Forward-Deployed Application Developer

Job overview

The Forward-Deployed Application Developer role is listed as onsite in Alameda, CA, although the posting also identifies the role as fully remote. Compensation is $152,000–$192,000 per year. The role supports Sila’s mission to advance clean energy through battery materials and works with Engineering, Operations, Battery, Finance, and Supply Chain teams. The developer builds user-focused applications that make complex battery and operational data useful in day-to-day workflows. The work spans React interfaces, application data models and pipelines, observability, and AI-enabled tools for querying technical and business information.

What you'll do

• Work with Engineering, Operations, Battery, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to identify bottlenecks and build software solutions
• design responsive React interfaces and data visualizations
• develop Snowflake schemas and application data models
• use dbt and Airflow to transform and orchestrate data
• monitor application health and user interactions with Datadog, Sumo Logic, and StatsD
• deploy retrieval-augmented generation features for natural-language queries of technical specifications, experimental results, and financial data.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

forward-deployed application developer

alameda ca

sila

react

typescript

python

snowflake

dbt

airflow

data visualization

rag

battery materials

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Combines product-minded application development, data modeling, and user experience work for a battery materials company; includes production RAG features and internal native iOS applications.

About the employer

Sila is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.