Senior Data Flow Engineer

Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy

About Type One Energy

Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023 the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-the-art stellarator fusion machines together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies

If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision join us as a Senior Data Flow Engineer. This is what you need to know:

Location: Knoxville TN or Madison WI

Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits

Contract: Permanent full time

Reporting to: Senior Director of Engineering

Your role in the mission:

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Data Flow Engineer who is passionate about building the software systems and infrastructure to collect process and manage large volumes of data.

This role requires a strong software engineering background combined with expertise in data storage processing and architecture. You will be a vital part of a data-dependent operation ensuring raw data is transformed into a usable format for engineers data analysts scientists and machine learning engineers.

• Data pipeline development: Design construct and maintain reliable and scalable data pipelines often using Extract Transform and Load (ETL) or Extract Load and Transform (ELT) processes to move data from various sources to a data archives.
  
• Data infrastructure management: Configure and manage the underlying infrastructure which can include databases (SQL and NoSQL) data warehouses and distributed computing frameworks.
  
• Data modeling and architecture: Design the data models schemas and database structures that support analytical and operational use cases. You are responsible for optimizing data storage and retrieval for both performance and scalability.
  
• Data quality and governance: Implement validation and quality checks to ensure data accuracy consistency and integrity. This includes monitoring for anomalies and enforcing security controls to protect sensitive information.
  
• Performance optimization: Monitor data system performance and optimize data flows query performance and storage costs.
  
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including fusion scientists and engineers data analysts and business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and assist with technical issues and translate those requirements into technical solutions.
  
• Database & Data Engineering: Design and maintain data models and integrations across relational (RDBMS) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases. Develop tools and pipelines to gather analyze and synthesize large diverse data sets delivering insights through visualizations and reports.
  
• System Troubleshooting & Optimization: Proactively identify and resolve technical issues conduct performance tuning and optimize applications for scalability and reliability.
  
• Lifecycle Ownership: Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycleincluding planning requirements gathering architecture coding testing documentation and deployment.

What youll need:

• Masters or bachelors degree in computer science Software Engineering or a related field.
• 10 years of hands-on experience in one or more of the following languages: C Java JavaScript Python SQL C or Go.
• 10 years of experience with relational (SQL) or NoSQL database technologies.
• 10 years of experience with designing developing and implementing communication protocols for WAN and LAN network communication systems.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile development practices.
• Familiarity with Software Development practices such as CI/CD pipelines version control (GitHub) and automated testing.

We offer:

In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus you will also get

• Stock and share options
• Relocation allowance
• Insurance plans
• 401k retirement options
• And many more great voluntary benefits

Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Its FusionDirect development program pursues the lowest-risk shortest-schedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade using a partner-intensive and capital-efficient strategy.

Type One Energy is committed to community engagement in the development and deployment of its clean energy technology. For more information visit or follow us on LinkedIn.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity searching for the best new ideas and remaining open to unique perspectives. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment independent of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status age or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal state or local laws. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.