Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Telemetry & Control (Rust)

Location: San Francisco, CA; remote or hybrid available

Salary: $150,000–$240,000+ base pay per year, excluding benefits and potential equity.

Company

hirify.global is building an energy intelligence platform that combines real-time energy asset control with visibility into energy portfolios for large power consumers.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and test distributed energy resource control and telemetry applications for heterogeneous OEM hardware, sensor and actuator networks, and remote terminal units.
• Build high-performance, production-grade software for bare-metal systems and hardware-level virtualization platforms in resource- and bandwidth-constrained environments.
• Collaborate with energy solutions providers on proprietary hardware and on-premises software stacks.
• Specify over-the-air updates and remote access solutions for on-premises customer software.
• Implement security best practices for critical infrastructure and cyber-physical systems.
• Mentor junior and career-level engineers while promoting test-driven development, well-designed systems, and transparent communication.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience working directly on bare-metal applications.
• Strong programming skills in systems languages such as C, C++, Rust, or Go, plus scripting with Shell or Python.
• Advanced knowledge of communications across all layers of the OSI networking model.
• Hands-on experience with lightweight databases such as SQLite or LevelDB.
• Familiarity with SCADA systems, industrial automation software, PLCs, microcontrollers, and finite state machines.
• Extensive security experience with technologies such as public key infrastructure, encryption, cryptography, or data privacy.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM field.
• Advanced Rust knowledge and experience with low-powered Intel Atom or similar processors.
• Experience with electric power systems, grid hardware, model-predictive or optimal control, robotics, or reinforcement learning.
• Knowledge of Modbus TCP, DNP3, IEC 60870, or IEC 61850 protocols.
• Experience building resilient applications for unreliable or mesh networks and battery energy storage technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Empathy, humility, kindness, and respect for colleagues and customers.
• Open, honest, and transparent communication with a focus on constructive feedback.
• Flexible hours and unlimited paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401(k).
• Competitive compensation, equity grant, and a dihirify.global and inclusive working environment.