Head of Engineering (Remote, USA)

at 
Lumen
Posted on 
1 Mar
JOB CATEGORY

Lumen Energy is automating clean energy deployment across the built environment.

The scope of the opportunity is massive: the roughly 6 million commercial buildings in the US are responsible for 16% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Most of them could save money and reduce emissions with solar, yet fewer than 4% have solar in place today.

We leverage software and data science to uncover the economically ideal “clean energy stack” for every building. Next, we make clean energy deployment widely accessible by abstracting away the complexity of an underlying marketplace of installers, financiers and confusing electrical jargon, creating a delightful, software driven experience for customers to simply click to deploy clean energy.

While this is an audacious scope, we believe that the combination of our powerful clean energy pricing engine, together with the end-to-end tools for deploying and managing clean energy, will unlock the clean energy transition from vision to action in commercial real estate.

Who We Are
We are a small team of scientists, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs committed to powering our world with clean energy. We build on experience at Stripe, Google X, Shopify, and US national labs. While we're early in our journey, we are already working with leaders in commercial real estate like Hines, Bridge Investment Group and Hamilton Zanze and are funded by exceptional investors like Lowercarbon Capital and Designer Fund.

We are a remote-first company, but get together in-person during semi-annually company offsites.

Our Engineering Culture
We believe the best products are built in an inclusive and collaborative environment. We hire teammates who thrive on ownership, care deeply about impact and are naturally curious. We believe a startup’s advantages stem from speed and iteration, and a focus on outcomes for customers and teammates.

About you
You are an experienced engineer and leader. You have a lot of experience with scaling high- performing engineering teams, while fostering a culture of collaboration. You understand how to build complex systems that scale, while being aware of the tradeoff between technical debt and speed. You care deeply about helping your team grow and want to empower everyone to do their best work.

Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and mentor a group of high-performing engineers working to build the tools commercial building owners need to deploy clean energy at unprecedented scale
- Help to build a diverse team that is suited to the challenges ahead, ensure that all team members can grow in their roles and manage the systems that help them do their best work
- Collaborate closely with other teams and Lumen’s leadership to manage an engineering roadmap that aligns with our ambitious goals
- Guide teammates through strategic engineering decisions and establish the practices that create just the right amount of technical debt 
- Technologies we use: Python, Flask, Rust, TypeScript, React, NextJS, GraphQL, Google Cloud Platform, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL

Your Experience
- 6+ years of experience as an engineer and 6+ years leading teams as an engineering manager/leader, 2 years of which was spent leading engineers at a high-growth company
- 6+ years building software applications and comfortable building in Python
- Ready to take on a high level of responsibility as part of a small team that moves quickly

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

Job Description

Lumen Energy is automating clean energy deployment across the built environment.

The scope of the opportunity is massive: the roughly 6 million commercial buildings in the US are responsible for 16% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Most of them could save money and reduce emissions with solar, yet fewer than 4% have solar in place today.

We leverage software and data science to uncover the economically ideal “clean energy stack” for every building. Next, we make clean energy deployment widely accessible by abstracting away the complexity of an underlying marketplace of installers, financiers and confusing electrical jargon, creating a delightful, software driven experience for customers to simply click to deploy clean energy.

While this is an audacious scope, we believe that the combination of our powerful clean energy pricing engine, together with the end-to-end tools for deploying and managing clean energy, will unlock the clean energy transition from vision to action in commercial real estate.

Who We Are
We are a small team of scientists, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs committed to powering our world with clean energy. We build on experience at Stripe, Google X, Shopify, and US national labs. While we're early in our journey, we are already working with leaders in commercial real estate like Hines, Bridge Investment Group and Hamilton Zanze and are funded by exceptional investors like Lowercarbon Capital and Designer Fund.

We are a remote-first company, but get together in-person during semi-annually company offsites.

Our Engineering Culture
We believe the best products are built in an inclusive and collaborative environment. We hire teammates who thrive on ownership, care deeply about impact and are naturally curious. We believe a startup’s advantages stem from speed and iteration, and a focus on outcomes for customers and teammates.

About you
You are an experienced engineer and leader. You have a lot of experience with scaling high- performing engineering teams, while fostering a culture of collaboration. You understand how to build complex systems that scale, while being aware of the tradeoff between technical debt and speed. You care deeply about helping your team grow and want to empower everyone to do their best work.

Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and mentor a group of high-performing engineers working to build the tools commercial building owners need to deploy clean energy at unprecedented scale
- Help to build a diverse team that is suited to the challenges ahead, ensure that all team members can grow in their roles and manage the systems that help them do their best work
- Collaborate closely with other teams and Lumen’s leadership to manage an engineering roadmap that aligns with our ambitious goals
- Guide teammates through strategic engineering decisions and establish the practices that create just the right amount of technical debt 
- Technologies we use: Python, Flask, Rust, TypeScript, React, NextJS, GraphQL, Google Cloud Platform, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL

Your Experience
- 6+ years of experience as an engineer and 6+ years leading teams as an engineering manager/leader, 2 years of which was spent leading engineers at a high-growth company
- 6+ years building software applications and comfortable building in Python
- Ready to take on a high level of responsibility as part of a small team that moves quickly

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

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