Software Architect

eIQ Mobility is working to accelerate the electrification of the transportation industry, specifically fleets, through optimized planning, delivery, and operation of electric mobility services at scale. Our vision is to provide zero-emission mobility with zero risk to our fleet customers.

eIQ Mobility is looking for a Software Architect to lead development of our flagship platform. This is a rare opportunity to take on a key role with an early stage start-up and engage in the exciting, and red-hot, electric mobility market.

As Software Architect at eIQ Mobility, you will spearhead the design, development and launch of our flagship, cloud-based, software platform. You will build your team and ensure that the solution is scalable, reliable, and secure while ensuring achievement of desired business objectives. You demonstrate a strong entrepreneurial spirit, steadfast customer focus, and collaborative mindset. You embrace innovation, challenging work, and get excited about building things from the ground up. 

Responsibilities

• Analyze business/product requirements to define and design the platform architecture and systems integration.
• Design, plan, and manage all development operations related to continuous integration, continuous delivery, and process automation.
• Manage orchestration, configuration, and provisioning automation. 
• Build automation tools and frameworks for on-demand deployment environments, application definition, and application monitoring.
• Lead recruitment and hiring efforts for technical team supporting platform development while maintaining a strong individual development contribution.
• Present architecture and design to internal/external stakeholders.  Able to communicate complex technologies in a simple manner to all teams, including non-technical.
• Support prototype and proof-of-concept work without losing focus on the big picture architecture.
• Develop and maintain architecture and platform documentation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (Masters or PhD preferred but not required).
• At least 5 years of experience as a software architect.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and leading software developers with a strong professional network, recruiting capability, and ability to limit team turnover.
• Full-stack development experience building scalable web applications.
• Experience building enterprise scale applications on one, or more, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.). Experience with GCP highly preferred. 
• Experience with test-driven development practices.
• Ability to work and adapt to aggressive and dynamic objectives.
• An innovator that seeks novel, and scalable, approaches to solve customer pain.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate the design value and economic value of recommended architectures.
• Strong focus on customer experience with discipline to secure on-time releases.

Bonus Qualifications & Characteristics

• Experience managing software engineering teams both onsite and remote
• Passion for clean-tech

Location: This position will be located in Oakland.

eIQ Mobility is an early stage startup motivated to accelerate the electrification of fleet vehicles. During our incubation we executed 250+ customer interviews to understand their pain in moving to electric vehicles. Our initial product, the electrification planning and decision platform we call EValuate, is a direct outcome of those interviews. Our longer term vision is to provide fleet electrification as a service, allowing our customers to move to zero-emissions with zero risk. We are very proud to have received initial seed funding from Schneider Electric Ventures.

eIQ Mobility: www.eiqmobility.com