Why We’re Here:

• Industrial facilities around the world are facing unprecedented energy challenges around rising energy costs and carbon reduction goals. We help our customers measure and improve their carbon footprint, energy spend, and profitability in terms of their production. We call this Energy Intensity, and we do it with a “production first” mindset for maximum impact. That’s why at Ndustrial our mission is “to accelerate the optimization of Energy Intensity in industrial facilities.” We live out this mission every day from our software development teams to our go-to-market teams.
• Our Nsight Energy Intensity Platform is a market-leading SaaS platform which integrates IoT devices and control systems in the field with cloud-based systems. Nsight brings together all of this data to accelerate the energy transition for our industrial customers.

More About Us:

• We live our values every day: Teamwork, Customer First, Quality, and Curiosity
• Our founders merged their experiences across Silicon Valley innovation, industrial engineering, and computer science to build a real-time industrial intelligence platform. We started as a team of three and have grown to more than 40 employees based in Raleigh and around the country.
• A Series B company supported by world class investors including ABB, Clean Energy Ventures, ENGIE New Ventures, GS Energy and more.
• Our customers span the globe with hundreds of industrial facilities that are highly energy intensive like cold storage warehouses, recycling facilities, and manufacturing sites.
• We exist to make the world a better place. We work every day to root out waste in the industrial sector. We are also dedicated to being a place where people can grow, have fun, feel part of a great community, and give back.
• Ndustrial Named One of the Top 100 Energy & Climate Tech Startups in the World
• As a member of the Pledge 1% community, we donate 1% of employee time to charitable causes like building energy-efficient homes together with Habitat for Humanity. As a Green Places partner, we also track and offset our carbon emissions using high-quality, third-party verified offsets. Come grow with us!

At Ndustrial, we are at the forefront of innovation in industrial energy solutions with our Nsight Energy Intensity Platform. As the Director of Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring that our engineering efforts align with our strategic goals. This position reports directly to the Vice President of Engineering & Product. In this role, you will be responsible for multiple engineering teams that are building, maintaining, and supporting our Nsight Energy Intensity Platform. This includes scrum development teams, customer support team, quality assurance, system integrations, and DevOps.

You will ensure that the engineering teams are delivering the right outcomes through our patterns of planning, grooming, reviewing code, testing, and continuously deploying. You will make sure each team member has what they need to make progress, develop their skills, and grow professionally. You will be responsible for our infrastructure and ensure all internal systems operate securely and effectively. You will also make sure we continually improve our patterns and coordinate with other teams including Product, Services, and Sales.

We use the latest tech stack to build our platform:

• Cloud Native & Knative
• CI/CD using GitOps
• GraphQL
• React & TypeScript
• TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL)
• Kotlin
• Stream processing (Pulsar)
• OAuth 2.0

Responsibilities

• Manage, motivate, grow, and develop front-end and back-end development teams while prioritizing their projects and setting objectives.
• Work cross-functionally with senior management across the organization to plan the key outcomes for your team that align with our company goals.
• Own your teamʼs outcomes for designing, building, testing, and deploying valuable features for our customers.
• Foster a culture of innovation and disruption, encouraging teams to explore new technologies and methodologies to enhance our platform.
• Actively participate in scoping, estimating, and code reviews to ensure best practices are being followed for quality and teamwork.
• Drive the adoption of best practices throughout the software development lifecycle, from planning and coding to testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with the product team to align on the most important customer challenges and business needs.
• Oversee the reliability and performance of our platform and internal systems, continuously monitoring and optimizing as needed.
• Ensure compliance with security regulations and implement a robust QA strategy to uphold our quality standards.
• Ensure the engineering team is utilizing a market leading tech stack that is reliable, scalable, and reduces development and support costs.
• Manage the engineering department's budget effectively to support strategic initiatives and operational needs.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders for new integrations with customer and third party platforms.
• Act as a constructive voice in shaping our collaborative culture and driving initiatives that support our overall mission.