Build backend systems for real-time grid decisions at Soma Energy, using distributed systems expertise and Python, Go, Rust, or C++.

As a Senior Engineer, you will own major services from design through reliable production operation. You will build infrastructure, APIs, and distributed services processing grid telemetry into optimization decisions. The work requires architectural judgment, solid performance foundations, and attention to correctness and latency. You will also contribute written designs, code reviews, pairing, and mentoring.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own major services from design through reliable production operation
- Build infrastructure, APIs, and distributed platform services
- Turn grid telemetry into executable optimization decisions




- Inspect traces and production data when systems fail
- Contribute through designs, reviews, pairing, and mentoring

Requirements:

- Seven or more years of software engineering experience
- Strong backend engineering experience with one listed programming language
- Production ownership involving reliability, failure analysis, and operations
- Foundations in distributed systems, data structures, and performance
- Daily use of Claude Code or Cursor for AI-assisted coding

Bring backend engineering, architectural decision-making, and reliable service ownership to Soma Energy’s real-time platform.

📌 Senior Backend Distributed Systems Engineer (Vancouver)
🏢 Soma Energy
📍 Vancouver