Senior Python Engineer - Renewable Energy company

Full-Stack Software Engineer – Renewable Energy Optimisation

• Location: Australia (remote)
• Type: Full-time | Permanent
• Industry: Climate Tech / Energy Software
• Tech stack: Python, Django, NoSQL, SQL, Vue.js, API Int.
• Salary: $150k - $200k + Equity

A fast-growing climate tech company is on a mission to transform the future of the electricity grid. Their platform leverages cutting-edge machine learning and AI to optimize renewable energy and battery storage projects, helping asset owners unlock stronger economics and operational performance. With a growing footprint in some of the world’s most complex and lucrative energy markets, they’re building the digital infrastructure for a decarbonized, resilient grid.

About the Role

As a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, you’ll play a big role in designing, scaling, and maintaining software systems that monitor and enhance the performance of renewable energy assets. You’ll work closely with a high-caliber engineering team to integrate real-time data, ML models, and optimization algorithms into robust, user-friendly tools that manage distributed energy resources.

This is a rare opportunity to join a mission-driven company at a critical growth inflection point where your work will directly impact the energy transition.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack software systems for optimizing renewable energy and battery storage assets
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML models and optimization logic into production systems
• Build intuitive, performant interfaces for internal and external users to monitor asset performance
• Own the full software development lifecycle from architecture and implementation to testing and maintenance
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and high availability of production systems
• Lead performance tuning, bottleneck identification, and real-time issue resolution
• Stay current on trends in software engineering, energy markets, and climate tech to drive innovation.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on large-scale, real-time systems
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend development
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and microservices architecture
• Front-end experience with React, Angular, or Vue.js—and a knack for building clean, usable UIs
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in distributed, cross-functional teams

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in energy markets, renewable energy systems, or energy storage
• Familiarity with machine learning and optimization models
• Exposure to data visualization and dashboarding tools