>> Hello Swarthmore Computer Scientists! >> My name is David D'Annunzio (class of 2012) and I am a software engineer >> at Opower. Opower is a behavioral energy efficiency company that helps >> utility companies make their customers more energy efficient. How do we >> do that? Utility companies provide us with their customers' usage data >> and we create insights that we send to those customers. Five years ago >> when Opower first started, our first product was a snail mail report that >> would come with your monthly bill. This report compared your usage to >> your neighbors' and homes of a similar size. This comparison forms the >> backbone of our results. Seeing that your neighbors use less energy is a >> big incentive to lower your own usage. While we still do snail mail >> reports, we now have a suite of digital products as well: web portal, >> mobile communications, unusual usage alerts, peak time rebates, and >> programmable thermostats to name a few. >> Here are just some of the perks of working at Opower >> - Flexible work hours. >> - People can bring their dogs to the office >> - Free massages on Wednesdays >> - Living in the DC area >> - Free lunch on Fridays >> - Amazing coworkers >> - Ping pong >> - Twice a year innovation day, see our website for more details : ) >> - The work you do helps save the planet (it's cliche, but true) >> Our technology stack includes (not exhaustively) Java, Ruby, MySQL, >> Elasticsearch, HBase, Hadoop, Angular, Maven, Git, and Subversion. >> Opower is looking to hire a big crew of software engineers next summer. >> We are expanding rapidly and it is important to grow by hiring the best >> and the brightest. I also have the secondary goal of having Swatties >> slowly take over the company, obviously. >> I highly suggest checking out our website, opower.com, and if you have any >> questions or want to apply please do not hesitate to email me at >> david.dannunzio at opower.com. Also check us out on vimeo. >> Thanks so much! >> Sincerely, >> David D'Annunzio '12