Principal Software Architect, Energy Systems
$200k - $250k USD
What to Expect
Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.
Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.
We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.
Job Overview
As a Principal Software Architect, you will lead the design and implementation of Heron Power’s industrial IoT software platform. You will define the system architecture spanning edge devices, cloud infrastructure, and user-facing applications used to manage, monitor, and operate grid-connected energy systems.
This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development. You will own core backend and data platform decisions while collaborating closely with embedded, hardware, and frontend engineers to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable end-to-end systems.
How You Will Contribute
Primary Ownership
Architect, design, and develop scalable backend systems for industrial IoT deployments
Build robust APIs and data pipelines to ingest, process, and store real-time telemetry from distributed edge devices
Define field data protocols, pub/sub architectures, and edge-to-cloud communication patterns
Design monitoring, diagnostics, and troubleshooting tools for large-scale distributed systems
Define and implement secure authentication, authorization, and audit logging for industrial environments
Establish software architecture standards, technical direction, and best practices across teams
Collaborative Contributions
Work closely with embedded software engineers on device integration, OTA updates, and commissioning workflows
Contribute to intuitive, responsive frontend dashboards for visualizing system performance and sensor data
Partner with DevOps and infrastructure efforts, including CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and observability
Evaluate networking and cloud solutions to maximize system reliability, throughput, and uptime
Support the development of commissioning tools for configuration, validation, and self-test of deployed systems
As a startup, team members are expected to collaborate across adjacent domains. While this role does not require deep expertise in every area, it does require strong systems thinking and the ability to lead technical decisions across boundaries.
What You Will Bring
We’re looking for a driven, resourceful, and hands-on technical leader who is comfortable operating at both the architectural and implementation levels. You have a strong grounding in fundamentals, a bias toward practical solutions, and experience building real systems that operate reliably in the field.
Must-Have Requirements
Experience designing and deploying industrial IoT platforms managing fleets of distributed edge devices
Proven track record of technical leadership, including leading cross-functional initiatives, major product launches, or large-scale system migrations
Experience building monitoring, diagnostic, and troubleshooting tools for complex distributed systems
Proficiency in Golang, Rust, or Java for building scalable backend services
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and real-time communication protocols
Experience with cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with telemetry ingestion and stream processing, using systems such as Kafka, Kafka Streams, Flink, Spark, or cloud-native equivalents
Solid understanding of cybersecurity best practices for industrial or mission-critical systems
Nice-to-Haves
Familiarity with SCADA/HMI systems and industrial networking protocols
Knowledge of electrical systems, grid controls, or energy management systems
Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue.js, or Angular
Exposure to machine learning or anomaly detection applied to sensor or telemetry data
If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.
Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The salary for this role ranges from $200,000 to $250,000 per year.