Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

Join our small team to make a big impact on the sustainability of homes throughout the USA.

About Ekotrope

Ekotrope provides software solutions for energy-efficient building design and verification. We develop innovative tools that empower construction professionals to create sustainable and cost-effective buildings. Our mission is to empower people with technology and insights to drive informed decisions that move our built environment towards sustainability. Our company values are very important to us, and we are striving to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team and help us improve our infrastructure and internal processes to make our developers more effective. In particular, we are looking for someone with server and cloud configuration expertise to help us level-up our team and systems. You will need to be a team player, critical thinker, good mentor and communicator and be interested in how different developers work to be successful.

Responsibilities

  1. Improving our infrastructure and internal processes to make developers more effective.

  2. Mentoring and teaching other engineers.

  3. Have eye-level collaborative discussions with our other engineers to find the best paths forward to improve our applications and systems. 

  4. Identify and communicate the tradeoffs and costs of engineering decisions.

  5. Develop an understanding of our application, systems, and developers and clearly communicate guidance in-line with strong engineering principles.

  6. Investigating and resolving issues with our production environments. Making long-term improvements to improve reliability and performance.

Requirements

  1. Alignment with our Vision, Mission & Values

  2. 6+ years of professional software engineering experience

  3. Proficiency in Java

  4. Experience doing server and cloud configuration (e.g. Apache Tomcat, AWS Lambda & Step Functions, Infrastructure as Code, Docker)

  5. Ability to come into our Downtown Boston office (19 Kingston St) ~2 days per week.

Why Join Ekotrope

  1. Impact: Be part of a mission-driven company that is making a big impact on the environmental sustainability of homes throughout the USA. Ekotrope software is used to model more than 300,000 homes each year. That’s about 1 in 4 of all new homes in the US.

  2. Collaborative Culture: Join a collaborative and inclusive team of talented professionals who are passionate about their work and dedicated to achieving excellence.

  3. In-office & remote flexibility

  4. Compensation: we provide a combination of base salary, contingent bonus and stock options. Our strategy is to provide approximately median compensation for a given role and to try to attract and retain great people who value our impact and mission.

  5. Benefits: 

    1. 15 vacation days to start (+1 each year of tenure, up to 20), 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays (you can take these whenever, they’re basically extra vacation days that don’t rollover) & 5 sick days per year

    2. Medical, dental, disability & life insurance

    3. Health Savings Account (HSA)

    4. 401K with matching program

    5. Subsidized Blue Bikes Membership and pre-tax MBTA passes

Apply

To apply please use the link below. If you have any questions, you can also reach out to careers@ekotrope.com.

Ekotrope is an equal opportunity employer, and selects individuals best matched for the job based upon job-related qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, gender identity, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status or any other status or characteristic protected by law.