Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

Energy markets are more volatile than ever. Rapid electrification and the rise of AI are driving unprecedented demand for power, while energy costs continue to rise across the globe. For the world’s largest energy buyers, managing energy has never been more complex or more critical.

Verse helps these organizations manage complex power portfolios with confidence by unifying energy data, planning, forecasting, and operations in one tool. Our Energy Cost Intelligence platform, Aria, brings together energy, finance, and operations teams with real-time, finance-ready intelligence—replacing spreadsheets and consultants with precision across the entire energy lifecycle. Built by an expert team of energy buyers, data scientists, and engineers, Verse enables faster, smarter energy decisions that reduce risk and lower energy costs.

You will be a member of the technical staff designing, building, and maintaining the next generation of platform and infrastructure surfaces at Verse. This role supports Core Engineering needs within the organization and builds on top of existing engineering foundations such as observability, system reliability, developer productivity, identity management and role-based access controls, authorization and authentication middleware, security, and related data and control planes. You will drive the implementation of our high availability roadmap and enhance our cloud-native service-oriented architecture. Your expertise will bolster the efficiency and scalability of workloads within our cloud environment, ensuring that our development teams can build software effectively and operate reliably. You enjoy working on data solutions (however big or small) and may collaborate closely with our data engineers.

• →Foster a culture and mindset of system reliability engineering, test-driven software, and proactive communication with a high degree of transparency, mutual respect, and consideration for teammates
• →Design, implement, and manage scalable, resilient infrastructure across cloud-based and third-party services on which our product engineering teams depend
• →Troubleshoot and enhance system reliability, performance and security to meet the evolving needs of the business
• →Build and maintain deployment automation, observability, monitoring, and alerting tools across teams
• →Automate infrastructure provisioning and scaling to improve system efficiency and reduce manual intervention
• →Develop, configure, and maintain various data and CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and reliable data flow and application deployments
• →Maintain and enhance source control management and operations
• →Build developer tools and contribute to the adoption of new technologies aimed at improving developer productivity and operational efficiency

• Hands-on experience working with identity management platforms and auth services (e.g. Clerk, Auth0, AWS Cognito, Google Identity Platform, Microsoft Entra) and designing, building, and maintaining middleware components integrated with these systems for frontend and backend developers
• Strong understanding of system architecture, networking, and security principles.
• Commitment to delivering high quality software on time or ahead of schedule while adhering to best software development practices
• Continuous obsession for staying informed on contemporary technologies, tools, libraries, services, frameworks, or breakthroughs that could benefit the team
• Discipline using generative AI tools in day-to-day work

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, ideally in Computer Science or some STEM related field
• Senior or Staff level software development talent and up
• Proven track record being a technical leader in high-performing core engineering teams
• Advanced software programming skills in systems languages (we use Go heavily)
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (or similar cloud providers) and its various services
• Knowledge of workload orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes or Temporal, and data orchestration frameworks such as Dagster
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and practices (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, Checkly, etc.)
• Advanced programming skills in systems languages (we use Go heavily), scripting runtimes (e.g. Python, Bash), and configuration languages (e.g. JSON, YAML, HCL)
• Familiarity with the gRPC + Protocol Buffer ecosystem (we use Buf’s Connect SDK)
• Experience building and maintaining complex CI/CD configurations in frameworks such as CircleCI, GitHub Workflows Jenkins, Travis
• Proficiency with multi-application build tools such as Bazel
• Experience deploying internet security solutions across engineering and non-engineering teams to protect employee resources

• Lead with Empathy: We lift each other up with humility and kindness, always putting colleagues and customers first
• Be Honest & Transparent: We prioritize effective communication to build trust with our team, customers, and stakeholders
• Move with Balance & Precision: We believe speed and perseverance must be accompanied by thoughtfulness and reflection
• Leave the World a Better Place: We are passionate about our mission, and we strive to create a sustainable world for future generations

$180,000 - $250,000+

This is the estimated base salary range for this position, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to level, skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.