Senior Software Engineer - Field Software
About the job
- At least 5 years of professional backend software engineering experience.
- Strong experience with Python and PostgreSQL, including making schema changes to live production databases.
- Experience designing and building production GraphQL APIs and data pipelines where correctness and reliability matter.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems, including debugging and understanding production failures.
- Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments; the company uses AWS and Kubernetes.
- Experience using AI coding tools effectively while maintaining ownership of the design, quality, and correctness of the code produced.
- Track record of owning software systems end to end and proactively identifying and addressing problems.
- Design, build, and own backend services supporting the full lifecycle of Gridware devices and field assets.
- Build GraphQL APIs supporting an offline-first mobile application used by field crews and utility linemen.
- Develop reliable data pipelines and integrations for exchanging asset data with utilities.
- Design systems and data models representing grid infrastructure, assets, and the relationships between them.
- Own systems end to end, from architecture and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and production operation.
- Work directly with field crews to understand operational workflows and see the software used in the field.
- Partner closely with Field Operations, Product, Data, and other engineering teams to translate real-world workflows into scalable software.
- Contribute to architecture and technical decisions as systems and field deployments scale.
- Experience with Apollo Federation, SQLAlchemy, or asynchronous Python.
- Experience building backend systems for mobile or offline-first applications.
- Experience with TypeScript and contributing across the full stack.
- Experience with event-driven systems such as Kafka or SQS.
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or Sentry.
- Experience with data lakehouse technologies such as Databricks, Apache Iceberg, or Trino.
- Experience with geospatial data, geographic information systems (GIS), or utility data.
- Experience building software for mobile applications, Internet of Things (IoT) or connected devices, utilities, or other physical-world systems.
About the company
Gridware provides a sensor-based platform that monitors electrical grid assets in real time by placing sensors on power poles. Real-time data from pole-mounted sensors is sent to analytics that detect imminent faults and wildfire hazards, enabling preventive maintenance. It differentiates itself with pole-mounted hardware and predictive analytics aimed specifically at reducing wildfire risk in wildfire-prone regions. Its goal is to improve public safety and grid reliability while lowering outages and wildfire-related liabilities for utilities.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$97.3M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Gridware raised $55 million on November 17, 2025 for global expansion.
- Gridware now serves 18 major customers and nearly 30 utilities, according to 2026 reporting.
- PG&E cited a July 2024 Gridscope alert that averted a possible wildfire.
What critics are saying
- PG&E’s 2026-2028 plan prioritizes undergrounding 1,077 miles, reducing sensor dependence.
- Utility sales cycles run through multiyear regulatory processes, slowing Gridware revenue conversion.
- Rivals from drones, AI weather, and hardened infrastructure can displace Gridware’s wedge.
What makes Gridware unique
- Gridware’s Gridscope detects vibration, sound, and light before ignitions start.
- PG&E deployed over 10,000 Gridware devices across 900 circuit miles by 2025.
- S&C bundled Gridscope with TripSaver II on March 5, 2025.
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Health Insurance
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Paid Parental Leave
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↓ -2%Gridware, which makes sensors to evaluate electrical grid integrity and monitor power line hazards, has raised $55 million in a Series B round led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management. The startup, which emerged from the CITRIS Foundry in spring 2020, plans to expand into Europe, beginning with the United Kingdom. The company's technology has reduced outages by up to 70% in some cases by preventing failures in advance or accelerating restoration after storms, according to CEO Tim Barat. The expansion comes as Ofgem, Great Britain's energy regulator, pursues an £80 billion network upgrade to accommodate increasing renewable power sources and surging data centre demand. Gridware's operational efficiency improvements aim to offset rising network expenses associated with the infrastructure upgrades.
Gridware raises $55M in Growth funding. Gridware, a San Francisco, CA-based grid-technology company, raised $55M in Growth funding. The round was led by Tiger Global and Generation Investment Management with participation from Sequoia Capital, Convective Capital, Fifty Years, True Ventures, Lowercarbon, and Y Combinator. The company intends to use the funds to expand its manufacturing capacity and scale deployment operations. Led by CEO Tim Barat, Gridware is a grid-technology company dedicated to improving safety and reliability on the electrical transmission and distribution systems. Its technology monitors the physical, mechanical, and environmental conditions of utility infrastructure to identify issues early, reduce outages, and support faster restoration. Its pole-mounted Gridscope system enables Active Grid Response (AGR) by measuring mechanical, electrical, and environmental signals and enabling real-time understanding of grid conditions, identifying hazards as they emerge.
Ventiva, developer of a thermal management technology designed to bridge the gap between active and passive thermal management in a solid-state form factor, raised $24.34 million through a combination of debt, Series C1 and Series C2 venture funding in a deal led by IAG Capital Partners.
Gridware last week raised $26.4 million in Series A financing, led by Seqoia Capital, with participation from existing backers Fifty Years, Lowercarbon Capital, True Ventures, and Convective Capital.
Gridware, a continuous power grid monitoring solution provider, today announced its Series A funding of $26.4 million led by Sequoia Capital.