Software Engineer

Nira Energy is a software and data analytics company focused on accelerating the clean energy transition by streamlining the grid interconnection process. The company delivers ISO-accurate capacity and cost data tools that help renewable energy developers, transmission planning engineers, utility teams, and Independent System Operators (ISOs) de-risk interconnection studies and make faster, more confident siting and queue decisions. By replicating ERIS and NRIS interconnection studies with high fidelity, Nira Energy enables its customers to identify cost discrepancies, avoid false positives, and reduce expensive upgrade risks before committing capital to projects. Nira Energy's mission is centered on enabling efficient grid transformation to support the large-scale deployment of clean energy. The platform has modeled over 700 gigawatts of projects and has helped uncover more than five billion dollars in cost discrepancies for customers, with over 100 developers relying on its tools. The company was built by engineers with direct experience at ISOs, utilities, and leading energy developers, giving its methodology a level of technical credibility and alignment that distinguishes it from approximation-based alternatives. What makes Nira Energy unique is its commitment to transparency and ISO-aligned methodology, providing stakeholders across the energy value chain with a shared, accurate view of interconnection data. This approach reduces information asymmetry between developers and grid operators, ultimately helping more clean energy projects reach operation faster and with less wasted capital.

What you'll do

As a software engineer at Nira, you'll work on software and data products that our customers use every week. Your work will directly accelerate renewables getting built. This work could include rolling out new regions, adding new features or even building brand new products out.

Nira operates in the niche world of Grid Interconnection, which means as a SWE, you'll get to learn about how new renewables get connected to the grid. Day to day, you'll work very closely with Transmission Planning Engineers (TPEs) to get your job done. Both the SWEs and TPEs only have half the picture, so our teams have to be extremely cross-discipline and collaborative. Most teams are structured with 1 PM, 1 SWE and 1 TPE.

Most of the code you'll write will be python data pipelines. There is occasionally some frontend work as well (having FE experience is not a requirement). However, the SWEs that do best here are the ones that don't really care what part of the stack they're working on - they're just excited to be building products that help fix climate.

About you

• 4+ years as a SWE.
• Mission-oriented and focused on working on climate.
• Excited about working with Transmission Engineers.
• Operate well in ambiguity and able to take ownership over large pieces of work.
• Capable of rolling with the punches; plans change at a growing startup.
• Python experience is a plus
• We are hiring any kind of SWE, except for pure frontend engineers.
• This role can be remote, or in-person hybrid from our NYC office.