About Kevala

Kevala provides insight into the relationships between the consumption, production, distribution, and value of electricity by delivering data and analysis, and attendant consulting services via subscription and Application Programming Interface (API) licensing to the Kevala platform. Our tools improve electricity distribution grid planning, forecasting with a focus on distributed energy resources (including solar, electric vehicles, and battery storage), and decarbonization.

Our customers include utilities, regulators, community choice aggregators, third-party aggregators, solar developers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, and charging infrastructure developers.

If you enjoy collaborating with other professionals who believe in accelerating a clean energy future by making energy-related data meaningful, transparent, and broadly accessible, we encourage you to apply!

About the Role

Kevala is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Front End to join our growing team. This individual will collaborate across the company to translate project requirements into a generalized, intuitive product for interfacing with all aspects of the electric grid: solar power, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, and more.

What you will be doing

• Diving into difficult problems facing the US electric grid, especially relating to temporal and geospatial data visualization
• Working in Javascript and frameworks such as Svelte
• Helping to scale and generalize our platform
• Collaborating with other engineers on designing and implementing product features whilst providing consistent feedback through pull requests
• Expanding your areas of technical expertise as we experiment with new products
• Architecting modular code to speed up the delivery of new features and product verticals

What you need to succeed

● 10+ years of experience working or building with modern web application frameworks

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

● Versatility and enthusiasm for taking on novel problems and learning new technologies

● Excellent communication skills and willingness to collaborate with individuals across the organization

You’ll love this opportunity if you...

• Appreciate being the go-to person for Front End software architecture
• Thrive working for startups, particularly for SaaS companies
• Have experience in the utility, clean energy, regulatory, or automotive industry
• Have familiarity with geospatial and temporal datasets or data types

Location

Kevala is headquartered in San Francisco, but we embrace the virtual office and are continuing to grow our team across the United States.

Compensation

The total compensation for this opportunity includes a base salary range of $150,000 - $185,000 plus equity (stock options). This is our target compensation range and is subject to multiple factors including level, experience, and location. As you go through our interview process, our recruiter will work with you to identify a competitive base salary within the proposed range and combine it with an equity package that will support your excitement in joining Kevala.

Benefits

As a Kevalier, you will have access to a wide range of benefits including affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision), a generous time-off policy, a physical wellness allowance, and professional development.

To apply, please visit https://www.kevala.com/careers

Kevala is an equal opportunity employer that believes a diverse team will not just lead to a better working environment but will also help us create better products and services.

Kevala is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If any reasonable accommodation is needed in our process, please reach out to careers@kevala.com.