Spark

About Spark AI Spark AI is a permitting and diligence software for energy infrastructure and data center developers. Our platform instantly analyzes thousands of PDFs, maps, and local websites to surface project requirements, community sentiment, and potential fatal flaws in seconds – not weeks.  Our customers include industry-leading developers and engineering firms, with a combined pipeline of over 90 GW in energy assets and nearly $30B in project financing. Some of the best developers in the US have already incorporated us into every project’s workflow, as well as new hire onboarding. We reduced our customers' site diligence time by over 60%. We're founded by alumni from Apple, SunEdison, U.S. Department Of Energy, and BlackRock. We’re backed by Y Combinator, Mischief, Montage Ventures, Henrique Dubugras (founder of Brex), and several leading investors across AI and energy. About the Role Growth is what defines a startup. In this role, you will work directly with leadership and own multiple high-impact growth initiatives that directly accelerate our mission to scale sustainable energy development through AI.  If you’ve spent a few years in consulting or investment banking or another startup, this is your opportunity to apply that same analytical rigor and structured problem solving in an environment that moves 10x faster and where your work immediately shapes revenue, strategy, and product. What You'll Own Run data-driven growth experiments: design and execute clear, testable hypotheses that drive measurable impact on acquisition, conversion, and revenue with the freedom to test bold ideas and iterate rapidly.  Build and optimize our go-to-market funnel: from sourcing and qualifying leads across developers, engineering firms, and energy infrastructure companies to mapping every touchpoint in the customer journey. Own customer onboarding and success loops: lead post-sale onboarding and check-ins to ensure adoption, capture feedback, and translate customer insights into actionable product improvements alongside the engineering team. Steward Spark’s sales infrastructure: maintain a high-functioning growth stack (CRM, sequencing, and enrichment tools) while continuously refining outreach quality, data hygiene, and process automation. Develop high-impact sales collateral: create crisp, compelling assets (decks, case studies, one-pagers) that translate Spark’s value proposition across audiences and use cases. Drive conference and event operations: coordinate pre-event prospecting, meeting scheduling, and follow-up to maximize engagement and pipeline impact from every industry gathering. Monitor and report key growth metrics: track performance daily, distill insights, and surface patterns that inform leadership decisions on market expansion and GTM strategy. What You Bring 2–5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or a high-growth startup / strategy role, with a track record of driving measurable outcomes. Initiative and creative problem-solving — you don’t wait for instruction; you proactively identify growth opportunities, propose bold ideas, and help design scalable operational systems from the ground up. High ownership mentality — Spark is a lean, fast-moving team where everyone wears multiple hats. You’ll be responsible for seeing projects end-to-end, ensuring they’re delivered with precision and impact. Execution-first bias — you thrive on momentum, value speed over perfection, and take pride in getting things done. Mission alignment — genuine interest in energy, AI, and the transition toward a sustainable future. (Bonus) Familiarity with CRM and analytics tools (HubSpot, Clay, Apollo, PostHog, etc.) or eagerness to master them quickly. Why Spark AI? Real Impact – We work on the business, not in the business. You'll drive initiatives that directly accelerate clean energy development and contribute measurably to our growth from day one. Unparalleled Learning – Get insider access to building a

About Us ⚡️ Join us to accelerate the energy transition with technology. At Spark, we’re building the AI engine behind the next generation of renewable energy infrastructure. Our mission is simple yet ambitious: To help renewable energy developers build solar farms, battery storage plants, and related projects more efficiently. If you’re excited to see your products directly accelerate the energy transition, read on. We’re already powering decision-making for industry leaders like Colliers Engineering & Design (2k+ employees), Standard Solar (Brookfield), Pine Gate Renewables (Blackstone), and Cypress Creek Renewables — developers with over $15B in clean energy financing and pipelines that will deliver 70GW+ of clean power to millions of households per year. One of the biggest challenges in renewable energy development is navigating regulations and local factors that can make or break a project. We build applications to find, analyze, and apply this critical information in every jurisdiction in the United States. The Team 💻 Our team combines leadership experience from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Brex, WeaveGrid, and the Department of Energy, with deep backgrounds in both AI and energy. We’re a small, in-person team based in San Francisco, working together 5 days a week. We believe tight collaboration is a superpower at this stage. We’re well-funded by world-class tech and energy investors, including AI Grant (Nat Friedman, fmr GitHub CEO & Daniel Gross, cofounder at Safe Superintelligence), Y Combinator, the founders of Brex, Plaid, Helioscope, and others. As an early member of the team, you’ll work closely with everyone to shape the engineering and company culture, with significant opportunity to grow as we scale. We use TypeScript, NextJS, NodeJS, Postgres, and the major inference providers. What You’ll Do 💪 Work directly with the founders, customers, and users to rapidly prototype, test, and ship features Design and ship AI-driven features like agentic web browsing, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and large-scale data extraction. Extend our core APIs, AI infrastructure, and data pipelines to enable highly requested application features. Own features end-to-end: from idea → design → implementation → production → user feedback Qualifications 🧠 3+ years of professional software engineering experience Experience building full-stack software applications: You’ve built some web frontend (we use Typescript, React, and NextJS), as well as backing APIs and a data model layer (we use NestJS and Postgres). Exact technology match is great but not required, and even if your experience is stronger in frontend or backend, you’re excited to learn and contribute across the board Willingness to learn new domains: usage of AI tools, techniques, and APIs; how solar and storage project development work Bonus: Experience designing and building large, data-intensive systems Bonus: Experience using LLMs programmatically, building AI agents, and/or using RAG Bonus: Have worked at a startup or in energy You’re a great fit if… ✅ You love writing code, but also care about having a big impact. You’re excited to talk to customers, not just hide in code. You’re excited about shaping what to build. You know when to hack and when to refactor. Being an early engineer means making best judgment tradeoffs between building a really well-designed system and “good enough” for the situation. You want to operate like an owner and see how startups are built from the ground up. If there’s anything about business or tech you’re interested in, there will be opportunities to learn and do it. You’re curious about how clean energy and infrastructure get built, even if you’re new to the space. You’re NOT a great fit if… ❌ You want to ship perfect code. Speed as a startup is one of our main advantages. We don’t have the luxury to spend time on perfection and always try to do more with less. You don’t want involvement in the business side of things. Our technical