As a founding hire, you will build the software layer for autonomous solar inspection. You will own the customer-facing platform and AI agent, Photon, turning multimodal robot data into real-time grid-scale insights. You will lead the engineering team while scaling ML infrastructure for a product directly increasing global clean energy reliability.
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Founding Software Engineer at TerraWise Solutions, Inc.
Join a deeply technical founding team in San Francisco building the future of renewable energy. This VC-backed startup is deploying autonomous robots and an agentic AI platform to inspect massive solar plants, solving a multi-million dollar failure problem for the grid. As a Founding Software Engineer, you’ll own the entire software stack and ML infrastructure, leading a team to turn field data into real-time insights. If you have 3-5+ years of experience across Python and AI/ML pipelines and want to make a tangible impact on climate tech, this is the career-defining role for you.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
$150k-$220k + + Equity
Company
TerraWise Solutions, Inc.
Role overview
TerraWise builds agentic AI and autonomous ground rovers that let utility-scale solar operators run reliable, daily inspections remotely—finding faults earlier, cutting truck rolls, and improving site uptime. Their rover, TerraPV, is a fully autonomous inspection solution for large solar plants spanning 500–5,000 acres.[1][5]
What you will do
- Lead and mentor the frontend/backend team while owning product delivery for the data platform, AI agents, and core APIs.
- Design and scale ML infrastructure including model registries, feature stores, and RAG pipelines for real-time multimodal data processing.
- Collaborate with robotics and computer vision teams to close the loop between autonomous field rovers and actionable customer insights.
Who this is a fit for
- Has 3-5+ years of experience as a strong IC with deep expertise in Python (FastAPI/Django) and TypeScript (React/Next.js).
- Possesses hands-on experience productionizing AI systems, specifically RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, and vector databases.
- Demonstrates a fast-paced product mindset with the ability to ship, iterate, and refine complex software in a startup environment.
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the cutting edge of robotics and AI with a team featuring pedigree from Gatik and iRobot.
- Take a true founding role with a massive equity stake and the ability to set the technical standards and culture from the ground up.
- Join a mission-driven company where your code directly optimizes utility-scale solar plants, accelerating the transition to renewable energy.
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