Head of Engineering

At Terabase Energy we believe that digitalization and automation will drive the next wave of innovation and cost reduction in large scale solar. To fully unlock the potential of this opportunity Terabase is developing an interconnected software and construction automation platform. We work alongside project developers owners and engineering & construction firms to support the design optimization and construction of huge solar projects around the world. Our team is a blend of solar-industry veterans and novices thought-leaders dreamers software electrical and mechanical engineers coders product managers project managers sales and marketing professionals. Terabase Energy is a well-funded scale-up headquartered in Berkeley California with several other offices around the world with the most recent one being launched in Paris.

Our Paris office will host our future core R&D team in charge of the development of our flagship product Construct. Construct is a B2B SaaS construction management and quality control platform designed from the ground up for utility-scale solar projects. By combining GIS AI / ML IoT and mobile technologies the solution drives major improvements in safety quality cost and schedule for the solar industry. Construct has supported more than 16 GW of projects from leading owners and EPCs.

The Role

Terabase is seeking a Head of Engineering to build and lead the team driving the development of the Construct platform and its broader product ecosystem. This role includes architectural oversight technical leadership and effective communication to ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders.

The Head of Engineering will be a member of the software digital product development team reporting to the VP Software / Digital based in Berkeley and coordinating locally with the SVP Product based in Paris. As a member of this team you will work learn and grow in Terabases unique operating environment and culture : high-growth innovative lean and value-driven.

We are looking for an experienced leader that is also comfortable being a hands-on developer with experience of writing high-quality code leading engineering teams and shaping the foundational culture of a new team.

As our number one hire in France you will play a pivotal role in :

Hiring onboarding mentoring and growing the local team

Instilling and embodying the companys culture and values locally

Fostering collaboration across the global team while adapting Terabase operations to a local context.

Success in this role means youre a strong technologist thoughtful leader and a culture role-model.

This role will be hybrid with 3 days per week in our Paris office.

Responsibilities

Take on a foundational leadership role for our Paris-based software team building and scaling a high-performing mission-driven team from the ground up

Work closely with VP Software and SVP Product to plan / guide / execute key Construct Platform & Applications team activities

Work closely with other key software / digital team leaders : Director Construction Technologies Director IoT Technologies Director Autonomy Principal Solution Architect

Lead a team of initially up to 12 staff direct reports including software engineers and QA engineers

Guide and assist with the oversight and review of two remote / outsourced software & hardware development teams

Design develop build test deploy software to augment existing and create new Terabase software products to digitalize the full lifecycle (development design construction and operation) of solar power plants

Communicate with and support users of developed tools & products

Champion culture and communication by building bridges between the local team and global counterparts

Develop quality plans and testing approaches

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a companys technical and cultural foundation in a new country for Terabase. If youre passionate about building great software and shaping team culture wed love to connect with you.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

10 years experience with architecture technologies and approaches relevant to the Terabase product vision

BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry and / or academic experience / training

Significant design / development / testing experience delivering complex software / digital product solutions (preferably B2B SaaS) into commercial / industrial projects

Significant experience with cloud applications web stacks and cloud-based infrastructure / managed services

Significant experience with mobile application development particularly React Native

Experience with AI / ML technologies and building them into customer-facing products

Experience with cloud-hosted software environments (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud) we are primarily using AWS

Experience with various database technologies including relational (SQL) non-relational (no-SQL) and time-series data optimized (e.g. InfluxDB)

Experience building and supporting B2B / enterprise applications

Experience with and understanding of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) concepts and techniques

Ability to work remotely and to work with distributed teams in various time zones

Proficient written and verbal English communication skills

Solid programming skills with exposure to object oriented and functional programming techniques

Understanding of and experience in unit testing and test-driven development.

Solid understanding of agile workflow management process and software product lifecycle

Good understanding of gitflow source code management development techniques and process

Technologies We Use

Cloud-hosted software environments (e.g. AWS Azure)

Relational (SQL) non-relational (no-SQL) and time-series data optimized (e.g. InfluxDB)

IoT architectures technologies and applications

Preferred Qualifications

MS in Computer Science or equivalent academic / industry experience / training

Experience with Python web framework Django

Experience with Angular frontend web framework

Experience with software product design and software product management

Experience with large-scale GIS datasets

Experience building ETL pipelines for large and frequently changing datasets

Understanding of or exposure to large-scale renewable energy project development lifecycle including operations phase

Experience commissioning complex software / hardware products

Experience with digital twins where physical assets and processes are modeled and tracked in software

Experience with and understanding of GIS technologies and applications

Startup company experience with a focus on building new products and accessing new markets

Required Experience :

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Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1