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title: 'Senior Optimization Software Engineer at Powerline'
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# Senior Optimization Software Engineer at Powerline

- **Company:** Powerline
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-04-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/powerline/f93fa253-36b1-46f4-9783-feb9cb3da6e3

## Job description

Join Powerline and help revolutionize the future of the electricity grid! We are a disruptive, VC-backed cleantech company based in Silicon Valley. Our cutting-edge technology leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to optimize renewable energy and battery storage projects on the electricity grid. Our products help renewable project owners achieve strong economics and operational excellence, paving the way for a decarbonized and profitable future grid. We work on exciting projects with leaders in the world’s most lucrative and complex electricity markets. This is an incredible opportunity to become an early and foundational team member at a climate tech company that is at a growth inflection point, addressing a critical problem in one of the most important and fastest-growing markets.

## Responsibilities

- Develop optimization, forecasting, and control algorithms that automate battery and renewable projects to achieve maximum performance.
- Take ownership of algorithm performance across projects operated by Powerline.
- Bring a results-focused mindset that is agnostic to the algorithmic approach as long as it wins.
- Lead as a market rules expert. Take responsibility for staying current on new developments in the wholesale markets Powerline operates.
- Analyze trends in market data and individual asset performance to recommend new features and methods that improve project performance and/or Powerline's offerings.

## Requirements

- 5+ years building mixed-integer linear and/or nonlinear optimization models to solve real-world problems with high dimensionality.
- Strong knowledge of energy markets, EV/fleet optimization, batteries, virtual power plants, renewable energy, energy policies/regulations, and/or energy systems.
- Proficiency in Python with professional software engineering standards.
- High attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate complex technical concepts.

Strong Pluses

- Ph.D. in operations research, electrical engineering, computer science, statistics, economics, or related field with a strong mathematical foundation.
- Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development.
- Experience with SQL-based databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
- Experience with analytic dashboard development and visualization tools.

## About Powerline

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Powerline provides an AI-driven digital twin platform that delivers continuous performance benchmarking, market simulation, and actionable intelligence for battery energy storage portfolios.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $7M raised)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA (San Francisco Bay Area)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Matineh Eybpoosh (CEO) and Julian Lamy (CTO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Services for Renewable Energy / Energy Storage Software
- Target customers: B2B – project developers, utilities, and large-scale battery asset owners
- Mission: To maximize revenue, accurately benchmark performance, and scale battery operations with confidence through AI-powered intelligence.

## Products & Services
- **Battery Co‑Pilot™**: An independent, EMS-agnostic AI digital twin that integrates market signals, bottom‑up simulations, and operational data. Provides fleet‑wide benchmarking, realistic revenue projections, portfolio‑aware design, and actionable recommendations – all with zero operational risk. Supports cross‑valuation of different battery technologies and bid optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $7M (Seed round closed Feb 2026; Pre‑Seed in 2021)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: MaC Venture Capital (lead, Seed), LG Technology Ventures, J‑Impact Fund, Voyager Ventures (pre‑seed)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 17 with +15.4% YoY growth; operating in 8 countries (including Australia, UK, US, Bosnia, Nigeria); early commercial traction in Australia and UK; actively expanding into US and European markets.

## Competitive Advantages
- **EMS‑agnostic architecture**: Works alongside any Energy Management System, enabling unbiased performance comparisons across vendors.
- **Market dynamics modeling**: Unique bottom‑up simulations that factor in price impacts, bid optimization, and real‑world constraints – unlike static benchmark tools.
- **Founding team expertise**: Co‑founders previously built Tesla’s Autobidder software and led the operations of Tesla’s global grid battery fleet, giving them deep domain knowledge.
- **Proven track record**: Previously co‑founded Watt‑Learn, a grid battery optimization startup that was successfully acquired.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in Australia, UK, US, and Europe.
- **Product development**: Scaling the Battery Co‑Pilot™ platform to handle larger, more complex portfolios.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring Senior Optimization Software Engineers, AI/ML Engineers, and a Senior Energy Analyst in Australia to support growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Impactful mission**: Work on software that directly accelerates renewable energy adoption and grid decarbonization.
- **World‑class team**: Small, tight‑knit group (17 people) with deep expertise in energy storage, AI, and power markets – many with Tesla or energy startup backgrounds.
- **Remote‑friendly**: Team spans 8 countries; flexible work environment with headquarters in Palo Alto.
- **Cutting‑edge work**: Tackle challenges in AI/ML, optimization, time‑series forecasting, and energy market modeling.
- **Growth opportunity**: Early‑stage company with recent funding – chance to shape product and culture while the team expands.

## Sources
1. [drivepowerline.com](https://drivepowerline.com/)
2. [drivepowerline.com/careers](https://drivepowerline.com/careers)
3. [drivepowerline.com/team](https://drivepowerline.com/team)
4. [drivepowerline.com/insights/seed-raise](https://drivepowerline.com/insights/seed-raise)
5. [linkedin.com/company/drivepowerline](https://www.linkedin.com/company/drivepowerline)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/powerline](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/powerline)

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- [Lead AI Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-ai-engineer-powerline-palo-alto-rkz0scs9tq4r) — Palo Alto, CA