Engineering Manager - Energy Storage

Location: United States (Remote or Hybrid in SF Office Available)

What is Verse? 

Our mission is to make the case for clean energy irrefutable. The grid wasn't built for what our customers are building. So, we built a way around it. Verse gets data center sites and large loads online 2 to 3 years faster—without waiting on utility or grid operators for interconnection approval. Speed to interconnection is the primary bottleneck, and so we built the Aria platform and our Dispatch Intelligence suite of tools to leapfrog the interconnection logjam and increase the availability and utilization of energy from sources like wind and solar.

Verse is trusted by Fortune 500 businesses and the operators powering the AI economy. In addition to Dispatch Intelligence, our Portfolio Insights software suite unifies grid connection, market signals, settlement data, and automated dispatch with the data infrastructure that values every asset for some of the largest companies in the world. We integrate utility bills, PPAs, contracts, and live asset states into one holistic queryable layer for enterprise planning, risk, and valuation teams.

The Role

You will be an engineering leader supporting technical staff who design, build, and maintain our Dispatch Intelligence software stack for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) applications. Electrical energy is the foundation of modern industrial civilization, and the electric power grid is undergoing a major overhaul and transformation as demand for electric power is increasing once again after years of flat growth. Meanwhile, BESS costs have plummeted nearly tenfold in the same time frame. As a result, BESS applications are uniquely positioned to play a significant role for everyone on the grid. You will lead a team implementing and testing site configuration, monitoring, and control features for these BESS applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Support members of our technical staff developing site gateway software for battery energy storage fleet telemetry and control applications
• Guide and direct a high-performing software team focused on site-level gateway orchestration, intelligent control systems, and cloud-based data integration across our fleet of energy storage assets
• Oversee the architecture, development, and operational excellence of mission-critical systems that enable real-time asset observability and control for our energy storage partners
• Provide key input on the technical roadmap and architecture to engineers on site gateway systems, focusing on reliability, low-latency, and high-uptime operation
• Work closely with our energy storage product and project managers to shape the technical direction, set engineering goals, and translate requirements into well-executed deliverables to fulfill the vision for our products
• Collaborate with Product and technical project teams to prioritize the backlog, manage complex dependencies across hardware and software integration, fulfill user acceptance tests, and achieve contractual milestones for our customers

What We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
• 3+ years of experience leading and supporting software engineering teams
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing software for real-time, embedded, or industrial control systems in low-resource environments
• Deep technical proficiency in at least two of the following languages: Rust, C, Python, or Go, specifically for systems programming or site controller software
• A strong understanding of distributed systems architectures, edge computing, and reliable site-to-cloud communication
• Strong people skills and high emotional intelligence to ensure high-trust and high-morale while continuously accelerating velocity

What Will Make You Standout (Preferred Qualifications)

• Master's degree or higher in a technical discipline
• Experience with complex systems where uptime and low-latency are mission-critical, such as autonomous vehicles or industrial automation
• Track record of building and deploying industrial edge or IoT systems in high-pressure environments and tight timelines
• Familiarity with modern compiler, static type-checking, code-generation, testing, and application performance frameworks
• Knowledge of RPC and message broker technologies (e.g., gRPC, Protobuf, NATS, MQTT, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc)
• Knowledge of lightweight file system and memory management solutions
• Direct experience with BESS or Distributed Energy Resource (DER) management systems
• Knowledge of industrial electric power systems, behind-the-meter (BTM) and front-of-the-meter (FTM) solutions, communication network technologies, and edge compute or industrial IoT deployment practices
• Practical knowledge of industrial and electric power communication protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, OpenADR, and IEC family of standards
• Hands-on experience managing and coordinating teams responsible for hardware/software integration across multiple battery system OEMs (e.g., Tesla, Form, Fluence, Sungrow)

What Makes Verse a Great Place to Work? 

• Lead with Empathy: We lift each other up with humility and kindness, always putting colleagues and customers first
• Be Honest & Transparent: We prioritize effective communication to build trust with our team, customers, and stakeholders
• Move with Balance & Precision: We believe speed and perseverance must be accompanied by thoughtfulness and reflection
• Leave the World a Better Place: We are passionate about our mission, and we strive to create a sustainable world for future generations

Base Pay Range

$190,000 - $270,000

This is the estimated base salary range for this position, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to level, skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.

Benefits and Employee Perks 

• Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up 
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k 
• Flexible hours, a hybrid working model, and unlimited PTO
• Diverse and inclusive working environment 

Verse is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and compensation without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or familial status.