We're hiring a founding software engineer (NYC based or hybrid) to lead our software development and be a part of Fram Energy's early story.

🏠 Fram Energy brings the energy transition to rental tenants, beginning with the multifamily segment. We're a VC-backed company building the data platform and fintech infrastructure to de-risk energy retrofits for property owners- making sustainable rental homes a logical, profitable decision. If you want to be the first software engineer in a great team on the intersection of climate, proptech and fintech, read on!

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On Fram Energy

Rental homes are lagging behind in the energy transition: renters have 20% higher energy cost than owner occupied homes, adoption of heat pumps is 4x lower in rental homes and less than 1% of residential rooftop solar is installed on rental homes. This is a climate problem, an equity problem and a missed economical opportunity.

Fram Energy is bringing energy retrofits to the massive, underserved rental market, starting with multifamily. We identified the key barriers that are keeping energy retrofits from being deployed and developed a business model that tackles them. Our platform de-risks investments in energy retrofits and realigns incentives. For property owners, we open up a new income stream whilst simultaneously addressing net zero goals. For renters, we lower energy bills and increase comfort and quality of life. For the planet, we unlock gigascale emissions reduction.

Fram Energy is wrapping up a $1.5M pre-seed fundraising round led by Precursor Ventures, with participation from strong climate, fintech and proptech investors. Our first pilot projects will be deployed this fall.

Fram Energy was founded in 2023 by Charlotte Meerstadt. We are building a purpose-driven, highly functioning and joyful team to deliver on all these promises. Read more about our culture here.

What you'll do (impact)

As one of our first hires, you will be a big part of Fram Energy’s story. You will lead the technical development of our product. This role is first and foremost a great opportunity to drive the development of an impactful product, but at this early stage there is always so much to do that you’ll end up getting involved in all kinds of company activities. There will be several exciting growth paths available to you. We have two key components of our product: property owner facing and rental tenant facing. By the time you start, both of these products will be somewhere between MVP and beta (tested and deployed in first pilot projects, but not yet complete in terms of features). You’ll be working with our customer-facing and data operations teams to build a software stack that enables Fram Energy to meet the needs of different types of users.

You’ll drive Fram Energy’s success by:

• Owning and executing Fram Energy’s vision on software development.
  You will set goals and create operating principles for our software development. In close collaboration with team members working on operations, data and customer/product, you will:
• propose the tools and practices for Fram Energy’s software development;
• collaborate with the rest of the team to make product decisions and define the technical roadmap- translating goals into milestones and daily to do’s;
• set up systems to code in a collaborative and structured manner.
• Building a flexible backend that will support high velocity growth.
  You will be developing backend architecture for the long term. We have started off by building the product in its simplest form, but it will become a lot more complex as we add more features and users and our philosophy is to build for growth from day 1. You will drive decisions on architecture and implementation.
• Improving UX & frontend development through user obsession.
  You will own the frontend of our product. Our focus in the pre-seed phase is not to build the prettiest & slickest product that the world has ever seen, but to test our key hypotheses around how we can create value for our users. As UX and frontend development play a big role in delivering Fram Energy’s value prop to our users, you’ll shape how users interact with Fram’s product.
• Solving interesting technical problems.
  This will be a job full of problem solving and creativity. We’re building from scratch, so most of your days will be spent finding elegant and practical ways to deal with problems that pop up. You’re encouraged to play around in order to find the best solution.
• Hustling as part of our founding team!
  In this early stage, everyone will be helping out beyond their job description, and every person on the founding team has the chance to grow in directions that they find meaningful.

What we're looking for (attributes & qualifications)

Attributes

• Resourceful & curious.
  You think in solutions, not in obstacles. You make the most out of the resources you have and you prefer moving forward and solving problems over achieving perfection.
• Self-directed fast learner.
  We believe in giving all team members abundant trust and ownership. You thrive when you are given freedom to strategize, execute and troubleshoot in your own domain whilst staying plugged in to adjacent work streams and aligned with the growth of the company as a whole. You are self-motivated and practical.
• Collaborative.
  It energizes you to work closely with our software and business development teams, with whom your domain will have significant interfaces. You are a strong communicator and you’re a reliable team member to work with.
• Kind & low ego.
  We believe kindness is a form of excellence. You’re a culture add to our growing team.
• Purpose fit.
  You’re passionate about Fram’s mission to decarbonize rental homes! We love to see engagement in climate communities.

Qualifications

We’re a bit flexible on titles and such, but we are looking for evidence that you have the skills and experience take the lead of our software development.

• Preferred experience building software applications.
  You have previously built (big or small) applications from scratch, implementing both backend and frontend. If any of these are open to share, it would be great if you can drop links in the application form so we can see some examples of your work.
• Preferred relevant software skills.
  Preferences towards AWS, Django, Python, React, and JavaScript familiarity, but we believe in the power of similar systems and transferable skills.
  Please share your proficiency in programming languages in the application form.
• Education.
  B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field is a plus, but not a hard requirement if you learned to code elsewhere.
• Work experience.
  Work experience as a software engineer is a must. Ideally 3+ years, and a big plus if you’ve worked in multiple environments and projects.
• Geographic fit.
  The position is located in New York City, working in-person at least 3 days a week. We're open to helping with relocation.

What we offer

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Find your Framily

We are building a community of kind + exceptional humans. We are big believers in finding joy in your job (see our values) and we structure our way of working to maximize good days. We are excited to build out our team activities- the first dinner is on the calendar and we’ll plan outings and an offsite once we have filled our open roles.

🚀 One heck of a ride

You will be one of the very first team members on an ambitious and important mission. We can say from experience that the purpose, personal development, opportunities for growth, freedom and creativity that come with that are unlike anything you will find in a larger organization. Are you ready to move your work life from black and white to technicolor?

🌱 A leadership team that cares deeply about your growth and fulfilment

At Fram, we believe that unlocking your superpowers is our most important lever to build a big and impactful company. Fram’s internal processes are designed thoughtfully to help you thrive. Our founder, Charlotte, followed a coaching training program at Stanford and has done >100 hours of coaching, so she will strive to make Fram a meaningful part of your career journey.

📝 Attractive compensation and benefits

We will treat you well. If there are any other benefits that are important to you, we'd like to hear.

• Competitive salary and equity — Salary will depend on your level of experience. We’ll give you multiple offer options based on your desire for ownership.
• Our compensation band is $130k-170k with above average equity compensation
• We invest in you — Fram Energy uplifts your life and career through budgets for coaching, professional development and wellbeing.
• Competitive benefits — Fram Energy’s offer will come with attractive health insurance, 401k, PTO, parental policies and other benefits.
• Hybrid-friendly culture with in-person option — get the best of both worlds by working in your most comfortable environment, as well as having regular highly collaborative sessions in our New York City office.
• Flexible hardware and software access — We’ll work together to make sure you have access to the tools you need to excel at this job.

How to Apply

Interested to apply? We can’t wait to meet you! Hit the button below to apply via Ashby. If you have questions about the role, please direct them to [email protected].

• To put us in the best position to evaluate your candidacy, be sure to tailor your application to the “What we’re looking for” section above.
• Please include links or descriptions of projects that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done.
• The interview process consists of several informal and formal interviews, a work sample and reference checks. You will be asked to sign an NDA.
• Diversity and inclusion matter to us. If you are a member of an underrepresented group in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply. We take your context into account in our evaluation of candidates.

Fired up to work for Fram but not a fit for this role? If you resonate with our mission and think your profile would be a great fit for other opportunities, send an email to [email protected] and pass along any information you believe is relevant.