Lead quality engineering efforts by defining and managing test plans and automation frameworks, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure coverage, and mentoring team members to drive continuous improvement in the testing process.

Role Description If you are looking for a career at a dynamic company with a people-first mindset and a deep culture of growth and autonomy, ACV is the right place for you! Competitive compensation packages and learning and development opportunities, ACV has what you need to advance to the next level in your career. We will continue to raise the bar every day by investing in our people and technology to help our customers succeed. We hire people who share our passion, bring innovative ideas to the table, and enjoy a collaborative atmosphere. What you will do: - Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience. - Lead a polyglot engineering team, directly manage and mentor a diverse team of engineers (local and remote). - Act as a hands-on mentor, conducting deep-dive code reviews and creating personalized career development paths for engineers working across varied languages and frameworks. - Accountable for people management, recruiting for your team, associate career development and performance management. - Serve as the primary technical interface for non-engineering partners, translating complex R&D progress into clear business impact and roadmap updates. - Bridge Research and Production, drive the evolution of R&D prototypes into scalable, production-ready systems, ensuring that experimental code meets long-term stability and performance standards. - Balance innovation with stability by strategically allocating resources to maintain the "innovation-to-maintenance" ratio, ensuring core systems remain stable while the team pursues high-risk, high-reward R&D milestones. - Other duties as assigned. Qualifications - 4 Year / Bachelors Degree - Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent required. - 8 year(s) Technology field. - Ability to read, write, speak and understand English. Requirements - Providing architectural guidance across a modern stack including Python, Java, React, React Native, Postgres, MySQL, Kubernetes and more. - Strong understanding of RESTful and/or GraphQL API design patterns to ensure seamless communication between mobile, web, and polyglot backend services. - Practical experience with distributed messaging and streaming platforms, preferably Kafka, to support high-throughput, decoupled microservices. - Experience managing technical roadmaps and resource allocation within Agile or Kanban frameworks, balancing long-term research goals with immediate delivery milestones. - Demonstrated experience leading software teams in a Research and Development or high-innovation environment, specifically taking prototypes from "proof of concept" to production-grade deployment. - Hands-on experience architecting and deploying scalable applications within AWS and GCP, including deep knowledge of their respective storage (S3/GCS) and database (RDS/others) ecosystems. - Familiarity with Python-based machine learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Scikit-learn) to support data-heavy research and predictive modeling projects. - Experience managing containerized workloads at scale, particularly in hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud deployments. - Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and translate business requirements into clear technical specifications for the engineering team. Benefits - Multiple medical plans including a high deductible, low cost health plan. - Company-sponsored (paid) Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance. - Comprehensive optional benefits such as Dental, Vision, Supplemental Life/AD&D, Legal/ID Protection, and Accident and Critical Illness Insurance. - Generous paid time off options, including uncapped vacation days, the greater of 3 paid sick days or in accordance with the applicable state or local paid sick leave law, 6 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays, parental leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, voting leave, and other forms of paid leave as required by applicable law or regulation. - Employee Stock Purchase Program with additional opportunities to earn stock in the Company. - Retirement planning through the Company’s 401(k). Our Values - Trust & Transparency - People First - Positive Experiences - Calm Persistence - Never Settling

Role Description The Development Manager serves as the project and due diligence team lead for utility-scale renewable energy projects focused primarily on solar and energy storage development, with secondary exposure to wind development. This role operates within a fast-growing development group of a global energy company and offers the opportunity to shape processes, influence team growth, and take ownership of select projects while supporting senior developers on larger strategic assets. Projects may span greenfield origination, acquisition diligence, permitting, interconnection, commercialization, and pre-construction execution across utility-scale solar, storage, and select wind projects. The position leads cross-functional project teams, manages issues proactively, and drives progress through structured communication, analytical decision-making, and strong stakeholder engagement. Join us to drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all! Key Responsibilities - Project & Due Diligence Team Leadership - Lead cross-functional development and due diligence teams spanning engineering, land, environmental, permitting, interconnection, legal, finance, commercial, and external developers. - Drive team alignment, set priorities, manage timelines, and ensure accountability across all workstreams. - Facilitate structured and efficient team meetings; maintain action logs; escalate key issues with clear recommendations. - Provide concise, strategic updates to senior leadership regarding project needs, decisions, risks, and status. - Lead strategic evaluation of new development acquisition opportunities and potential greenfield opportunities for feasibility and fit within ContourGlobal’s existing portfolio. - Stakeholder Engagement & Communication - Act as the central point of coordination for both internal and external stakeholders. - Maintain strong working relationships with utilities, consultants, external developers, permitting agencies, landowners, and cross-functional teams. - Present complex technical and commercial issues in a clear and actionable manner. - Engage with senior leadership regularly to communicate resource needs, project decisions, and risk mitigation strategies. - Problem-Solving & Decision-Making - Identify issues, involve relevant stakeholders, and develop solutions collaboratively using logic, structured reasoning, and data. - Make informed recommendations quickly and escalate when appropriate. - Maintain measured, professional, and thoughtful decision-making in fast-moving situations. - Process Building & Continuous Improvement - Identify, create, refine, and implement development processes, tools, and workflows as the organization grows. - Contribute to building a scalable, repeatable development model for a rapidly expanding team. - Navigate ambiguity effectively and perform well in environments without rigid or well-defined processes. - Monitor industry trends, market conditions, and regulatory changes to shape development strategy. - Manage and mentor junior developers on the team, providing guidance and support in their development activities. - Acquisitions Due Diligence - Lead development-focused due diligence for project acquisitions, coordinating technical, environmental, legal, commercial, financial, and land reviews. - Evaluate land control, permitting, environmental studies, interconnection status, engineering completeness, and regulatory requirements. - Prepare red-flag reports, risk assessments, and investment committee inputs. - Provide development assumptions and constraints for valuation and financial modeling. - Targeted Greenfield Initiatives - Participate in early-stage screening of new project opportunities using GIS, constraints analysis, and market research. - Work with land teams on targeted outreach, site evaluation, and stakeholder engagement where appropriate. - Conduct preliminary feasibility assessments for priority development zones. - Interconnection & ISO Coordination - Coordinate with the Interconnection team to track interconnection applications, studies, and queue progression across ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, PJM, MISO, and NYISO. - Support the Interconnection team in engaging with ISOs and utilities on interconnection issues, system impacts, deliverability risks, and negotiation of study assumptions and technical scopes. - Communicate implications of interconnection results to engineering and commercial teams. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Environmental Science, Economics, Renewable Energy, or a related field. - 5–10 years of renewable energy development industry experience. Other experience including but not limited to engineering, procurement, interconnection, finance, accounting, valuation, or permitting will be considered. - Demonstrated ability to self-direct and lead project teams. - Proven ability to manage resources, teams, and deliverables across concurrent workstreams. - Comfortable with project budgets, financial models, and other analytical tools. - Strong problem-solving abilities and a structured, logical approach to decision-making. - Action-oriented and proactive, with strong ownership mentality and the ability to drive projects forward while maintaining measured and professional responses under pressure. - Experience preparing and presenting updates and recommendations to senior leadership. - Familiarity with U.S. ISO/RTO markets (ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, PJM, MISO, NYISO); experience across multiple markets preferred. - Ability to succeed in an organization with evolving processes and help build scalable systems, tools, and workflows as the team grows. - Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time. - Strong proficiency in Excel and familiarity with GIS, project management, and development tracking tools preferred. Benefits - Competitive compensation package. - Employee Ownership Program allowing employee-owners to make a difference. - Flexible working policy supporting wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance. Company Description ContourGlobal, a KKR Company, is an established Independent Power Producer (IPP) developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation and storage assets worldwide. The company currently manages 5.3 GW of installed capacity across different power generation technologies and asset categories, with an additional 1 GW of renewables under construction and a further 9.8 GW under development. The operational footprint of the company extends to 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. The company has committed to speed up the decarbonization of its portfolio with a sustainable transition of its thermal fleet, the repowering of existing renewable assets and the organic development of new renewable projects.

• Hiring and building a high-performing platform team over the next year • Owning the platform team’s roadmap and prioritization • Coaching and developing the engineers on the team through regular 1-on-1s • Contributing to architecture decisions and design reviews • Leading and participating in incident response • Partnering with the product engineering team to manage cross-team dependencies • Helping shape Knock’s broader engineering culture, standards, and tooling choices alongside the CTO.