Principal Software Engineer

About Aurora Solar

Are you ready to join the solar revolution? Look no further than Aurora Solar, where we're on a mission to create a solar energy future for all.  

A fast-growing Series D company, Aurora is disrupting the clean energy industry and changing the course of history with our award-winning, industry-leading software. This software doesn’t just design millions of solar projects, but designs a better tomorrow, empowering solar companies to sell, design, and install residential and commercial solar arrays accurately, seamlessly, and at scale. 

It’s our goal to have every solar installation in the world pass through our software, and we’ve got a stellar team that’s helping us get there. We were named one of “The Best Mid Sized Remote Companies To Work for in 2023” by BuiltIn.com and have been awarded #1 Solar Software platform by Solar Power World, and as we continue to build, we need even more passionate, skilled, and, well, energized people on board.

About the role

The Developer Productivity (DevProd) pod is responsible for the developer experience and tooling for application development at Aurora from the initial checkout of the repository to the final production-ready assets being deployed and served to our users. As a member of this team, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our development processes, tools, and workflows to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our software development teams. You will collaborate with other teams in the engineering organization, help identify process bottlenecks, implement automation solutions, and champion best practices to elevate our developers' productivity and overall software quality.

What You’ll Do

• Process Optimization

  • Work with software engineers, QA team members, and other stakeholders to identify pain points and develop solutions that enhance productivity.

  •    Design, implement, and manage streamlined workflows that enable faster development cycles and improved collaboration across teams.

• Tooling and Automation

  • Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible

  • Build and maintain automation scripts, tools, and utilities that simplify complex tasks, reduce repetitive work, and ensure consistent processes.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Developer Experience

  • Advocate for developer-centric improvements by gathering feedback and insights from our engineering teams.

  • Design and implement user-friendly interfaces, documentation, and tutorials for tools and processes, fostering a seamless developer experience.

  • Provide technical support and mentorship to developers, assisting them in adopting new tools and practices.

• Monitoring, Performance, and Code Quality

  • Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure optimal system performance during development and deployment.

  • Implement monitoring and performance analysis tools to track development process efficiency, identify bottlenecks, and suggest improvements.

  • Develop and maintain tools and workflows to ensure consistent code quality.

What We Value

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer

• Passion for enhancing developer experiences and driving continuous improvement in development practices.

• Strong problem-solving skills with a keen eye for process inefficiencies and areas for improvement.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and AWS is a definite plus.

• Having some development experience building SaaS applications.

• Proficiency in one or more of the programming languages/frameworks in our tech stack: Javascript/Typescript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, Ruby, Rails, Go 

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.