Senior Sr. Software Engineer

At Sunrun, we’re on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, and we’re building a company and brand that puts power at the center of life. To do it, we’re designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. It’s why we’ve become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. We’re unlike any other residential energy company. Our vertically integrated model gives us total control over every part of the energy lifecycle – from sale through installation and beyond – so you can find endless opportunities for growth. Come join a career you can grow in and a culture you can run with.
Who We Are

We’re on a mission to make energy more reliable and affordable for more people. We provide an opportunity with storage and solar to help people access greater energy independence without the big upfront costs. Sunrun is the largest dedicated residential solar and storage company in the country and has a mission to bring stably priced resilient power to the masses.

This position is primarily remote, with occasional visits to a local office or our corporate headquarters for team-building, training, and collaborative project work. These on-site sessions are designed to strengthen connections, share insights, and ensure a seamless experience for our team and customers. Equipment pick-up from a local branch will be required. We will  provide advance notice whenever on-site attendance is required, making these times purposeful and rewarding.

Overview
As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you’ll help implement features for all customer facing applications at Sunrun, and will also lead the way in transforming large portions of our stack to Serverless.
Responsibilities

• Help establish the standards for the team in areas of technical excellence

• Work collaboratively with Product Management and our UX designers to develop applications that can be tested easily and will perform well under a variety of network conditions

• Champion adherence to best practice development methodologies

• Facilitate automated testing so all teams can innovate at a rapid pace

• Mentor and build skills across the team through effective standards setting, code reviews, and pairing

Qualifications

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent is preferred

• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing complex enterprise applications with JavaScript

• Bias towards mentorship and skill-building

• Some breadth and depth in SAAS application design and implementation

• Excellent communication skills

• Good team player

• Strong JavaScript application development of browser applications

• Strong knowledge of HTML5 (DOM, markup, browser APIs) and CSS3 (SASS preprocessor, OOCSS, modular)

• Strong skills with writing unit and integration tests in JavaScript using Mocha, Chai, Sinon Experience with React and Flux is a big plus

• More specifically Redux as ‘flux’ framework

• Ability to work with JS build/task runners like Webpack, Gulp, Grunt and NPM run scripts

• Strong knowledge of Git, version control, branching strategies, merging, and rebasing

• Performance optimization experience including browser page rendering, network traffic, and back-end system tuning

• Solid understanding of MVC architecture and frameworks

• Strong focus on Automation - Continuous Integration/Deployment

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services, S3, CloudFront Education

Recruiter:

Daniel Slesnick ()

Please note that the compensation information is made in good faith for this position only.  It assumes that the successful candidate will be located in markets within the United States that warrant the compensation.  Please speak with your recruiter to learn more.

Starting salary/wage for this opportunity:

173,415.85 to 208,099.02

Compensation decisions will not be based on a candidate's salary history. You can learn more here.

Sunrun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.  We believe that empowering people and valuing their differences are essential for our mission of connecting people to the cleanest energy on earth. Learn more here: EEO | Sunrun