Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform

GoodLeap • Austin, TX

4d

About The Position

About GoodLeap: GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018. GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America. Position Summary Build features and extensions to our agentic AI platform using scalable, robust, and AI-first software engineering practices. Design tools and infrastructure to enable teams at GoodLeap to easily build and enhance AI agents that empower homeowners, contractors, and operations staff. Work alongside a team of AI engineers, product managers, and data scientists to evaluate and improve our agent ecosystem.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping scalable, robust backend services and APIs
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, and event-driven patterns (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
• Passion for software development, emerging technologies and culture of innovation
• A collaborative mindset and interest in mentoring teammates and elevating team practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience building internal developer platforms, SDKs, or shared libraries consumed by other engineering teams
• Exposure to prompt engineering, LLM evaluation, or fine-tuning workflows
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical communities
• Interest in sustainable technology, fintech, or climate tech

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Staff engineers, product, architecture, and design leads to deliver highly-available, fault-tolerant products and services.
• Work on significant and unique technical challenges, evaluate and recommend solutions, and guide decision making by considering technical tradeoffs.
• Grasp both the technical and business perspective so you can help drive innovation.
• Work autonomously and be self-disciplined, requiring minimal supervision or guidance.
• Collaborate with other team members and coach more junior team members to grow both their technical skills and soft skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed