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About The Company

Powin Energy is a leading producer of utility scale modular battery energy storage system (complete with a patented, advanced, cloud-based monitoring/control system). That means we build power plants out of batteries that put coal and gas generators out of business and enable sustainable viability for renewable energy sources like solar and wind.

Powin is, and will continue to be, one of a handful of companies that will provide the equipment necessary to make this happen. Powin has distinct competitive advantages: cost-effectiveness; reliability; scalability; deploy-ability; and operational sophistication. Every day we work to ensure that we maintain these competitive advantages and our position as a global leader in providing turnkey, battery energy storage solutions for utility-scale, commercial and industrial, and microgrid applications.

Summary:

Powin is looking for an experienced and well-rounded Senior Software Architect who will be responsible for creating and maintaining the internal and system architecture for our software products. The Senior Software Architect reports to the VP of Software Engineering but will work directly with Powin’s CTO to incorporate strategic changes into the overall architecture.

The Senior Software Architect must have deep knowledge of software architectures, their relationship to internal hardware constraints, and high-performance distributed system design.

Job Details:

Collaborate with technical product manager and software developers to create and maintain software product architecture within applications and at the system level
Use deep understanding of Java internals to create high performance solutions
Work with the CTO to align software architecture with longer term technology strategy
Utilize the concepts of lean software development to appropriately limit scope and manage complexity
Participate in the planning process to help set implementation estimates and work sequencing
Produce and maintain architectural artifacts such as drawings, documents, and code
Create proofs of concept in both code and math to accelerate software development
Lead and mentor software analysts who are still gaining experience in software architecture

Qualifications:

10+ years’ experience in software development
5+ years’ experience as a software architect
5+ years working with streaming system architectures (e.g., message busses, distributed caches, etc.)
2+ years’ experience with SaaS solutions, preferably on AWS
Deep understanding of Java internals (JRE, JVM, GC, threading / work stealing, etc.) and its relationship to underlying hardware (execution pipelines, L1/L2 caches, and memory, storage, and network I/O)
Strong modeling skills for data (e.g., ORM and ER) and code (e.g., UML)
Solid understanding of modern UI architectures, such as MVC
Firm understanding of cyber security threats and mitigations
Experience with energy systems and protocols (SCADA, Modbus, etc.) is a plus
Experience with embedded systems development is a plus
Experience with real-time (streaming) UI via web APIs is a plus
Remote position, with expected regular travel to the Tualatin office

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