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EV adoption continues to grow – but our power grid was not built to withstand this level of electricity demand, and charging remains a major challenge for drivers. With over 80% of EV charging occurring at home, Charge Scape was formed by some of the world’s largest automakers (BMW, Ford, Honda, and Nissan – with more joining soon) with the mission to enable everyone to access sustainable, affordable energy from a reliable power grid.

Charge Scape’s software platform serves as the connective tissue between EV drivers and power utilities, using cloud-based commands to schedule EV charging for the most grid-friendly, low-carbon hours, all while putting money back in drivers’ wallets. Backed by a well-capitalized joint venture, we are expanding our engineering team to continue scaling our vehicle-grid integration platform and supporting new technical initiatives.

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Position Overview

Charge Scape is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive innovation across our software architecture and infrastructure. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy individual contributor role focused on architectural leadership, proof-of-concept development, and technical experimentation, with hands-on responsibilities across the full stack.

You’ll work closely with our Head of Engineering and distributed teams to lead strategic engineering efforts beyond our core utility and OEM platforms. This includes owning critical architectural decisions, driving platform and data systems improvements, and researching emerging technologies, including AI and ML tools.

This position is hybrid, based in Austin, TX, with monthly in-office expectations (1 week/month).

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Design & Leadership: Shape the design of new systems and services, define scalable and secure solutions, and ensure engineering best practices are followed across the platform.
• Full-Stack Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable web applications using React, Next.js, Java, and Spring Boot, running on AWS.
• Proofs of Concept & Innovation: Rapidly design and build POCs to evaluate new technologies, product ideas, and architectural patterns. Research and prototype with emerging tools, including AI.
• Data & Platform Engineering: Build and maintain tools for data ingestion, transformation, and partner integrations. Improve data flows and optimize performance while ensuring data integrity.
• Infrastructure & Reliability: Enhance CI/CD pipelines, observability systems, and AWS infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, etc.). Proactively address performance, scalability, and security bottlenecks.
• Technical Collaboration: Collaborate across time zones and functions, especially with our Brazil-based developers. Act as a technical mentor and architectural sounding board across teams.
• Hands-on Coding: Contribute production-quality code as needed on both backend and frontend projects, with a strong focus on maintainability and scalability.
• Problem Solving: Navigate and resolve ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges with creativity and sound engineering judgment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong full-stack and systems architecture background.
• Frontend: Proficiency in React and Next.js.
• Backend: Expertise with Java and Spring Boot.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Deep experience with AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, etc.).
• Databases:
  
  Experience with Dynamo
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Dev Ops & Infrastructure: Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability tooling.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices.
• Proven track record of designing and building high-performance, scalable systems.
• Comfortable working independently on open-ended, technical initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cultures and time zones.
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