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Principal Data Engineer - Battery Storage

Remote

Company Overview 

Plus Power is an energy storage market leader, with a market-leading 10+ GW portfolio across more than 25 US states and Canadian provinces that will transform North American electric grids into cleaner and more versatile critical infrastructure.

Standalone energy storage is rapidly transforming the North American energy markets, because it is cheaper than new natural gas plants, faster to build than fossil peakers or transmission, and able to perform diverse energy services. Plus Power partners with electricity system operators, utilities, and investors to originate, develop, finance, own and operate standalone energy storage projects that provide critical services to the wholesale electric market. Plus Power’s team applies an intentional mindset to energy storage development by using a data-driven approach to development and operations.

At Plus Power, we are focused on solving hard climate problems, profitably.  We are growing fast, and value candidates who, like us, share a focus on setting high expectations, owning and learning from mistakes in the spirit of radical transparency, and are committed to internal partnering as a key element of our ideas meritocracy. Our team praises Plus Power’s culture and excels through our game-changing mission and supportive ecosystem.

 

About the Role 

Plus Power recruits outstanding energy industry professionals who are driven to develop, build and operate assets safely and reliably to decarbonize the power markets while growing their careers. Our team looks for data-driven and fact-based mindsets, engaging and collaborative behaviors, and personal growth-focused professionals.     

In order for the global energy system to make the transition from a carbon-based grid, to a renewable energy grid, large scale energy storage must be introduced into the electricity system to balance intra-hour supply and demand.  Energy storage is the enabler of high penetration variable renewable generation like solar and wind. 

We are embarking on a Data Platform build-out to meet strong internal business needs across the organization.  Our internal clients include Plant Managers, Financial Analysts, Data Scientists, Quantitative Analysts, and Power Trading teams, all of whom need reliable and convenient access, at scale, to well-managed, thoughtfully curated data, accessible in a way that is convenient to each of their preferred working environments.   

Our success will maximize Plus Power's ability to efficiently develop, build, deploy, and operate Battery Energy Storage Sites, and to optimally participate in grid-stabilizing financial Power Markets. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Collaborate with other technical leaders and business stakeholders at Plus Power to architect and implement critical system components and features 
  • Learn the Data Landscape of Plus Power - SCADA Site Sensor Data, Operational Performance Data, Data from ISO/RTOs, Fundamental Research and Weather Data, other Commodities, etc. and understand their relationships, utility to the business, and potential across internal contexts and teams 
  • Collaboratively build a high quality, expressive Data Model that maps our institutional knowledge onto the raw data we collect, giving it comprehensible and actionable meaning 
  • Drive architectural design and decision making, partnering with client leadership for knowledge sharing and prioritization 
  • Be an implementation champion - hands-on build of critical components or broad-pattern templates - establish reusable solutions to common patterns, guide junior engineers in their application, and evangelize their usage among our more technical clients  
  • Establish, implement, and evangelize best practices in data governance, long-term data asset evolution, and platform usage resource tracking  

Skills & Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. 
  • At least 8 years of professional experience in SQL and Python programming, along with experience in data engineering tools such as Pandas, Polars, PyArrow, and similar tabular data interfaces. 
  • Proven experience designing and implementing scalable distributed systems for critical applications, with a strong emphasis on data integrity and transactional resilience. 
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities in technical initiatives, from conception to execution, including effective time management and stakeholder engagement. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams, including distributed teams. 
  • Hands-on experience designing, maintaining, and developing applications using relational database systems (RDBMS), preferably PostgreSQL or its variants such as TimescaleDB. 
  • Experience designing and supporting business intelligence layers that cater to a wide range of end-users. 
  • Experience working in an agile environment. Familiarity with tools such as JIRA and Confluence 

Additional Preferred Skills 

  • Experience working with real-time streaming data from battery energy storage systems (BESS) 
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation 
  • Experience with a functional style of software development.  
  • Experience with object-oriented, document-oriented, graph, or proprietary/non-standard data platforms.

Compensation, Location, and Benefits:

Highly competitive total compensation from one of North America’s leading energy storage developers, owners and operators. Flexible, work from home or hybrid work from Plus Power’s offices in San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, Seattle, and Palm Beach.

The expected salary range* for this position begins at $180,000. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant experience, skills, qualifications, geographic labor market, and other factors consistent with applicable law. This position is also eligible to participate in our annual bonus program.

Plus Power offers a comprehensive benefits program, unlimited vacation, flexible remote work, educational assistance, parental leave, and a highly engaging company culture with opportunities for in-person connection and learning and growth.

The deadline* for applying to this role is 03/12/2025

Plus Power is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds can thrive. Plus Power is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

 

*This information is provided in accordance with applicable law.

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