Staff Software Engineer – Applied AI

GridUnity

. Translate customer needs into executable workflows by mapping triggers, outcomes, participants, evidence, decisions, exceptions, and handoffs .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $231,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in delivering customer-facing software and leading technical initiatives across teams, with a strong focus on AI application development and workflow orchestration. Capable of translating customer needs into actionable solutions while ensuring production performance and effective collaboration with domain experts.

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AI Application DevelopmentWorkflow OrchestrationSoftware Engineering SkillsTechnical LeadershipCustomer Engagement

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Hard Skills

APIsAsynchronous ExecutionTestingObservabilityDeterministic LogicEvaluation DesignFailure InvestigationInformation RetrievalMulti-Step CoordinationTechnical Communication

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationEffective CollaborationSound Judgment

Tools & Technologies

TypeScriptNode.jsReactCloud-Based Service ArchitecturesWorkflow EnginesDocument ProcessingEngineering-Tool IntegrationEnterprise Authorization Models

Industry Keywords

Electric UtilityInterconnectionTransmissionDistributionDERStorageLarge-LoadRegulated ApplicationsEvidence-Intensive Applications

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaScriptNode.jsReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Translate customer needs into executable workflows by mapping triggers, outcomes, participants, evidence, decisions, exceptions, and handoffs
Implement AI-assisted experiences, typed tools, service integrations, and workflow orchestration
Connect AI assistance end-to-end to completed customer work
Extend reusable foundations for reliable orchestration, resumability, grounded retrieval, and human approvals
Decompose opportunities into deliverable increments, resolve cross-team dependencies, and guide implementation
Create representative scenarios and evaluations covering correctness, incomplete information, exceptions, permissions, and failure recovery
Partner with Product to measure improvements in effort, correction cycles, throughput, and decision quality
Make uncertainty, evidence coverage, source versions, permitted actions, and approval boundaries explicit
Engineer for production performance, observability, safe rollout, failure recovery, prompt injection resistance, and prevention of unauthorized tool actions
Partner with Product, Design, engineering, and domain experts; report to the Director of Engineering, Applied AI
In the first 90 days, learn the product and customers, identify an AI workflow opportunity, build and test an initial solution, gather feedback, recommend next steps, and establish reusable approaches

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable experience delivering customer-facing software and leading consequential technical work across teams or services
Hands-on experience building production AI applications that retrieve information, invoke tools, or coordinate multi-step work
Effective at partnering with qualified experts rather than substituting AI judgment for engineering authority
Strong software engineering skills, including APIs, structured contracts, asynchronous execution, testing, and observability
Experience connecting AI capabilities to real application state and authorized actions, not only conversational prototypes
Sound judgment about deterministic logic, AI assistance, and human decisions
Experience designing evaluations and investigating failures involving incomplete data, ambiguous requirements, or unreliable model outputs
Ability to work directly with customers and domain experts, clarify ambiguous needs, and translate them into bounded, testable solutions
Clear communication and ability to raise the effectiveness of other engineers through technical leadership
U.S. person status: U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee
Legally authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Preferred: electric utility, interconnection, transmission, distribution, DER, storage, large-load, regulated or evidence-intensive enterprise applications
Preferred: TypeScript, Node.js, React, cloud-based service architectures, document processing, workflow engines, engineering-tool integration, or enterprise authorization models

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages that recognize your expertise and contributions
Remote-first culture that provides flexibility and balance
Professional development opportunities, including training, mentorship, and career pathing
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance starting day one
Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance at no cost to you
401(k) plan with a 4% match
Flexible PTO
Mission-driven work with the opportunity to make a significant impact in the energy sector
Bonus offered