Senior Backend Engineer
Yes Energy4 months ago
Bucharest, RomaniaSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of Yes AI infrastructure, including an MCP server, natural language integration layer, and Semantic Context Layer.
- Provide architectural guidance for structuring and exposing Yes Energy data to AI agents and LLM-powered applications.
- Build real-time services supporting AI-driven customer workflows in collaboration with data engineering, operations, and infrastructure teams.
- Participate in the full product lifecycle, with emphasis on design and strategic planning.
- Mentor Backend Engineer IIs and raise the team’s technical standards.
- Lead technical discussions and partner with engineering leadership on design and planning decisions.
- Collaborate with product, domain experts, and occasional customers to shape solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
- Deep expertise in Java and solid Python skills.
- Working knowledge of relational database management systems such as SQL Server.
- Extensive experience developing for and working in cloud environments; Snowflake experience is preferred.
- Extensive experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs.
- Familiarity with data integration and ETL tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable software systems and evaluating architectural trade-offs.
- Experience delivering production APIs or data pipelines with rigorous testing practices and TDD.
- Experience in data-intensive environments such as equities or commodities trading, or willingness to learn the wholesale electric power industry.
- Ability to coach junior team members, influence technical direction, and support multiple teams, systems, and products.
Benefits
- Monthly salary range of 17,000–20,000 RON.
- Full-time hybrid work in Bucharest, Romania, with 2–3 days per week in the office.
- Private medical insurance.
- Wellness and gym benefits.
- Flexible vacation and flexible work schedules.
- Funding for formal and informal professional development.
- Real bonuses are offered, though the posting does not specify amounts.
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About Yes Energy
Yes Energy builds SaaS platforms, data feeds, and APIs that aggregate and standardize power market data for traders, utilities, and asset developers. Its tools support analysis and decision-making across North American ISO/RTO nodal markets, with delivery options including an all‑in‑one UI, data lake, and cloud databases. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the privately held company reports daily use by over 1,000 market participants.