Staff Software Engineer
- Salary
- $217,500 - $287,500
- Level
- Staff
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Redwood Materials's standard text
About Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain.
On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it.
Staff Software Engineer
Redwood Materials runs North America's largest battery recycling operation on Redwood OS, our internal software platform. Redwood OS owns warehouse management and manufacturing, the operations and maintenance that keep them running, and integrates with Microsoft Dynamics 365 as our ERP. It is the system of record for a $3B+ business, and we will be building on it for years.
We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to own a domain of that platform end to end: shaping what gets built with the business, designing it, shipping it, and running it in production. This is a permanent product area, not a project. Interview Process:
Please note that final-round interviews will take place in person at a designated office location. Travel details will be coordinated with selected candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Own a domain of Redwood OS end to end: shape the problem with the business, design it, ship it, and operate it in production.
- Turn ambiguous business asks into clear specifications that engineers and AI agents can execute without further interpretation.
- Make tradeoff-aware design decisions across service boundaries, data models, APIs, integrations, observability, and access control.
- Set the bar in code review: use AI effectively by decomposing work for agents, setting guardrails, verifying output at volume, and staying accountable for everything you ship.
- Keep the platform coherent as multiple engineers and agents change it in parallel.
- Debug and resolve production issues, and improve the reliability of the systems you own.
- Raise the output of everyone around you through documentation, conventions, tooling, and mentoring.
- Work directly with stakeholders on-site 3 days/week: floor walks, operator observation, pairing sessions, and demos.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership of a significant system or domain.
- A track record of owning a problem space end to end with minimal direction.
- Strong Python and production React; experience building and operating applications on AWS.
- Depth in system design: API design, integration patterns, data modeling, and service boundaries.
- Clear, concise technical writing - specifications, design documents, and pull requests that stand on their own.
- Sophisticated use of AI coding agents, paired with full ownership of the result: you can explain every significant decision in the work you ship.
- Judgment to size effort to business value rather than to engineering interest.
- Comfort working alongside warehouse and manufacturing operators on the floor, not only at a desk
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience as a tech lead or engineering manager, or otherwise accountable for the output of a team.
- Direct experience with ERP, WMS, MES, supply chain, or procurement systems.
- Manufacturing, logistics, or recycling industry experience.
- Integration experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.
- Experience operating systems that a physical operation depends on around the clock.
In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills.
California Pay Range:
$217,500—$287,500 USD
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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What this role asks for
Particular to this role
AWS · React
Rare in Redwood Materials's other 69 open postings.
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Python
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The team: Engineering & Technology HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 51 open in Engineering & Technology. 13 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in October: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (19 of 51), Embedded Systems (14 of 51), PCB Design (8 of 51), Simulink (8 of 51), C (7 of 51), MATLAB (7 of 51), AWS (6 of 51)
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- Senior Battery Data Engineer posted Oct 13
- Staff Applications Engineer posted Oct 8
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- Staff Electrical Engineer, Energy Storage BoP posted Oct 7
- Senior Power Systems Engineer, Energy Storage posted Oct 7
- Staff Power Systems Engineer, Hardware in Loop posted Oct 5
- Principal Engineer, Extractive Metallurgy posted Oct 5
- Senior DevOps Engineer posted Oct 3
- Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Energy Storage posted Sep 29
- Senior Manager - Service Engineer, Energy Storage posted Sep 16
- Global Supply Manager, Electronics & PCBA posted Sep 6
- Manufacturing Equipment Engineer posted Sep 4
- Staff Cathode Engineer posted Sep 4
- Senior Technical Program Manager, Production Engineering posted Aug 11
- Software Validation Engineer, Energy Storage posted Aug 7
- Battery Software Integration Engineer, Energy Storage posted Aug 7
- Staff Chemical Engineer posted Aug 5
- Senior Mechanical Engineer, Production posted Aug 1
- Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Big Machines posted Jul 31
- Cathode Design Engineer posted Jul 29
- Electronics Technician posted Jul 27
- Production Engineering Manager posted Jul 24
- Development Engineering Technician posted Jul 24
- Senior Systems Engineer, Energy Storage posted Jul 22
- Senior Data Engineering Manager posted Jul 17
- Senior Analytics Engineer posted Jul 16
- Embedded Software Engineer – Power Electronics, Energy Storage posted Jul 9
- IT Support Specialist posted Jun 30
- Software Engineer - ML/Computer Vision (Battery Sorting) posted Jun 23
- Software Engineer - Site Controller, Energy Storage posted Jun 23
- Functional Safety Engineer, Energy Storage posted Apr 21
- Abuse Test Engineer, Energy Storage posted Apr 9
- Mechanical Design Engineer, Energy Storage posted Mar 26
- Field Quality Engineer, Energy Storage posted Mar 25
- Reliability Engineer, Energy Storage posted Mar 25
- Service Engineer, Energy Storage posted Mar 10
- Senior Software Engineer, Energy Storage posted Mar 10
- Hardware Technical Program Manager, Energy Storage posted Jan 13
- Infrastructure Software Engineer, Energy Storage posted Dec 16
- Power Electronics Controls Engineer, Energy Storage posted Dec 16
- Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Energy Storage posted Dec 16
- Power Electronics Engineer, Energy Storage posted Dec 16
- Sr. System Modeling Engineer, Energy Storage posted Dec 15
- Software Technical Program Manager, Energy Storage posted Dec 10
- Staff Controls Engineer posted Oct 30
- Staff Software Engineer, Factory Automation posted Oct 24
From the team and dates on Redwood Materials's own job board.
Salary context
163 other open postings titled Staff Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 196,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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