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Lead performance engineer

Samuel Knight Energy
Durham, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/14/2025 CLOSED ON 3/12/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead performance engineer position at Samuel Knight Energy?

The Company

A leading renewable energy company is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. They develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects across the country.


The Performance Engineering team sits within the O&M department under the monitoring, performance, and operations group.


As a Lead Performance engineer, you would lead the team and report into the Director of Performance Engineering.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Participate in data collection, collation, structuring and cleaning
  • Design and deploy scalable data architectures on cloud infrastructure
  • Manage cloud data infrastructure
  • Develop back-end components, APIs, and microservices
  • Optimize data processing workflows
  • Design and implement front-end solutions
  • Write and maintain unit tests and documentation
  • Work with cross-functional teams


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Data Science, or Computer Science
  • AWS native services S3, EMR, Lambda
  • Experience with Snowflake
  • Experience with CI/CD
  • Proficient programming experience utilizing Python
  • Experience in data management, data engineering, and ETL processes
  • Experience with data visualization software
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture and RESTful API design
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases
  • Knowledge of version control systems and cloud computing


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with asynchronous programming
  • Familiarity with front-end technologies
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
  • Experience in electrical maintenance and photovoltaic systems
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially Excel
  • Ability to organize and analyze large data sets


If you would like to learn more, please feel free to reach out to me at rokas@samuel-knight.com

Salary : $130,000 - $165,000

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