Grid Services Strategic Technical Product Lead

Ever since we started in 2007, Sunrun has been at the forefront of connecting people to the cleanest energy on Earth. It’s why we’ve become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. Today, we’re on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, and we’re building a company and brand that puts power at the center of life. And we’re doing it by designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. We’re unlike any other solar company. Our vertically integrated model gives us total control over every part of the energy lifecycle – from sale through installation and beyond – so you can find endless opportunities for growth. Come join a career you can grow in and a culture you can run with.

A renewable energy revolution is beginning to blossom into the world’s largest industrial transformation since the personal computer. The aging and vulnerable electrical grid is rapidly being supplemented and replaced by rooftop solar and rechargeable batteries. That evolution is compounding as drivers flock to EVs and fuel those cars with electricity from home, spiking demand for sustainable, reliable, and affordable electricity.  Sunrun is in the driver’s seat to lead this energy revolution as America’s leading residential solar and renewable energy provider, and is leading the change through modernizing and re-imagining the future of home electrification and Virtual Power Plants/Distributed Power Plants. We are looking for skilled individuals to help us drive this transformation with an entrepreneurial and customer-first spirit, helping cement Sunrun as the leader of the revolution. 

Sunrun is the country’s largest residential distributed power plant operator with over 130k batteries and 650 MWs enrolled in programs in summer 2025. Come join our team at the most exciting inflection point in our industry’s history! 

POSITION SUMMARY

As a Strategic Technical Product Lead you will be responsible for leading the effort that links our Grid Services products and Data Integration services. As the business partner to the tech team, you will be responsible for visioning and overseeing a best in class data platform for operating Virtual Power Plants consisting of multiple battery vendors and other distributed energy resource technologies. You must be excited to lead the build of a new technical product that requires an organized data warehouse for storing, validating, organizing, aggregating, and serving time-based energy data. The data infrastructure must help standardize the way we handle observability and monitoring. 

In this role you will understand core business objectives and lead and define the future state technology platform vision. The Strategic Technical Product Lead role will define business requirements for the backend data pipeline, schema and API strategy to manage DPPs through a centralized command platform with a front-end product interface for internal and external users. Core to the data architecture will be API connectivity to battery and DERMS vendors, full stack web app development, data processing and normalization (e.g. telemetry), and data visualization (e.g. map and display all batteries, etc.).

You will also act as Sunrun’s public facing technology expert and be expected to assist the business development and policy teams in partner meetings, at conferences, and in regulatory proceedings.

You will work closely with the Operations Team, TPMs, engineering leads, AI managers and designers across our product and platform teams. You will be seen as an advocate and thought leader about Grid Services technology strategy - i.e. OpenADR, IEEE 2030.5 protocols, etc. - and be expected to speak externally on these subjects as the lead SME. This role will continue after the initial technology build and will evolve into maintenance, improvement, and scaling of the platform as well as responsibility for aspects of the performance of the platform and the fleet. 

Note: Nobody will perfectly fit this job description. Please do not hesitate to apply. For the right candidate, we will adjust the position to suit. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work within an operational team to lead and define future state technology vision while ensuring that the current day to day needs of the domains are being met. 

• Work closely with other Engineering leaders, business stakeholders and others to drive outcomes. 

• Work cross-functionally with program, pricing, policy, operations, product management and business development teams to prototype and then iterate on product and process Develop and manage team efficiencies, performance standards and expectations

• Speak externally on behalf of the company in technical fora as well as in business development meetings with external partners 

• Stay up to date on the competitive landscape and changes to our industry

TARGET ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Within your first month, you will familiarize yourself with our operations, current battery control strategy and tools, policy developments, and data architecture. You will be expected to ask critical questions and develop a point-of-view.  

• By the end of month two, you will build business requirements for a new technical product, working closely with operations and engineers to drive forward product implementation.

• By the end of month three and beyond, you will begin to contribute to business development as a SME on platform capabilities, and independently leading product development

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience is required

• Experience leading data architecture / infrastructure products 

• Experience with energy monitoring and data platforms, like VPPs, DERMS or similar 

• Experience with BigQuery, Snowflake, and Salesforce, AWS and related products 

• Full stack experience preferred, in addition to backend and data experience including Python, Django, PostgreSQL, REST API, React, JavaScript, AWS, and/or Google Cloud

• Experience optimizing cloud strategies and infrastructures 

• Experience with Observability toolings and frameworks such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Cloudwatch and others.

Recruiter:

Please note that the compensation information is made in good faith for this position only.  It assumes that the successful candidate will be located in markets within the United States that warrant the compensation.  Please speak with your recruiter to learn more.

Starting salary/wage for this opportunity:

Compensation decisions will not be based on a candidate's salary history. You can learn more here.

This job description outlines the primary responsibilities, some essential job functions, and qualifications for the role. It may not include all essential functions, tasks, or requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and you need reasonable accommodation during the hiring process or to perform this role, please contact us at candidateaccommodations@sunrun.com.

Sunrun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.  We believe that empowering people and valuing their differences are essential for our mission of connecting people to the cleanest energy on earth. Learn more here: EEO | Sunrun