We are seeking a Metering & Energy Solutions Lead to support the implementation and delivery of metering, utility, and energy-management solutions for enterprise real estate clients.
The role requires deep experience with utility meters, submeters, interval data, meter hierarchies, tenant billing, and portfolio-scale metering infrastructure. The successful candidate will work directly with clients to configure meter relationships, validate data, identify metering issues, support allocation methodologies, and translate operational requirements into scalable software workflows.
This position will also work closely with product, engineering, data, implementation, and customer success teams to improve platform functionality based on real-world client deployments.
Lead the configuration and validation of utility meters, submeters, virtual meters, parent-child meter relationships, and portfolio metering hierarchies.
Support client onboarding, data mapping, system configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization.
Analyze interval and submeter data to identify gaps, duplicate readings, flatlines, spikes, negative values, synchronization issues, unit inconsistencies, and other anomalies.
Reconcile utility meters with submeters and evaluate whether downstream consumption aligns with whole-building usage.
Support tenant billing and utility allocation workflows, including direct metering, submetering, proportional allocation, RUBS, fixed allocation, and virtual-meter calculations.
Review meter installations, configurations, communication pathways, data collection processes, and system dependencies.
Work with clients and internal teams to diagnose issues across meters, gateways, data platforms, integrations, and analytical outputs.
Translate metering, billing, and operational requirements into software configurations, calculation logic, workflows, and product requirements.
Develop clear reporting and insights related to meter performance, consumption, demand, data quality, tenant usage, and building-level energy performance.
Provide implementation feedback and recommendations to product and engineering teams to improve meter management, validation, allocation, and analytics capabilities.
Create reusable standards, configuration guidance, validation rules, and implementation methodologies for portfolio-scale deployments.
Requirements
Significant experience with utility meters, submeters, interval data, or advanced metering infrastructure.
Strong understanding of meter hierarchies, parent-child relationships, virtual meters, aggregation, allocation, and whole-building reconciliation.
Experience configuring or managing tenant billing, utility allocation, or cost-recovery processes.
Experience analyzing large networks of submeters and identifying data-quality, connectivity, configuration, and performance issues.
Working knowledge of meter installation, commissioning, communications, gateways, data acquisition, and backend platform configuration.
Ability to analyze interval data and distinguish between operational anomalies, metering errors, and legitimate changes in building usage.
Experience supporting software implementation, client delivery, technical consulting, or managed services.
Ability to translate complex metering requirements into clear system configurations and product recommendations.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, client communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Experience with electric, natural gas, water, thermal, and other building utility meters.
Familiarity with common metering protocols, gateways, APIs, and data-acquisition platforms.
Experience with tenant billing systems, utility bill management platforms, energy-management software, or building-management systems.
Familiarity with SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or comparable analytical tools.
Knowledge of demand, load profiles, baseload, peak usage, energy intensity, and building-performance analytics.
Experience delivering solutions across commercial real estate, multifamily, retail, industrial, or mixed-use portfolios.
Benefits
- Massive Impact: Your work directly informs the efficiency and sustainability efforts of some of the world's largest real estate portfolios, delivering tangible value that matters.
- Real Ownership: You'll own the full lifecycle of energy data deployment, influencing data standards, product roadmaps, and client strategy.
- Velocity & Support: We move fast and hold high standards, believing in continuous improvement and providing the resources needed to succeed.
- Growth Trajectory: As the energy module scales rapidly, so will this role. You'll be a foundational member of the growing Mission Control team.
- Merit-Driven Culture: Your results speak louder than your resume. Good ideas win, regardless of where they come from.
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Discretionary Bonus Program
- Career Development Program
- Comprehensive Health Insurance Package
- Dynamic team and challenging projects
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Welcoming and friendly work environment
- Regular social events and activities
We're building a diverse team from different backgrounds, industries, and perspectives. We believe the best ideas come from varied experiences, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.
You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match every requirement. We value problem-solving, adaptability, and strong communication just as much as industry-specific experience. Let's talk about what you can bring to KODE.
If KODE Labs sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear your story, so please apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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