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Uplight

Data Engineer

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Uplight
Combines AI‑driven customer engagement with flexibility management to help utilities conserve, shift, and monetize energy.
24d ago
C$90,488 - C$113,000
Intermediate (4-7 years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Remote
Company Size
597 Employees
Service Specialisms
Energy Efficiency & Electrification
Rates Engagement
Demand Management
Grid Flexibility Management
Customer Engagement Platform
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Utilities
Residential
Commercial
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)
Demand Management
Energy Efficiency
Role
What you would be doing
mlops tooling
data pipelines
ingest pipelines
software development
platform capabilities
remote collaboration
  • Continuously learn and grow with support from senior engineers and team leads
  • Help maintain a team culture rooted in curiosity, empathy, and continuous improvement
  • Contribute to a remote-first team that values agility, collaboration, and clarity—favoring whiteboarding, async design docs, and reflective retros over rigid ceremonies.
  • Collaborate across teams to develop core platform capabilities—such as orchestration, metadata management, and data quality—delivering scalable, reusable solutions
  • Build and support MLOps tooling, including data pipelines, model registries, and serving infrastructure
  • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake) and Python.
  • Improve reliability and fault tolerance of ingest pipelines handling large volumes of utility data.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle: design, build, test, deploy, and support
What you bring
python
sql
big data
mlops
cloud platforms
streaming systems
  • 2–5 years of software engineering experience, ideally in backend or data-focused roles
  • Strong grasp of Big Data challenges including cost vs performance tradeoffs
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Experience with real-time or streaming data systems (e.g., Kafka, Structured Streaming)
  • Understanding of data observability, lineage, and quality
  • Prior work in the energy or utility space
  • Familiarity with MLOps concepts and tools (e.g., MLflow, model versioning)
  • Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Docker, Terraform, CircleCI)
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills; a team player excited to learn and grow
  • Experience with Databricks, Spark, or similar big data technologies
Benefits
  • Grow Your Career: We offer ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
  • Thrive: We offer comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, a wellness stipend, and work flexibility to help you thrive both personally and professionally.
  • Be Part of a Growing Movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized. Together, we can build a brighter tomorrow.
  • Belong to an Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard. Our Employee Resource Groups offer opportunities to connect with colleagues who share your interests and backgrounds.
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Security clearance
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Company
Overview
80+ utilities
Utilities served
Trusted by over 80 electric and gas utilities worldwide.
110M customers
Customers managed
.Services provided to 110 million customers globally.
8.5 GW
Flexible load managed
Manages nearly 8.5 gigawatts of flexible load worldwide.
$1.5B valuation
Company valuation
Achieved unicorn status with a $1.5 billion valuation.
  • Born in 2019 from the merger of Tendril and Simple Energy.
  • Powered by AI and data analytics, its platform steers utilities and consumers to conserve energy, shift loads, adopt efficient rates, and tap distributed assets like solar and EVs.
  • Typical projects span virtual power plants, demand-response orchestration, rate engagement campaigns, energy efficiency marketplaces, and EV charging optimization.
  • Their platform integrates customer engagement, DER management, demand management, and asset optimization into a single scalable SaaS-based system.
  • Unusual for a tech startup, Uplight is a certified B-Corp and remains privately held while steering the clean-energy transition at grid scale.
Culture + Values
  • Do the Right Thing: We act with integrity, even when it’s hard.
  • Impactful Progress: We work to meaningful outcomes, mindful of each step it takes to achieve them.
  • Grow: We’re driven by curiosity and excitement, and we’re always ready to learn.
  • One Team: We operate as a unified team, made stronger by the uniqueness of each team member.
  • Trustworthy Professionals: We practice honesty, integrity, and respect. Always.
  • Collaborative: We work well with others.
  • Accountable: We act with personal responsibility. We own our mistakes and model the change we expect from others.
  • Embrace Difference: We create value from differences.
  • Take Care of Each Other: We care for our own and others’ health and wellbeing.
  • Graceful Communication: We communicate openly, directly, and actively—but first, we listen.
Environment + Sustainability
35.4% improvement
B Corp score boost
Significantly enhanced sustainability performance since certification as a B Corp.
110M homes
Solutions reach
Impact on over 110 million households and businesses through innovative solutions.
500k+ devices
Affordable solutions
Delivered over 500,000 smart devices to income-qualified customers at low or no cost.
25% energy increase
Customer efficiency
Customers increased their purchases of energy-efficient products by 25%.
  • Partnership with Autogrid for DER capacity and grid-edge device management.
  • Alignment with a mission to reduce CO₂ emissions and save consumers on energy bills.
  • Leadership recognition in Guidehouse HEMS and VPP categories.
  • No stated net-zero target date available.
Inclusion & Diversity
  • Maintains Employee Resource Groups including Military Connection; Moms of Uplight; NEURODiversity; Parents of Uplight; PRISM Alliance (LGBTQ+); Organized Marginalized Genders; Women in Tech.
  • No gender‑specific workforce percentages publicly disclosed.
  • No specific DEI goals or gender balance targets available online.
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