Principal Cloud Platform Software Engineer

• Own the end-to-end cloud-to-field software ecosystem that powers, monitors, and optimizes distributed energy assets.
• Lead the team building high-speed systems to ingest and process real-time telemetry from thousands of remote assets.
• Design and build infrastructure for secure remote monitoring, diagnostics, and large-scale OTA software updates on embedded devices.
• Architect distributed data systems (e.g., Snowflake, Spark) to generate actionable insights and autonomous fleet optimizations.

This role directly enables the global energy transition by architecting the software backbone for a fuel-flexible, ultra-low emissions power generation technology, ensuring reliable, clean electricity for commercial, industrial, and utility customers.

• 15+ years in software engineering with architectural leadership across multiple teams in high-stakes production environments.
• Deep experience in Industrial IoT (IIoT), energy systems, industrial automation, or managing fleet-scale device platforms.
• Deep experience architecting within AWS, GCP, or Azure for distributed systems and large-scale data platforms.
• Expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure (e.g., Spark, Snowflake) and leveraging AI/ML for predictive maintenance and fleet management.

Compensation and benefits are based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication. The level of pay within the range depends on location, relevant experience, education, and skills. New hires tend to be paid within the starting base pay range. No specific salary figures provided.

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable local power generation technology, the Mainspring Linear Generator, which is fuel-flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless reaction with near-zero NOx emissions.