Senior Software Engineer

Plug is an online auction that facilitates wholesale buying and selling of used electric vehicles among a network of licensed dealers. EVs are fundamentally different from internal combustion engine vehicles and so is the collection of factors that determine their functionality, longevity, and value. With technology that is uniquely possible in an auction exclusively built for EVs, Plug facilitates industry-shattering inventory turn-time and data transparency, protecting buyers and sellers against pricing volatility and miscalculated transaction values.

Plug is backed by world-class venture capital firms with deep expertise in automotive marketplaces, covered by the automotive industry’s most trusted insurance company, and founded by the former head of North America Remarketing at Tesla.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join our growing team! A senior full-stack software engineer who will report directly to our CTO, and who will own entire customer-facing products. We're building systems like multi-modal data onramps for EVs, near-real time API connectivity to the vehicles, a mobile vehicle image capture app, and pricing intelligence tooling.

As a senior member of the team you’ll help lay the technical and product foundation for our growing business. We're building a culture that cares about collaboration, encourages intellectual honesty, celebrates technical excellence, and is driven by careful attention to detail and planning for the future. We believe diversity of perspective and experience are key to building great technology and a thriving team. Sound cool? Let’s work together.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues and be a strong voice in product design sessions, architecture discussions, and code reviews.
• Design, implement, test, debug, and document work on new and existing software features and products, ensuring they meet business, quality, and operational needs.
• Write clear, efficient, and scalable code with an eye towards flexibility and maintainability.
• Take ownership of features and products, and support their planning and development by understanding the ultimate goal and evaluating effort, risk, and priority in an agile environment.
• Own and contribute to team productivity and process improvements.
• Use and develop APIs to create integrations between Plug and 3rd party platforms.
• Be an integral part of a close team of developers; this is an opportunity to help shape a nascent team culture. The ideal candidate will be a high-growth individual able to grow their career as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of hands-on experience developing technical solutions
• Advanced understanding of web application technologies, both backend and frontend as well as relational databases.
• Familiarity with Cloud PaaS deployments.
• Familiarity with TypeScript or any other modern typed language.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a focus on conciseness.
• A self-directed drive to deliver end-to-end solutions with measurable goals and results.
• Understanding and accepting of the ever-changing controlled chaos that is an early startup, and willing to work within that chaos to improve processes and outcomes.
• Experience balancing contending priorities and collaborating with colleagues to reach workable compromises.
• A proven track record of gaining trust and respect by consistently demonstrating sound critical-thinking and a risk-adjusted bias toward action.
• You pride yourself on having excellent reliability and integrity.
• Extraordinary grit; smart, creative, and persistent personality.
• Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
• Having worked in automotive or EV systems is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits
Annual Salary: $140K - $160K USD Annually
Equity: 0.2%
Benefits: Health, vision, and dental insurance. Lunch stipend. Parking.

This full-time position is based in Los Angeles, CA (West LA to be precise). We welcome candidates from all locations to apply, provided they are willing to relocate for the role. Relocation assistance will not be provided for successful candidates. Sponsorship not available at this time.
Plug is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. And if you do, you suck.