Staff Software Engineer

Ever since we started in 2007, Sunrun has been at the forefront of connecting people to the cleanest energy on Earth. It’s why we’ve become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. Today, 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. And we’re doing it by designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. We’re unlike any other solar 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.

Sunrun’s Pricing team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help lead the development of our next-generation pricing systems.  Sunrun is the leading residential rooftop solar provider, and our Pricing engines are at the core of making it cost-effective for customers to join the clean energy revolution.

The solar power and home electrification industry is rapidly evolving, with frequent changes to incentive programs and exciting new products coming to market regularly.  

Some of the challenges you’ll help us solve are: 

• How do we build flexibility into our systems to account for the highly dynamic nature of residential solar power?  

• How do we help customers better understand how Sunrun solar power systems benefit the customer and the planet? 

• How do we create price commitments that our customers can rely on in the face of supply chain disruptions?

• Help deliver new products to customers. 

As our ideal candidate, you’ll excel at creating high-quality software systems. You quickly understand complex business problems and develop simple, innovative software solutions to solve them. You think beyond individual features to improve performance, reliability, resilience, and flexibility. You ask questions and help improve the customer experience.

You bring your unique perspective on Sunrun’s customers to the team and use it to inform the direction not just of your work but of your fellow engineers.  You love to teach as much as you love to learn, and always remember that there’s another human being on the other end of every conversation, discussion, or disagreement.  

Sunrun is growing, opportunities for Solar are brighter than ever, and we are excited for you to grow your career with us.

Interested but worried about making the transition to solar?  No problem!  We have some of the industry's most experienced solar and energy professionals, and we’re happy to teach.

Responsibilities

• This position will be on one of several teams that build Sunrun’s software for rooftop solar, as such you will be responsible for:

• Embodying Sunrun’s corporate values of human centricity, integrity, curiosity, passion, courage, and impact.

• Promoting high-quality communication and collaboration on our cross-functional team. 

• Building a deep and nuanced understanding of the residential solar domain and how Sunrun’s business model is differentiated in the industry.

• Designing and writing software optimized for readability, maintainability, and testability.

• Understanding when or when not to use industry-standard design patterns or practices.

• Applying a systems thinking mindset to your work. 

• Maintaining operational stability of software systems from development through to production.

Qualifications

Technical Skills Needed

Candidates are expected to be able to apply the following skills on day 1, and thus should have strong applicable experience:

• Familiarity with algorithms and data structures

• 7+ years of experience delivering and maintaining production software in a structured language, such as C++, C#, or Java

• Experience developing complex distributed systems and operating them in production

• Familiarity with microservice architecture

• Experience designing and developing APIs

• Applying the practices of continuous integration and continuous delivery.

• Experience with building performant backend applications

• Driving the development process with test automation.

• Applying high-quality security practices.

​Bonus Technical Skills

Candidates will not need to apply these skills on day 1, but they may need to learn them over time with Sunrun support. Practical knowledge and experience in the following areas is a bonus: 

• Experience developing systems in Kotlin

• Experience building native Lambdas with GraalVM

• Designing and implementing data persistence in an appropriate database

• Maintaining deployment pipelines that work with infrastructure as code tools, in particular GitHub Actions and CDK.

• Experience developing with Rules Engine

• Familiarity with Docker, Serverless technologies.

Recruiter:

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:

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

This job description outlines the primary responsibilities, some essential job functions, and qualifications for the role. It may not include all essential functions, tasks, or requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and you need reasonable accommodation during the hiring process or to perform this role, please contact us at [email protected].

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