About AmberAmber is an entirely new way to buy and sell power, designed for a world powered by renewable energy. We give customers direct access to the real-time wholesale electricity price as it varies every 5 mins and the technology to shift more of their energy usage to the times when cheaper renewables are available in the grid. Amber is a clear category leader in Australia for home battery automation and is growing rapidly (over 50k customers). We have expanded into licensing our core technology to utilities overseas, including a partnership with E.ON Next in the UK. Amber is backed by top Australian and international investors including Square Peg, Main Sequence, Breakthrough Victoria, Commonwealth Bank, NRMA, Gentrack, ETF Partners (UK/Europe based), and E.ON Next. We are scaling rapidly and you''d be joining a team of over 180 committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture as we transform a major industry. Our products reshaping home energy: Amber for Batteries and Amber for EVs enable customers to export stored energy at wholesale prices and to charge at the cheapest times; in 2025 we will introduce vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.About the roleAt Amber we believe that enabling a culture where everyone is set up to do the best work of their lives and feels connected and supported is essential to Amber''s long-term success. Amber provides a great opportunity to apply your skills as an Engineer to help enable the uptake of renewable energy. Our technology optimises thousands of batteries and other devices in the customers'' homes, enabling them to time their usage to consume power at times of high renewable penetration (and cheap prices), and then export power back to the grid at critical times, letting them outbid coal and gas generators.The Amber Electric product team develops and supports:Home automation integrations (to batteries, hot water systems and pool pumps, with EVs coming soon) that control electricity usage in response to pricing and renewable availabilityMobile & Web apps for customers to monitor and manage their energy usageA pricing and billing engine for real time energy pricingThe marketing site and associated tools to drive customer growthThe tech stack is React Native mobile app, some React web frontends, and a Serverless Lambda backend on AWS. We''re using Typescript top to bottom, and Apollo GraphQL sits in the middle.We keep our data in DynamoDB and Postgres, using one or the other as best suits a workload.Qualifications and SkillsYou have a positive mindset: curious, collaborative, and can-doA minimum of 5 or more years of commercial software development experience in Web or MobilePast experience mentoring or leading software engineersCommercial experience with the specific technologies in our stack is a strong plus but not requiredExperience with languages sharing features with Typescript (such as JavaScript, C#, Go, or similar) is a plusWe favour generalists who can be flexible across the stack, with deep skills across frontend and backend; bonus if you have skills in CDK & Postgres databasesStrong verbal and written communication skills built on empathyYour responsibilitiesMake sustainable and high quality technical contributions across the stack in your area of specialtyFlexibly contribute outside your specialty in other areas of the stack to support the teamWork collaboratively with peers in product and across the company to ensure you''re shipping the right thing the right way at the right timeMentor and support other members of the engineering teamSupport the app across the whole lifecycle from idea through to productionTake high level ownership of technical design and project deliveryBenefitsWe''re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world.Part of a rapidly growing team of over 180 with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations.Part of a growing technology start-up that will shape the future of household and grid energy use.Flexible working hours with provision for regular work from home and a central hub in Melbourne CBD.Equitable gender-neutral parental leave policies.An external Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for mental health support.Competitive salary and share options in Amber.Annual Learning & Development budget to support personal growth.Salary$155,000 - $200,000 a yearSalary range is between $155,000 and $200,000 base per annum and is quoted excluding superannuation. All roles at Amber include employee stock options over and above the base salary and superannuation.This is a full-time role to be based ideally from Melbourne, but we are open to considering the right candidate anywhere within Australia.We are open to discussing 4 days a week or 9 days a fortnight once you''re ramped up, with remote work and occasional co-working in Melbourne CBD. We remain Melbourne-based with flexibility between the office and WFH.If this kind of work gets you excited, we''d love to hear from you!Even if you don''t meet 100% of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. We are open to all backgrounds and encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.How to ApplyPlease include your resume and a cover letter and tell us one specific way you could use your technical skills to improve a household energy use under the Amber model.Our process will generally be as follows:A screening interview with our talent teamA take-home technical challengeA follow up interview with two members of the engineering teamA culture + final interview with one of our Engineering Managers and Director of EngineeringWe promise to be respectful of your time as an applicant while trying to be thorough in finding the right fit for our team.Applications will be accepted only from candidates already based in Australia, preferably Melbourne with full working rights!Shortlisted candidates will be contacted promptly. All other applicants will also be notified of the outcome as soon as possible.No recruitment agencies please. We may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans. If you would like more information about data processing, please contact us. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Senior Software Engineer