<h1>🎯 Why we exist</h1><p style="">We’re on a mission to improve the reliability, transparency, and efficiency of our energy systems, fostering a future with sustainable and abundant energy. To accomplish our aims, we’re leveraging machine learning and optimization methods to price risk effectively for the financial rails of our future energy systems, and to accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources.</p><p style="">We envision energy systems that are efficient, autonomous, resilient, and powered by 100% renewable energy.</p><p style=""></p><h1>🧗 Who we are</h1><p style="">Our founders (ex-Apple, Bluevine; ex-Affirm, Square, Google) are Stanford alumni with experience in large software systems, machine learning, and structured finance. Our world-class investors, <a href="https://www.maverickventures.com/">Maverick Ventures</a> and <a href="https://caffeinatedcapital.com/">Caffeinated Capital</a>, are aligned to our policy objectives and platform vision.</p><p style="">We have hubs in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.</p><p style=""></p><h1>The Role</h1><p style="">Comity is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Software Engineering team, which owns our research, market-making, and risk management platforms. You’ll lead the team that designs and scales the core data infrastructure powering all of these platforms, and works closely with researchers developing our price forecasting and grid optimization technology.</p><p style="">This role reports directly to the CTO and works closely with senior leadership across our Research and Business Operations teams. Given our team size, this is a hands-on role involving both senior IC work and people management. As both an early hire and team leader, you will have broad impact and ownership over our platform, technology, team practices, and culture.</p><p style=""><strong>Comity has two core teams: Power Markets and Commercial. This role is part of our Power Markets team.</strong></p><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </div><h1>We’re excited about you because:</h1><ul style=""><li><p style="">You have 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager.</p></li><li><p style="">You are a hands-on leader who enjoys staying close to the code and day-to-day technical decisions of the team.</p></li><li><p style="">You have experience leading complex engineering projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.</p></li><li><p style="">You are an excellent coder, system architect, and mentor of engineers of different seniority levels.</p></li><li><p style="">You are experienced and comfortable building and designing data systems with traditional relational databases as well as cloud-based data warehouses. Experience with machine learning concepts and technology is a plus.</p></li><li><p style="">You are a lifelong learner and empathetic teacher. We’re committed to the growth and development of our teammates. We work towards a shared understanding by listening with intent and holding open discussions because we know that's how we'll deliver quality results.</p></li><li><p style="">We believe strong foundations are more important than specific technical knowledge, but experience with any part of our stack (Python, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS) is a plus.</p></li></ul><p style=""></p><h1>Location</h1><p style="">This role will be based in one of our offices in Brooklyn, New York, or San Francisco, California.</p><p style=""><br><br><em>At Comity, we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our priority is to ensure that all applicants are provided with fair and equal access to employment opportunities. Recruiting and hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other class protected by law.</em></p>

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Platform Engineering Manager

<h1>🎯 Why we exist</h1><p>We’re on a mission to improve the reliability, transparency, and efficiency of our energy systems, fostering a future with sustainable and abundant energy. To accomplish our aims, we’re leveraging machine learning and optimization methods to price risk effectively for the financial rails of our future energy systems, and to accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources.</p><p>We envision energy systems that are efficient, autonomous, resilient, and powered by 100% renewable energy.</p><p></p><h1>🧗 Who we are</h1><p>Our founders (ex-Apple, Bluevine; ex-Affirm, Square, Google) are Stanford alumni with experience in large software systems, machine learning, and structured finance. Our world-class investors, <a href="https://www.maverickventures.com/">Maverick Ventures</a> and <a href="https://caffeinatedcapital.com/">Caffeinated Capital</a>, are aligned to our policy objectives and platform vision.</p><p>We have hubs in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.</p><p></p><h1>The Role</h1><p>Comity is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Software Engineering team, which owns our research, market-making, and risk management platforms. You’ll lead the team that designs and scales the core data infrastructure powering all of these platforms, and works closely with researchers developing our price forecasting and grid optimization technology.</p><p>This role reports directly to the CTO and works closely with senior leadership across our Research and Business Operations teams. Given our team size, this is a hands-on role involving both senior IC work and people management. As both an early hire and team leader, you will have broad impact and ownership over our platform, technology, team practices, and culture.</p><p><strong>Comity has two core teams: Power Markets and Commercial. This role is part of our Power Markets team.</strong></p><div> </div><h1>We’re excited about you because:</h1><ul><li><p>You have 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager.</p></li><li><p>You are a hands-on leader who enjoys staying close to the code and day-to-day technical decisions of the team.</p></li><li><p>You have experience leading complex engineering projects in collaboration with cross-functional teams.</p></li><li><p>You are an excellent coder, system architect, and mentor of engineers of different seniority levels.</p></li><li><p>You are experienced and comfortable building and designing data systems with traditional relational databases as well as cloud-based data warehouses. Experience with machine learning concepts and technology is a plus.</p></li><li><p>You are a lifelong learner and empathetic teacher. We’re committed to the growth and development of our teammates. We work towards a shared understanding by listening with intent and holding open discussions because we know that's how we'll deliver quality results.</p></li><li><p>We believe strong foundations are more important than specific technical knowledge, but experience with any part of our stack (Python, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS) is a plus.</p></li></ul><p></p><h1>Location</h1><p>This role will be based in one of our offices in Brooklyn, New York, or San Francisco, California.</p><p><br /><br /><em>At Comity, we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our priority is to ensure that all applicants are provided with fair and equal access to employment opportunities. Recruiting and hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other class protected by law.</em></p>

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