Software Engineer - Data

About the position

We are seeking a Software Engineer - Data to design, develop, and maintain internal applications and pipelines, working closely with the Director and colleagues on the data team to improve NineDot’s business through automation and smarter use of data. This role will be highly technical and hands-on. Your role is on a small team and will involve working in a variety of areas, including but not limited to: cloud infrastructure, devops, database development, automating workflows, and scripting. Your work will involve optimizing processes related to various aspects of renewable energy generation, distribution, and consumption. You would be responsible for designing and implementing data management systems, ensuring data quality, and utilizing appropriate tools and technologies to extract valuable insights from the data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate with APIs, implement data backfills, and build custom integrations, services, or applications to support evolving business needs and ensure seamless operations.
• Create scripts and automations for data synchronization between tools used across the company.
• Support backend systems, including database migrations, ensuring the data infrastructure is optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Build and manage network infrastructure, compute resources (servers, containers, serverless execution), and other cloud resources to support scalable operations.
• Automate deployment across environments, establish testing harnesses for upgrading systems.
• Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve systems and processes.
• Partner with project development, operations, and finance teams to identify needs and develop implementation plans.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, including design decisions, program behavior, and data dictionaries.
• Contribute to planning for future frontend improvements, potentially moving beyond Airtable to support enhanced user experiences.
• Handle other duties as assigned to support team and business goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years of software engineering, data engineering, or related experience.
• Experience with setting up and managing data processing, schemas, and storage for multiple systems and teams.
• Coding experience in two or more of the following languages: Python, SQL, Java, Ruby, Javascript.
• Experience with cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with data integration, including using APIs, and ETL tools.
• Advanced knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and relational database experience (e.g., PostgreSQL, RDS, Snowflake, or BigQuery).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Metabase, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc) is a plus.
• Experience with a web app framework (e.g., React/Node, MVVM, MVC) is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 5% employer match on your 401k retirement account
• 20 paid vacation days off, plus 7 sick days, 9 federal holidays and 3 personal floating holidays
• 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver within the first year of birth or adoption
• Wellness initiatives including a $1,000 stipend
• 16 volunteer hours plus two planned company-wide volunteer outings per year