Staff Software Engineer

<h3><strong>Who we are:</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization.&nbsp; To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger.&nbsp; We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking &amp; diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, &amp; educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia!</span></p> <h3><strong>What we’re looking for:</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Billing team to advance our billing platform. We're looking for an experienced engineer who can adapt in the face of a rapidly changing regulatory landscape while supporting a critical payments infrastructure. The Billing platform is at the heart of the company and is responsible for the technology that manages all cash flow. The ideal candidate is low-ego and collaborative, who can take a lot of pressure out of high-stakes applications and is excited to expand renewable energy access to millions of households across the country.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This position is for someone who is eager to engage with modern payments infrastructure on a high-morale, tightly knit team.</span><a href="https://www.arcadia.com/assets/Engineering_Strategy_and_Values_V4.pdf"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our engineering values are deeply ingrained in our culture-- you can read more about them here.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arcadia is headquartered in Washington, DC, and open to fully remote candidates.</span></p> <h6>#LI-REMOTE</h6> <h3><strong>What you'll do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serve on the implementation team responsible for revenue critical workflows related to statement generation, payments processing, and utility and solar project developer remittances.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Partner with Analytics, Finance, Product, and other Engineering teams to shape product design and specifications in both our direct-to-consumer and enterprise payments offerings.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Architect solutions around developing, optimizing, and scaling Rails applications deployed via Kubernetes on AWS.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Build and maintain REST/GraphQL APIs that effectively serve payments and remittance data to a variety of different clients and stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frequently deploy new functionality to production with a streamlined CI/CD pipeline</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate frequently with other engineers, give thoughtful code review, and mentor less experienced engineers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Identify and advocate for opportunities and improvements within the billing domain and the Engineering team at-large.</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>What will help you succeed:</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">5+ years of experience in a senior software engineering role, supporting high-availability, large-scale web applications</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable information for product managers, designers, data analysts, and other engineers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience mentoring and coaching engineers across experience levels with a demonstrated ability to provide constructive, empathetic feedback in code and design reviews</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to architect, scope, prioritize, estimate, and deliver on projects while managing the balance between shipping code quickly and shipping high quality code</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with payment security principles, PCI compliance, payment clearing networks, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with the following technologies:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruby &amp; Ruby on Rails.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GraphQL (Apollo)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PostgreSQL (or similar relational database)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Docker &amp; kubernetes</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AWS (Lambda, SQS, S3, Cloudformation, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stripe</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chargehound</span></li> </ul> </ul> <h3><strong>Benefits:</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Market-based compensation (salary + equity)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Healthcare, dental, vision, 401(k) and commuter benefits</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paid Time Off (holidays, vacation, professional development, volunteer, parental leave)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.arcadia.com/assets/Engineering_Strategy_and_Values_V4.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A supportive engineering culture that values diversity, empathy, teamwork, trust, and efficiency</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Professional development opportunities</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All-company lunches</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Free clean energy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A chance to decarbonize and disrupt the energy sector</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States.</span></p>