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Who We Are

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.

In 2014 Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today and now were thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom personalized energy experiences accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.

Tackling one of the worlds biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. Were building a team of individuals from different backgrounds industries & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia! Visit .

HQ: Washington DC$1B Valuation; >$500M of Capital raised since inception

What were looking for:

We are seeking a resourceful versatile Software Engineer to join our Intervals Team. In this role you will own the development and maintenance of our intervals product which enables programmatic access to utility-provided interval usage data. You will be responsible for building and scaling the web scrapers data pipelines and REST APIs that provide our customers with granular energy data that is used for use cases like solar prospecting bill matching and demand response.

The ideal candidate is an engineer who not only writes modular maintainable code but also deeply integrates AI tools into their daily workflow to multiply velocity. You should be a low-ego team player who approaches engineering problems and potential solutions with a unique holistic and long-term perspective and is genuinely excited to build the software expanding renewable energy adoption by both businesses and consumers.

Our Intervals product utilizes a robust Kubernetes-based architecture featuring Celery/RabbitMQ for task queuing alongside Python-based services AWS SQS Aurora and DynamoDB.

This role is a hybrid remote-first approach with Chennai as the anchor location and is an exceptional opportunity for someone who relishes the chance to engage with cutting-edge technology influence how our team builds and stays relevant and work in a fast-paced environment with engineers on a high-morale tightly knit team. Our engineering values are deeply ingrained in our culture-- you can read more about them here.

What youll do:

• Independently own and deliver features of medium complexity for the Intervals data offering including web scrapers data pipelines and REST APIs.
• Design and maintain robust scalable back-end systems using Python Postgres and Aurora to handle large-scale utility data ingestion.
• Write modular maintainable and easily testable code while providing detailed code reviews for teammates to ensure architectural consistency.
• Improve system observability by setting application monitoring thresholds and adding alerting for the systems you own.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers through pairing technical discussions and constructive feedback.
• Partner with Product SRE and Customer Operations to ensure data accuracy and meet strict customer SLAs.
• Explore new technologies with an open-minded team
• Increase test coverage and reliability and help troubleshoot production issues
• Resolve interval scraper issues on time as per agreed customer SLAs
• Notice and speak up about opportunities to improve experiences to our customers and partners
• Embrace and explore AI technologies including agentic coding assistants to maximize productivity.
• Apply spec-driven development and develop expertise in prompt writing for efficient coding and non-coding tasks.
• Leverage AI tools for faster better code delivery and to automate recurring tasks.
• Proactively identify and implement new applications of AI to reduce costs increase team and system efficiency.

What will help you succeed:

The following list reflects our current technology stack-- youll need to have some overlapping or analogous experience but not necessarily an exact match.

• 3 years of experience in a software engineering role with a proven track record of owning features independently.
• Experience with the programming languages we use:
• Python
• Javascript
• SQL
• Experience with infrastructure found in our stack:
• Postgres or similar relational database
• Docker
• AWS (EKS SQS etc.)
• Cloudformation
• distributed queuing systems like Celery/RabbitMQ.
• Comfortable managing the balance between shipping code quickly and shipping perfect code
• Experience leveraging AI technologies like google gemini for coding and non-coding tasks coding assistants like claude code cursor or copilot and spec driven development.
• Knowledge of writing efficient AI prompts to automate day to day tasks.
• Ability and internal drive to problem-solve both creatively and pragmatically
• Skill with mentoring and learning from other engineers and treating colleagues with respect
• Ability to scope prioritize and deliver on project commitments while maintaining a positive collaborative attitude.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• A basic understanding of web development including HTML CSS and HTTP
• Passion for our mission sustainability and drive a clean-energy future

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation based on market standards
• We are working on a hybrid model with remote first policy
• Apart from Fixed Base Salary potential candidates are eligible for following benefits
• Flexible Leave Policy
• Office located in the heart of the city in case you need to step in for any purpose
• Medical Insurance (15 Family Members)
• Flexible Benefit Plan
• Awards and Bonus
• Annual performance cycle
• Quarterly engagement activities
• A supportive engineering culture that values diversity empathy teamwork trust and efficiency

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Here at Arcadia we cultivate diversity celebrate individuality and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information protected veteran status or any status protected by applicable federal state or local law. While we are currently unable to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship we welcome applications from all qualified candidates eligible to work in India

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