POSITION SUMMARY

To build the world's most consumer-focused clean energy platform and inspire a connected movement of people towards a brighter energy future. This is Inspire’s mission statement. Our goal, to reverse the relentless rise of Co2 and the GHG that cause man-made climate change. We offer the first comprehensive platform for the energy efficient smart home. A subscription service for smart devices, clean energy technologies, and energy management, coupled with pro installation and on-bill financing. 

Our Santa Monica office is looking for a Principal IOT Engineer to join our climate team, responsible for the devices and energy management platform. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Engineering, you will learn our existing architecture, and quickly get immersed in ground-breaking problems at scale. You'll have a chance to contribute across our technology stack, work alongside great developers, rapidly ship features, and contribute ideas as part of a rapidly moving, product-driven organization.

THE PRINCIPAL IOT ENGINEER HAS FOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

1. IOT Platform: Build and improve upon the IOT cloud platform to support hundreds of thousands of thermostats and devices.
2. IOT Devices: Work closely with the Hardware team to inform device requirements that will enable an enhanced feature set for things like edge computing, machine learning, fleet management, etc.
3. IOT Integrations: Integrate with 3rd party vendor clouds for IOT devices and other functionalities
4. Energy Management: Continuously improve our energy management system that runs simulations, observes behaviors, and triggers device actions to reduce energy consumption.

SOME EXPECTED 2019 DELIVERABLES

• Learn the existing IOT API and infrastructure
• Evaluate AWS IOT solutions that could be utilized (IOT Core, IOT Device Management, Greengrass, etc.) and propose a plan for how to leverage them
• Implement improvements to the IOT platform to allow for continued growth of devices
• Define technical roadmap for IOT platform

SUCCESS METRICS

• 99.9% uptime of IOT platform
• IOT platform road map documented and validated
• Evaluation of AWS IOT device management and its application to our platform

DESIRED TRAITS

• Smart - leans into tough programs and provides solutions with incremental value
• Ownership - takes ownership of tasks and systems to ensure they get over the finish line
• Curious - continuously seeks for more information and opportunities for growth
• Leader - drives the technology platform forward and motivates engineers

EXPERIENCE

• Must Have
• Hands on experience building IOT platform that supports thousands of devices in production
• 8+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
• Extensive working knowledge of software architecture, data structures, algorithms, and best practices
• Experience with cloud hosting infrastructure (AWS)
• Passionate about technology and interested in solving tough problems
• Strong understanding of HTTP, REST, microservice architecture, and distributed computing

• Nice to Have
• AWS IOT experience (IOT Core, Device Management)
• AWS ML Experience (Greengrass, Sagemaker)

ABOUT US

Disrupting the one-size-fits-all utility model, Inspire’s groundbreaking smart home subscription seamlessly combines personalized clean energy plans with best-in-class smart devices. Using the Inspire app, members can self drive their smart homes from anywhere, and select automated settings to use less energy while earning rewards. Inspire strives to make every home a smart home, powered by clean energy. Inspire’s mission is to drive forward a brighter energy future by simplifying consumer adoption of clean energy and smart home technologies.

Through continual innovation and scaling of connected device interoperability; clean energy supply, generation and storage; and intelligent, decentralized grid services, Inspire is building the world’s first fully-integrated clean energy company.

Launched in January 2014, Inspire homes have used the clean power production equivalent of 121 wind turbines since inception. Driven by a team of mission-driven Avengers in Philadelphia and Santa Monica,, Inspire prides itself on a culture of ownership, teamwork and stalwart obsession with “crushing it!”

CULTURE & PERKS

• Inspire’s culture balances the serious nature and tone of a professional company with the move-fast-and-execute tone of a rapidly growing emerging tech company. We believe in working hard and producing, but doing it in a positive and friendly environment where collaboration is rampant. Inspire calls its employees Avengers. It’s a team out to even the score on behalf of the common man, to challenge the status quo and confront apathy and old-world bureaucracy.
• Every Avenger lives for the mission: To build the world’s most customer-focused clean power platform and inspire a connected movement towards a brighter energy future. Avengers are scrappy, restless, humble and committed to balancing passion with purpose and profit.
• Inspire offers competitive compensation and equity packages, plus benefits such as health, vision, life, and dental insurance - Not to mention, unlimited vacation, 401(k) plan, and LOTS of cupcakes!