Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: design, build, test, deploy, and operate in production
• Write clean, tested Python and React code and participate in code reviews
• Design and build APIs and integrations between systems
• Work with domain experts and stakeholders to understand business processes and turn them into working software
• Contribute to technical design decisions
• Navigate a fast-moving environment where requirements change often and ambiguity is normal - prioritize effectively and adapt without waiting for perfect information
• Debug and resolve production issues; monitor and improve system reliability
• Collaborate remotely with team and stakeholders; periodic on-site travel (~1 week/quarter) for planning and stakeholder engagement

This role supports Redwood Materials' mission to localize a global battery supply chain that keeps critical minerals in circulation and drives the energy transition by building software systems that power a $3B+ manufacturing operation at North America's largest battery recycler.

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years software engineering experience
• Strong Python skills; production React experience
• Experience building and shipping production applications on AWS
• API design and integration patterns
• Comfort working independently in a remote-first environment and making pragmatic technical decisions
• Strong written communication - you document decisions and communicate async effectively
• Availability for periodic travel to Nevada (~1 week/quarter)

Preferred qualifications:

• Direct experience with ERP systems, WMS, supply chain software, or procurement platforms
• Manufacturing, logistics, or recycling industry experience
• Event-driven architecture or workflow orchestration
• Enthusiasm for AI-assisted development
• Scrappy mindset - you've built under tight timelines and ambiguity
• Remote work experience on distributed engineering teams

Compensation will be commensurate with experience. The position is full-time and remote-first with periodic travel to Nevada (~1 week/quarter).

Redwood Materials is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. They're delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.