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title: 'Software Engineer, Data at Generate'
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# Software Engineer, Data at Generate

- **Company:** Generate
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/generate/91d20c40-c3e8-46f2-bea8-a42b565e31c8

## Job description

You are a builder who would rather fix the system than fix the same ticket twice. Generate's Data & Technology team runs the data platform the whole firm depends on, and we are increasingly replacing SaaS tools, spreadsheets, and manual processes with software we build ourselves. This role sits at the center of both: keeping our data pipelines healthy today and helping build the tools that come next. You're comfortable debugging code you didn't write, you enjoy working directly with the people who use what you build, and AI agents are already central to how you work.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as a Software Engineer, Data:

- Own the day-to-day health of our data pipelines: Python ETL jobs, dbt models in Snowflake, Azure Data Factory pipelines, and the reports and system integrations that depend on them.
- Triage failures to root cause and fix them, from vendor schema changes and API rate limits to failed model tests and broken dependencies.
- Work directly with stakeholders across the business to understand the impact of an issue, keep them informed, and confirm the resolution actually solved their problem.
- Collaborate with the data team on fixes, code reviews, and releases.
- Treat every recurring ticket as a design problem, adding the alerting, validation, retries, and schema-change handling that stop a whole class of failure from coming back.
- Proactively find weaknesses in process, architecture, code quality, and security before they break, and drive the fix.
- Help define and enforce repeatable patterns for quality and security across deployment, logging, testing, and secrets handling.
- Help build, ship, and run internal applications that replace SaaS vendors, spreadsheets, and manual processes.
- Sit with business stakeholders, translate their problems into requirements and prototypes, and turn those into working software.
- Use AI coding agents as your default way of working, and share your workflows and tooling so the whole team gets faster.

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

- A demonstrated passion for, or commitment to, our mission.
- 2–3 years of professional software or data engineering experience. Exceptional new graduates with substantial shipped work will be considered.
- Strong Python and SQL.
- Experience building or operating software in a cloud environment. Azure is preferred; AWS or GCP experience is welcome.
- AI coding agents are already central to how you work, and you can walk us through your workflow in detail.
- Comfort debugging systems you didn't build, under time pressure, with incomplete information.
- Ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.
- Experience with Snowflake and dbt is a plus.
- Experience building internal tools or full-stack applications is a plus.
- Experience in financial services, energy, or another data-heavy environment is advantageous.
- Unimpeachable integrity and glowing references.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including empathy, intuition, and listening as well as strong writing and documentation skills.
- High level of self-awareness and humility, with excitement about confronting uncomfortable situations or new challenges.
- Intellectual agility, curiosity, and creativity; problem-solving is your default mode.
- Entrepreneurial spirit: flexibility, comfort with risk, recognition that “perfect can be the enemy of the good”.

This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA.

Generate’s compensation packages are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Salary decisions take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $160,000. In addition, the compensation package may include a discretionary bonus and other benefits, including health care benefits, retirement benefits, benefits permitting paid days off (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits), and other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of this range.

Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

## About Generate

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Generate Capital is a sustainable infrastructure investment platform that finances, builds, owns, and operates clean energy, mobility, water, and waste infrastructure for companies, governments, and communities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (heavily funded; last disclosed round: $1.5B private equity in 2024)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (additional offices in New York and Washington DC)
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Sustainable infrastructure / financial services – operates across energy, mobility, water, waste, and agriculture sectors.
- **Target Customers**: Technology and project developers (over 40 partners); also directly serves corporations, school districts, universities, cities, and communities (over 2,000 customers).
- **Mission Statement**: “Rebuild the world” by deploying affordable, resilient, and lower-carbon infrastructure solutions as a Public Benefit Corporation.

## Products & Services
All offerings are delivered through an **Infrastructure-as-a-Service** model, meaning Generate owns and operates the assets while customers pay for the outcomes.
- **Sustainable Energy Infrastructure**: Solar, energy storage, microgrids, fuel cells, geothermal, biomass/biogas, building automation, heat pumps, lighting, HVAC – financing, development, and operation.
- **Sustainable Mobility**: Electric vehicle charging depots and infrastructure, hydrogen vehicles, autonomous vehicle fleets.
- **Sustainable Water, Waste & Agriculture**: Anaerobic digesters, wastewater treatment, desalination, food waste management, recycling, precision agriculture, irrigation sensors.
- **Credit & Investment Solutions**: Institutional credit strategies (e.g., $1B+ raised for infrastructure credit) and tax equity funds (e.g., $85M community solar fund with KeyState).
- **Data Center Power & Cooling (BYOP&C)**: In partnership with Vertiv, providing turnkey power and cooling solutions for data centers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised exceeds **$8.2 billion** (as of mid-2026). Annual revenue reported at **$52.8 million** (LinkedIn estimate).
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: CCM Energy (lead Series A), KeyState (tax equity), Fiera Infrastructure (debt facility), Vertiv (strategic collaboration), and various institutional pension funds. The company has completed acquisitions including esVolta (battery storage), Stormfisher Biogas, and Atlas Organics.
- **Growth Signals**: Raised over $1 billion in credit capital in 2025–2026; secured a $1.2 billion corporate revolving credit facility and term loan in 2025; closed an $85 million community solar tax equity fund; signed a strategic data center partnership with Vertiv (Sep 2025); expanded into Europe.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated Platform**: Combines project development, multi-technology solutions, and flexible financing under one roof, allowing faster and more reliable deployment than traditional developers or lenders.
- **Scale & Track Record**: Owns and operates over 2,000 assets globally; partners with 40+ technology and project developers.
- **Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)**: Dual fiduciary duty to shareholders and communities, which aligns with ESG-focused institutional capital.
- **Capital Access**: Demonstrated ability to raise large amounts of debt and equity from blue-chip institutional investors, even in volatile markets.

## Strategic Focus
- **Data Center Infrastructure**: Expanding into the rapidly growing data center power market through the Vertiv collaboration and the Soluna credit facility ($100M for green data centers).
- **Distributed Clean Energy**: Scaling community solar, battery storage (via esVolta acquisition), and renewable natural gas (Upcycle portfolio).
- **Credit Solutions**: Growing the infrastructure credit platform to serve institutional partners seeking resilient, inflation-hedged returns.
- **European Expansion**: Recently opened a London office and is building a European investment and asset management team.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Recognition**: Certified as a Great Place to Work®, with **92% of employees** rating it a great workplace (compared to 57% at typical US companies). Ranked #40 in Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2025 (Small and Medium), and multiple years on Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance lists.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid presence likely given multiple office locations (San Francisco, New York, Washington DC). Specific remote/hybrid policy not publicly detailed.
- **Impact & Mission**: Employees work directly on decarbonizing infrastructure, with clear dual-purpose commitment (profit + community benefit).
- **Recent Leadership Transition**: CEO David Crane departed May 2026, and several senior leaders left in early 2026 – this may signal a restructuring or strategic shift, but the company continues to hire (7 active postings as of mid-2026).
- **Typical Roles**: Openings include Counsel, Project Development Associate, Senior Director Business Development, FP&A Analyst, Portfolio Finance Associate, and Acquisitions & Development Associate – appealing to professionals with finance, legal, and energy backgrounds.

## Sources
1. [generatecapital.com – About](https://generatecapital.com/)
2. [generatecapital.com – Generate Capital Raises $1B+](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-raises-over-1-billion-to-expand-infrastructure-credit-solutions/)
3. [generatecapital.com – Vertiv Collaboration](https://generatecapital.com/insights/vertiv-and-generate-capital-collaborate-to-accelerate-data-center-capacity-with-complete-power-and-cooling-infrastructure/)
4. [generatecapital.com – Sale of Equinox Growers](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-announces-sale-of-equinox-growers-greenhouse-facility-to-taylor-farms/)
5. [generatecapital.com – Soluna $100M Facility](https://generatecapital.com/insights/soluna-secures-100m-facility-from-generate-capital-to-expand-green-data-centers/)
6. [generatecapital.com – $85M Community Solar Fund](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-closes-85-million-community-solar-tax-equity-fund-with-keystate/)
7. [generatecapital.com – Fiera Infrastructure Financing](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-secures-c60-million-financing-from-fiera-infrastructure-private-debt-for-upcycle/)
8. [generatecapital.com – esVolta Acquisition](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-acquires-battery-storage-developer-esvolta/)
9. [generatecapital.com – David Crane Appointment](https://generatecapital.com/insights/generate-capital-appoints-david-crane-chief-executive-officer/)
10. [linkedin.com – Generate LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/generatecapital)
11. [pitchbook.com – Generate Company Profile](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/107593-48)
12. [greatplacetowork.com – Generate Capital Certification](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7026427)

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