About Haven Energy

Haven Energy is a well-funded, seed-stage startup focused on accelerating the adoption of home energy storage through a two-sided marketplace model.  We believe that widespread, distributed storage will be a key part of our energy future, helping stabilize the electric grid in the face of increasing climate change-induced weather events, aging infrastructure, and increased electric loads due to home electrification.  For homeowners, on-site storage will help prevent blackouts, reduce electricity costs and provide a level of energy independence and security.

With our two-sided marketplace model, Haven guides homeowners through the selection, quoting, financing and scheduling of a home battery system install, and we pair homeowners with vetted, qualified electricians to perform the installation.  We offer a phenomenal experience for both the homeowners and the installers, as both are key to our long term success.

Summary of Role

Haven is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join as the first engineer on the team. In this role, you’ll work alongside the Head of Engineering to build our technology from the ground up. We are building a new category of business in the home electrification space and firmly believe that our success and differentiation will depend on our ability to build software that provides a clean and simple interface on top of a complicated web of physical devices, data sources, and 3rd party APIs. The electrical grid is complicated, we will build software that makes it seem simple.

Given the early stage of the team, this role is not just about building software. We want someone with an entrepreneurial mind who will think critically about the business as a whole and participate in technical strategy. The ideal candidate will excel at quickly building MVP implementations which can effectively scale into more complete solutions. They will be able to seamlessly pivot from driving execution to providing technical leadership to others as we grow the team. We want someone who’s excited to have an impact on culture and process as we navigate our launch and develop into a team that performs at scale.

This is a great fit for someone who’s proven their abilities as a software engineer in a startup environment and is ready for a big step forward in terms of ownership and impact.

What you’ll do

• Build customer facing software to help guide customer through the process of purchasing, installing, and tracking the impact of their home battery

• Build installer facing software to that allows installers to claim battery installation jobs and track execution

• Build internal tools to manage our suite of deployed batteries in order to maximize their effectiveness in saving money, preventing carbon emissions, and providing backup power during outages. 

• Deliver technology that is tested, monitored, and ready for scale

• Break down large projects into executable and estimatable tickets and knock them out in sprints

• Continuously raise the standard for readability, scalability, and security of our code

• Work cross functionally with product, marketing, ops, and others to gather requirements and validate solutions

• Build integrations with various SAAS products 

• Develop and maintain our DevOps tooling 

You’re a great fit if you

• Have 4+ years experience building software professionally, including web development

• Have done technical designs for software which was successfully deployed into a production environment

• Have built and maintained test suites

• Have used version control and done code reviews

• Have excellent communication and organization skills

• Enjoy interfacing with internal stakeholders

• Have used AWS or another cloud provider

• Are excited about the climate tech space and building a more flexible grid while providing energy independence to customers

You’re an ever better fit, if you 

• Have experience at early stage startups

• Have experience with some of the following languages, libraries, frameworks, and tools: React, NextJS, Python, Flask, SQL, Postgres, Docker, HTML, CSS, GitLab

• Have integrated SAAS products with custom built software

• Have participated in product management, or worked in environments where features were not fully scoped prior to development 

• Have industry-specific experience in residential solar, energy storage, home electrification or other areas related to clean energy, sustainability and the circular economy.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Haven embraces diversity and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.