Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

About Aurora Solar

Aurora is on a mission to create a future of solar for all. Our award-winning software puts the power of data and technology into the hands of every solar professional to make solar adoption simple and predictable. Our software has designed millions of solar projects so far, empowering solar companies to sell, design, and install residential and commercial solar arrays accurately, seamlessly, and at scale. 

We are a remote-first collaborative team of sustainable energy enthusiasts who love what we do. We’ve been named one of "The Best Mid-Sized Remote Companies To Work for in 2024" by BuiltIn.com and have been recognized for the second time as a Certified Green Business (CGB) with the city of San Francisco. We’re in this together to support the world’s transition to solar.

About the Team

The Project Collaboration team builds products that allow customers to collaborate within and across organizations. We aim to create a platform that fosters relationships that are simple to manage and assured to have end-to-end accuracy. We aim to make it easy to participate in the Solar ecosystem and allow our customers to reflect their business models in Aurora. The team champions a supportive and inclusive environment where open communication and mutual respect are key, and team members enjoy helping each other in their professional development. 

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Project Collaboration team, you will help us develop features and functionality that foster and enable collaboration both within and across organizations. This includes not only the users, teams, partners, and organizations that access projects but the project lifecycle as well. Intuitive access and control along with frictionless collaboration enable our customers to use Aurora in a manner that suits their business needs instead of in a prescriptive manner. You’ll work with, learn from, and guide some of the brightest cross-functional knowledge workers in the industry to develop top-tier software used to power our customers.  

We work on a wide range of full-stack engineering challenges including:

• Creating elegant user experiences to manage complex relationships within the application using Javascript/React and similar technologies.

• Designing low-latency, robust, easily-observed and scalable internal and public APIs 

• Managing highly scalable, parallelized, compute-heavy, asynchronous tasks 

• Test automation, CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance, and developer productivity 

Your Impact

• Design and implement solutions for both existing software and greenfield features as a key player on a fully remote team of engineers spread across North America

• Inspire, mentor, and extend your knowledge via pair programming, code & design review

• Challenge assumptions and help the team to optimize and improve continually

• Lead user stories and epics from ideation, through investigation to delivery  

• Collaborate with Product Management, Customer Support, Customer Success, and the rest of the Aurora business unit to build what matters for our customers

• Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer building high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested user-facing code

• Love writing Javascript or TypeScript (React, Redux, Styled Components experience a plus)

• Great engineering skills and strong computer science fundamentals

• Excellent teamwork and communication skills

• A thoughtful balance between shipping code quickly and adhering to best practices

• Ability to perform and thrive in a fast-paced environment

•  Language Requirement: Proficient in both written and spoken English. We kindly request that your resume be submitted in English.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with full-stack development 

• Experience with Ruby on Rails 

• Expertise in CI/CD Pipelines

• Detailed knowledge and experience in testing frameworks and package management

Benefits: We strive to be the best place for the best people, and that includes the benefits and perks we offer. We provide a holistic program to support physical, emotional, financial, and social needs. This includes work-from-home stipends for home office setup, internet, and co-working spaces. Service providers will receive flexible paid time off including statutory vacation and sick leave, with additional parental leave available. Service providers receive a standard laptop and an annual healthcare budget through AXA. Service providers will also receive perks including access to Wellhub for comprehensive well-being support and Modern Health for mental health resources. Please take a look at our 2024 Mexico Benefits Booklet for a deeper dive into our offerings.

Where Aurorans are: Aurora currently has teams within the US, Canada, Mexico, and Germany with additional locations on the horizon. We’re united in our work to support the world’s transition to solar!

Aurora is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of people who believe in and are passionate about creating a future of solar energy for all. We are an equal opportunity employer, we welcome and consider qualified applicants regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. We encourage you to apply even if you believe that you do not meet all of the above criteria!

Aurora is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

For San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.