Engineering Manager - Energy Storage

Location: United States (Remote or Hybrid in SF Office Available) What is Verse? Our mission is to make the case for clean energy irrefutable. The grid wasn't built for what our customers are building. So, we built a way around it. Verse gets data center sites and large loads online 2 to 3 years faster—without waiting on utility or grid operators for interconnection approval. Speed to interconnection is the primary bottleneck, and so we built the Aria platform and our Dispatch Intelligence suite of tools to leapfrog the interconnection logjam and increase the availability and utilization of energy from sources like wind and solar. Verse is trusted by Fortune 500 businesses and the operators powering the AI economy. In addition to Dispatch Intelligence, our Portfolio Insights software suite unifies grid connection, market signals, settlement data, and automated dispatch with the data infrastructure that values every asset for some of the largest companies in the world. We integrate utility bills, PPAs, contracts, and live asset states into one holistic queryable layer for enterprise planning, risk, and valuation teams. The Role You will be an engineering leader supporting technical staff who design, build, and maintain our Dispatch Intelligence software stack for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) applications. Electrical energy is the foundation of modern industrial civilization, and the electric power grid is undergoing a major overhaul and transformation as demand for electric power is increasing once again after years of flat growth. Meanwhile, BESS costs have plummeted nearly tenfold in the same time frame. As a result, BESS applications are uniquely positioned to play a significant role for everyone on the grid. You will lead a team implementing and testing site configuration, monitoring, and control features for these BESS applications. Key Responsibilities Support members of our technical staff developing site gateway software for battery energy storage fleet telemetry and control applications Guide and direct a high-performing software team focused on site-level gateway orchestration, intelligent control systems, and cloud-based data integration across our fleet of energy storage assets Oversee the architecture, development, and operational excellence of mission-critical systems that enable real-time asset observability and control for our energy storage partners Provide key input on the technical roadmap and architecture to engineers on site gateway systems, focusing on reliability, low-latency, and high-uptime operation Work closely with our energy storage product and project managers to shape the technical direction, set engineering goals, and translate requirements into well-executed deliverables to fulfill the vision for our products Collaborate with Product and technical project teams to prioritize the backlog, manage complex dependencies across hardware and software integration, fulfill user acceptance tests, and achieve contractual milestones for our customers What We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications) Bachelor's degree in a STEM field 3+ years of experience leading and supporting software engineering teams 5+ years of hands-on experience developing software for real-time, embedded, or industrial control systems in low-resource environments Deep technical proficiency in at least two of the following languages: Rust, C, Python, or Go, specifically for systems programming or site controller software A strong understanding of distributed systems architectures, edge computing, and reliable site-to-cloud communication Strong people skills and high emotional intelligence to ensure high-trust and high-morale while continuously accelerating velocity What Will Make You Standout (Preferred Qualifications) Master's degree or higher in a technical discipline Experience with complex systems where uptime and low-latency are mission-critical, such as autonomous vehicles or industrial automation Track record of building