[Hiring] Software Engineer II @Uplight

Role Description

We're looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Data Platform team and help scale the infrastructure behind Uplight's data ecosystem.

How you will make an impact:

• Join a remote-first data platform team working on infrastructure-as-code, enablement tooling, and platform administration.
• Contribute to the platform layer that everyone else builds upon, helping keep it reliable, secure, and easy to use.
• Maintain existing MLOps tooling and legacy ETL infrastructure.

If you like working at the overlap of cloud infrastructure and data platforms, and you want your work to support clean energy, this is a great fit.

What you get to do:

• Build and maintain multi-cloud Databricks infrastructure using Terraform and Databricks functionality across AWS and GCP.
• Contribute to Unity Catalog administration including general best practices, metastores, workspaces, and catalog and schema infrastructure.
• Help build deployment accelerators, templates, and self-service tooling so other teams can onboard and ship on their own.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI, including OIDC authentication and service principal deployment patterns.
• Maintain and iterate on our existing MLOps and ETL infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of software engineering experience using at least one of the major cloud providers, ideally in infrastructure or data platform roles.
• Experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tools for managing cloud resources.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar data platform.
• Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of SQL.
• Some familiarity with data engineering concepts like ETL pipelines, data modeling, or workflow orchestration.
• Comfortable asking questions, working through unclear requirements, and learning from the engineers around you.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Databricks account-level administration & Unity Catalog.
• Experience with multi-cloud (AWS, GCP).
• Additional data engineering experience with Spark, Delta Lake, or similar frameworks.
• Contributed to machine learning productization and/or have used MLOps frameworks.

Benefits

• Make a Meaningful Impact: Your work directly impacts our mission of decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• 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.
• Belong to an Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard.
• Be Part of a Growing Movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future.

Salary Range

$105,000 to $130,000 USD + bonus

Application Deadline

May 15, 2026

Equal Employment Opportunity

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.