Software Engineer

About this role

Black Bear Energy, a Legence company

Black Bear Energy is a technology-enabled, commercial buyer’s representative specializing in onsite renewable energy. In the past seven years, Black Bear has helped its clients bid out over 1,000 clean technology projects in more than 20 states through its data driven process. We educate and empower our clients to decarbonize their built environment by deploying onsite solar, battery storage and other cleantech projects


We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the team responsible for building Forager, Black Bear’s proprietary project-management and analytics platform. This platform is transforming how commercial property owners evaluate and execute onsite solar projects, making renewable-energy deployment faster, smarter, and more transparent.

This role will work closely with our existing founding engineer, senior engineer, product manager, and designer to execute a fully scoped product roadmap, deliver high-impact client-facing features, and evolve the technical architecture that powers our business. The ideal candidates are collaborative, mission-driven engineers who thrive in a small-team environment.

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Boulder, CO area preferred; required to visit Black Bear corporate office in Boulder periodically.

Work Environment: Remote

Salary Range: $100,000 - $130,000


Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy new product features across Forager’s frontend and backend architecture
• Participate in design-to-development handoffs, clarifying requirements and identifying edge cases before build
• Collaborate with the product manager, designer, and other engineers to ensure high-quality execution of the Forager roadmap
• Build and maintain APIs and data integrations between internal systems (Quickbase, PostgreSQL) and third party apps
• Improve platform scalability, performance, and security as client usage grows
• Use AI coding tools while m...