Runwise
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
About 2 months ago
About the Job
Runwise is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer -Backend to join one of the largest and fastest-growing energy tech companies in the US. Runwise has offices in New York and Boston but is a remote-first product/engineering company, and has been since its creation.
Runwise (www.runwise.com) is a fast-paced, customer-focused climate-tech startup that controls and runs the key energy systems (heating, water, etc…) in 7500+ buildings throughout the US. Runwise’s unique hardware and software service significantly reduces energy usage, substantially lowering costs and carbon output. As of today, Runwise’s technology takes the equivalent of 80,000 cars worth of carbon emissions off the road each year.
We’re seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to contribute to impactful new product features and significantly improve our operational posture. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, test, implement, ship, and operate with excellence the core software deployed in our buildings and the serverless cloud infrastructure that processes & analyzes billions of data points. Your efforts will directly increase our customers’ climate control savings, improve their tenants' comfort, and decrease our carbon footprint.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Being a core contributor to our core Golang app and AWS infrastructure. Our primary serverless Go architecture powers our web, mobile web, and native mobile iOS and Android apps, as well as our APIs, which interface with and process significant volumes of data from our building computers and sensor networks.
- Contributing to our Operational Excellence by improving our monitoring & alerting across all aspects of our ecosystem, including cloud and IoT infrastructure.
- Contributing to our Python application, powering our computers that execute climate control algorithms and process live data from sensor networks in buildings.
- Writing code that efficiently and intelligently processes billions of data points per year.
Who you are:
- You have 3+ years of hands-on experience writing in Golang
- You have 5+ years of hands-on experience as an engineer
- You are passionate about building new products and working with systems at scale
- You have extensive experience with AWS services like DynamoDB, SQS, AWS Lambda, EC2, and Cloudformation
- Experience with BMS, Niagara, and BACnet a huge plus
- Experience with Python is a plus
Salary: $140,000-$190,000 (varied on experience and market rate)
What you believe:
- No job is too small.
- Sincerity builds trust.
- Setbacks fuel progress.
- Efficiency is vital.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA & FSA options
- Paid Parental Leave
- Access to Talkspace & Health Advocate
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- 401K
- Company-paid life insurance
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance
- Free in-office lunch on Wednesdays
- Hybrid work environment
- Summer Fridays
- Monthly L&D Series
- Employee Resource Groups (e.g. DEIB Committee, Run Club)
This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing company, one of the true leaders within energy efficiency in the Northeast. You will be surrounded by talented people, including working very closely with our co-founder and sales leader. Your success will also make a tangible im
About the Company

Runwise
<p>Runwise is the first end-to-end boiler and heating system management platform. The company combines a proprietary heat computer and sensor network, machine learning systems, and a team of trained boiler experts, to reduce fuel consumption by an average of 20-25% across 6,000 buildings around New York City. Runwise's customers include some of the smallest owners, all the way up to the biggest, including The Related Companies, Lemle & Wolff, Bettina Equities, Winn Residential and the Lefrak Organization. Runwise's platform is the only end-to-end boiler monitoring and management system that saves owners money, increases tenant comfort, and radically lowers carbon output across New York City.</p>
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