Key skills
PythonJavaAIData EngineeringSnowflakedbtAWSMentoringCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Arcadia is the global utility data and energy solutions platform, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a strategic technical leader within their engineering organization. The role involves leading the development of backend systems, mentoring team members, and ensuring alignment with architectural principles.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the rapidly scaling backend systems that power our flagship utility data products
- Model high technical standards, reduce technical debt, and provide guidance on shipping modular, maintainable code
- Lead the evaluation of new technologies, making well-reasoned technical trade-offs informed by deep domain expertise and long-term cost/benefit analysis
- Design scalable data engineering workflows for tables with 400+ million rows
- Navigate production incidents when they occur and stay calm under pressure
- Proactively discover, document, and solve gaps in our platform and developer experience
- Mentor engineers and other team members
- Lead by example to enforce rigorous standards for code reviews, design reviews, automated testing, and the maintenance of critical documentation
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to design solutions with the context of the entire platform in mind
- Create systems that leverage AI to improve day-to-day engineering processes
- Serve as a partner to our customers and the Product team, mapping business strategy and market trends to improve customer experience
Requirements:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in Java, Python, DBT, Snowflake, and AWS
- Proficiency in using AI coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code to accelerate personal and team velocity
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with a track record of gaining alignment on technical solutions, mentoring teammates, and overcoming obstacles with a team-player mindset
- Motivation to make fast data-driven decisions, move on them urgently, and finish what you start
- Passionate learner, staying on top of best coding practices including AI-driven-development and AI tooling
- A passion for sustainability and the clean-energy mission