Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Description

The company is a clean energy business that installs solar on commercial properties. It is building out a large pipeline of projects, with hundreds in development across the country.

The team has reviewed more than 30,000 properties for solar across all 50 states. The company's own software platform is used to develop solar at scale across self-storage sites, schools, data centers and industrial logistics facilities.

A typical system is about 430 kilowatts and offsets 350,000 pounds of coal burned each year it operates.

Responsibilities

• Write, review and maintain code, mainly in Ruby on Rails with Hotwire.
• Build and upkeep the CI/CD pipeline so the team can ship well-tested code to production several times a day.
• Solve hard domain problems using Rails conventions, functional thinking and service-oriented design.
• Work with the Product team to find high-leverage solutions that move the company's mission forward.
• Explore new technologies and unfamiliar problem areas, shaping the architecture and technical direction.
• Help define how the team and its processes change as the company grows quickly into its next phase.
• Work across the company with founders, product staff and the finance and solar specialists.
• Help automate solar development, solar value evaluation and loan servicing systems alongside the engineering team.

Requirements

• You have called yourself a developer or engineer for 5+ years and have built high-quality backend systems.
• The stack is Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, PostgreSQL, Heroku, AWS and CircleCI. You do not need deep knowledge of each, but some familiarity helps.
• You want to build technology for a clean energy future. Experience building systems that assess, develop or manage energy assets is a plus.
• You enjoy working on a high-output team, want to be challenged, and aim to do your best work.
• You thrive in a creative, fast-paced, fast-growing setting and enjoy working across functions.
• You find ways around hard problems, can explain and roll out solutions, and look for ways to streamline processes and raise efficiency.

Conditions

The base salary is $190,000 to $250,000 per year, plus stock options. The final package is set during the interview process based on experience and expertise, and is discussed in the final stages.

The company is committed to equal opportunity and encourages applications from people who do not meet every listed qualification.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision insurance for employees; 50% employer-paid for dependents.
• Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401k with a 50% match up to 4% of base salary.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Dependent Care FSA.
• Up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for childbearing parents, and 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
• 11 paid holidays and unlimited PTO.
• Annual professional development budget and unlimited book budget.
• Office in downtown Boulder, Colorado, with meals and a stocked kitchen, plus team offsites, retreats and in-person and virtual events.
• Monthly employee resource groups and DEI learning, recruiting and compensation programs.
• Five hours of no-meeting time per engineer each day.