Clean energy platform for demand management and grid flexibility
Uplight operates a grid-management platform serving 80+ energy providers, including 8 of the 10 largest North American utilities. The tech stack—anchored in optimization solvers (Pyomo, Gurobi, CPLEX, AMPL) and energy industry protocols (OpenADR, IEEE 2030.5)—reveals deep domain specialization in dispatch logic and real-time grid control. Hiring is product-led and accelerating, with 7 of 20 active roles in product, signaling a focus on expanding platform capabilities for client-specific tooling and virtual power plant optimization.
Uplight builds software that enables energy providers and utilities to activate connected devices and customer behavior for load management, efficiency, and grid flexibility. The platform integrates energy efficiency, electrification, rates, and demand-response programs under a unified architecture (the Demand Stack), designed to improve grid resilience and reduce costs. Active projects span MVP launches for utility-facing tools, virtual power plant optimization, developer platform expansion, and vendor partnership management. The company operates at scale serving 8 of the 10 largest North American utilities and is structured as a certified B-Corporation. Headquarters in Boulder, Colorado; engineering and product roles across the US and India.
Optimization solvers (Pyomo, Gurobi, CPLEX, AMPL), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), energy standards (OpenADR, IEEE 2030.5), frontend (React, Angular), backend (Python, Ruby on Rails, Go), plus Salesforce, NetSuite, and Google Workspace.
Over 80 energy providers, including 8 of the 10 largest North American utilities.
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