Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

The role

You will build software across the stack including backend services, data pipelines, developer tooling, and cloud and deployment infrastructure. You will work on the Build platform for the factory floor and supply chain, as well as internal tools and data infrastructure.

What you will do

• Write production code and design systems that scale from early production into volume manufacturing
• Build backend services, data pipelines, developer tooling, and cloud and deployment infrastructure
• Own features and services end-to-end
• For Senior level, take on larger, more ambiguous problems and contribute to architecture
• For Senior level, help raise the engineering bar through code review and mentorship
• Work with hardware, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to translate requirements into systems

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent demonstrated experience will be considered
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience for the Software Engineer level, or 5+ years including ownership of production systems for the Senior level
• Experience building and operating backend services in production, with solid fundamentals in data modeling, APIs, and system design
• Strong proficiency in one or more modern languages (e.g., Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript) and comfort moving across the stack
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) and containers; familiarity with Kubernetes
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that let teams ship reliably
• Working grasp of observability, security, and operational best practices, monitoring, alerting, access controls, and secrets management
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to collaborate across teams and drive technical decisions
• A track record of delivering projects end-to-end; for Senior candidates, a track record of leading ambiguous, cross-functional projects and mentoring other engineers

Nice to have

• Experience building software for manufacturing, supply chain, hardware, or other physical-world operations (MES, WMS, ERP, factory or industrial systems)
• Experience standing up platforms or internal tooling from greenfield at a fast-growing startup
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL, and with designing data pipelines and warehousing
• Experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, or real-time / telemetry data
• Strong comfort with Linux, Git workflows, and command-line tooling
• Prior experience integrating third-party SaaS systems and making build-versus-buy decisions

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
• Benefits

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to build better converters to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid.