understanding of and appreciation for building high-quality, pixel-perfect user interfaces.
• Extensive experience leading the design of complex software systems, with a deep understanding of architectural patterns and best practices.
• Proven experience leading the design of complex software systems.
• The ability to work independently, manage large projects, and solve complex problems.
• Highly independent with the ability to scope, break down work, and drive completion of major initiatives through self-sufficiency.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.
• Bonuses:
• Experience with scalable distributed data processing.
• Experience with AWS Lambda/Cloud functions, GCP pub/sub.
• Experience with cloud automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK.
• Experience with server-side rendering.
• Experience in web accessibility.
• Experience with modern frontend testing frameworks
• Experience in the electric power industry.

Benefits:
What You'll Get

• A full-time position, with a competitive salary based on experience. The base salary for this role is: $170k - $220k. We use market data and consider your job family, background, skills, experience, and U.S. work location to determine compensation within our established pay range.
• Fully remote work environment with home office set-up allowance.
• Real and lived work-life balance - Company perks include no pre-set vacation limits (with a top-down culture of taking meaningful PTO every year!), parental leave benefits, and a corporate value of working sustainably and putting families first.
• Competitive benefits package that includes numerous health and wellness benefits.
• 401(k) plan, with employer contributions to the same.
• Opportunity to work with amazing people who are passionate about their mission, thriving in a fully-remote work environment, and learning and growing every day.

At this time, Renew Home is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration from the company, including training plans for foreign students.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Individuals seeking employment at Renew Home are considered without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identification, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.