--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Agent-Driven at Gravity' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-agent-driven-gravity-san-francisco-6g24dar89r9n' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Senior Software Engineer, Agent-Driven at Gravity - **Company:** Gravity - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-01-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gravityclimate/95f9139c-fdbf-42db-a604-9dc7cf1b59d9 ## Job description This role blends traditional software engineering, agent management, and system-building. Gravity (gravityclimate.com http://gravityclimate.com) is the top carbon and energy management company. Our product helps firms measure their carbon footprint, report it to regulators and investors, and actually implement cost-saving energy efficiencies that also reduce emissions. Some of the largest industrial, finance, consumer, and technology companies in the world use Gravity to report their carbon footprints to regulators and to save millions in energy costs. Business is booming, we are well-funded, and just moved into a lovely office in Jackson Square SF. Now is a pivotal time in technology and environmentalism. That is why we are hiring forward-looking engineers with strong conviction about the way software ought to be developed in 2026 and beyond. What winning looks like in this role Your first job is to produce software by driving a fleet of agents. This role looks like a hybrid of IC and manager: you are accountable for shipping code, but the way you do it is by writing, planning, sharing context, and coaching. Your tools will change as the frontier evolves, but for the moment we love Opus 4.5 via Claude Code & Conductor. You will open your IDE to read code and apply polish and hopefully not much else. You do not need to already work this way, but you need to be excited by the idea of learning. You will balance focus and context switching. Your other responsibility is to build the factory: the system by which we build software. You will update our system prompts, build automated verification loops so that agents can check their own code, and write skills so that our agents know the specifics of our codebase and domain. This is how we compound. Your third responsibility is to stay on top of new technology. For instance, Claude Code + Opus 4.5 was a key moment. The firms that harnessed it will spring ahead of those who didn’t. You will be our radar. Finally, when it comes to what you are building, you will be the expert on agentic harnesses, evals, and best practices. Your experience wielding coding agents will directly translate into making the Gravity Agent the most powerful for our customers. The context (“Why Gravity, why now?”) Carbon accounting is a complex domain, and products in the space thrive or die based on their data model. We have the best product because we can automate the most; we can automate the most because we have the best data model. Taste is the moat. Because our domain model is simpler and more powerful, our agents are able to automate increasing swaths of carbon accounting tasks, freeing up more resources to build the engine. The flywheel is turning. Further, a series of early technical decisions have allowed us to keep the team lean and high-leverage: everything is Dockerized, all logic lives on the server, we have static typing over the wire, we’re API-first, pattern driven codebase, modular monolith, and state lives in very few places. The world also needs what we’re building more than ever. AI demand is driving dirty energy generation back up, even as solar has recently become cheaper than natural gas. Beyond compliance and reporting, our customers look to us to help them navigate the unstable energy landscape of 2026. Don’t just take our word for it: despite the political environment, we have grown the business almost 30x in 3 years and hope to do it again. The team is senior and full-stack. Everybody spikes high for agency, urgency, and customer obsession. Code review is optional; quality is mandatory. We believe small, conviction-driven teams adopting frontier tools will increasingly outperform larger, more conventional organizations. We are lucky and work hard. (but also have families and pastimes!). Fun trivia: my cofounder’s great-uncle started the EPA. Who thrives in this role To get oddly specific: the ideal candidate might be a former athlete, enjoy Starcraft and board games, and burn through her monthly Claude Code tokens with two weeks to spare. They may like Emerson or Andy Grove, have a deep sense of craft, and hate tech debt. Or they may be completely different: we’ve found that great candidates come from many backgrounds and don’t all match stereotypes. They non-negotiably: - Hold themselves and their colleagues to a high standard of accountability - Enjoy both rapid context switching and applying fastidious attention to detail - Find it energizing to solve problems and build products - Prize clear, crisp communication - Are natural system builders and believe that quality software typically emerges from speed of delivery, not in spite of it They will hopefully have experience with some or all of: Golang, Postgres, React/Typescript, Docker, AWS, and Terraform. No carbon accounting knowledge required - you can learn. The team also skews comically high for yoga instructors and volleyball players, so if that’s you, even better. (I, the author, am 5’9” and have tight hamstrings) The hiring process Hiring in the age of AI is weird. Given that code is now cheap and taste is not, we believe the highest signal is observed in real work. Our interview process is: 1. Intro chat - hear about a couple technically challenging projects you’ve worked on recently. 2. Take-home: we give you a prompt. You record yourself building it for 2 hours, narrating your process, and give us the resulting code at the end. You are accountable for all of it, and we will ask you about it, so make sure to review your code. 3. On-site: you will live code an extension of the take-home. We will interview you about your development process, learn how you would fit into our culture, and do some behavioral interviews. You get to meet the team and come to our office above the iconic Cafe Zoetrope (Google it!). Coffee or tea is on us. If you are interested in a more involved mutual work trial, we also sometimes do those. We like real work because we think it’s the fairest way to evaluate taste, judgment, and ownership - and the best way for you to decide whether this style of building is for you. I know it’s a unique job description and a plucky job post. If it resonates, this may be the spot for you, and we may be lucky to have you. Ted, Cofounder/CTO Inquire within: taste@gravityclimate.com. Gravity is an equal opportunity employer and significantly overrepresents for women relative to most Series A startups. We cannot sponsor new visas, but will support transfers. Up to $230k salary in San Francisco with meaningful equity - we value aligned incentives. Pictured: some of the team in Zion at our R&D offsite this summer. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/050b006b-f3bd-41e5-a40c-5322b615d58e/080ea8d6-c1fb-4d54-b2f4-c0504226dd6a/9DACB098-BF0B-4D8A-ADE0-5D38628194A9_1_105_c.jpeg] Our office is on the back side of the iconic Cafe Zoetrope in North Beach: [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/050b006b-f3bd-41e5-a40c-5322b615d58e/653663cb-5266-441a-bc7c-f13af5785d48/616D61E1-0D34-4224-8103-F35CF63075B6_1_105_c.jpeg] ## About Gravity ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Gravity provides an enterprise carbon and energy management platform that automates emissions reporting and helps companies identify, finance, and execute cost-saving energy projects. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Saleh ElHattab (CEO), Jay Ruckelshaus, Ph.D. (Co-Founder, Head of Partnerships & Policy) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Climate Technology / Enterprise Sustainability Software - **Target Customers**: B2B, Enterprise (complex operations and supply chains), Mid-Market - **Mission**: To ensure you never need to sacrifice what’s good for your business to do what’s good for your sustainability needs. The company focuses on delivering tangible business value (cost savings) alongside emissions reductions. ## Products & Services - **Carbon Management (SaaS)**: Automates Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data collection, calculation, and audit-ready disclosure. Uses automation and emissions factor inference to replace manual data entry. - **Energy Management (SaaS)**: Helps companies identify, finance, and implement energy efficiency projects (e.g., HVAC optimization, furnace upgrades, fleet electrification) to reduce costs and emissions. - **Utility Bill Management (SaaS)**: Collects, analyzes, and manages utility bills to cut spend and identify savings opportunities. - **Supplier Engagement (SaaS)**: Streamlines data collection from suppliers and other external stakeholders for Scope 3 measurement. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$13.0M** (Series A, January 2025) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Ansa Capital (Lead, Series A), Eclipse Ventures, HNVR. Board members include Kaitlyn Glancy (Eclipse Ventures) and Joseph Malchow (HNVR). - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew **40.7% YoY** to 56 employees. - LinkedIn followers grew **39% YoY** to ~6,683. - Website traffic grew **63.4% YoY**. - Customers include notable names like Adyen, Autodesk, Crusoe, Cerberus Capital Management, and McCarthy Building Companies. - Claims to have identified $500k in potential savings and $1.2M in tax incentives for a client (Wabash Castings). ## Competitive Advantages - **Pragmatic, Action-Oriented Platform**: Unlike many carbon reporting tools that stop at disclosure, Gravity is built to help companies *execute* cost-saving energy projects, marrying sustainability with direct business value. - **True Automation**: Focuses on eliminating manual data entry through automated data collection, emissions factor inference, and utility bill management, which is a key pain point for large enterprises. - **Industrial & Complex Supply Chain Focus**: The platform is honed on energy-intensive industrial operations, giving it a specific moat in a high-impact, complex market segment. - **Strong Investor Backing**: Backed by top-tier climate and enterprise VCs (Ansa Capital, Eclipse Ventures), signaling confidence in the business model. ## Strategic Focus - **Go Beyond Reporting**: The company’s core differentiator is moving clients from mere compliance reporting to executing tangible, cost-saving energy projects. - **Product Expansion**: Recently launched a Utility Bill Management product to further automate cost savings. - **Scaling the Team**: With a Series A close in early 2025 and a headcount of ~56, the company is in a clear growth phase, actively hiring across sales, marketing, and partnerships. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact Mission**: Directly tackling the climate crisis by focusing on the largest potential for environmental impact: complex industrial operations and supply chains. - **Culture of Pragmatism**: The company emphasizes building solutions grounded in tangible business value, not just idealism. The culture is described as collaborative, humble, and apolitical. - **Growth Trajectory**: As a well-funded Series A startup with strong year-over-year growth in headcount, traffic, and customers, employees can expect significant ownership and career growth. - **Work Policy**: The company has a hybrid/remote-friendly policy. The HQ is in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Indianapolis, and London. Some roles are listed as remote (USA), while others are on-site. - **Team Composition**: A multidisciplinary team of ~56 people with a strong sales and technical backbone. The company has attracted talent from notable firms like Flexport, Pachama, Bain & Company, and Deloitte. ## Sources 1. [gravityclimate.com](https://www.gravityclimate.com/) 2. [gravityclimate.com/about](https://www.gravityclimate.com/about) 3. [linkedin.com/company/gravityclimate](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gravityclimate) 4. [builtin.com/company/gravity-gravityclimatecom](https://builtin.com/company/gravity-gravityclimatecom) 5. [theorg.com/org/gravityclimate](https://theorg.com/org/gravityclimate) ## Other roles at Gravity - [Senior Sales Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-sales-engineer-gravity-san-francisco-c22n1wz23x8p) — San Francisco, CA - [Product Marketing Manager, Content (Agent-Driven)](https://feeny.ai/job/product-marketing-manager-content-agent-driven-gravity-san-francisco-pvd4xbpx66wn) — San Francisco, CA - [Head of Marketing](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-marketing-gravity-san-francisco-75f72tbm6ght) — San Francisco, CA / New York, NY - [Partnerships Lead (Channel Business Development)](https://feeny.ai/job/partnerships-lead-channel-business-development-gravity-remote-46dme53cqg0n) - [Climate Strategist](https://feeny.ai/job/climate-strategist-gravity-remote-jr5pmmh7z258)