Senior User Interface Engineer SunRun
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We're looking for an experienced engineer to help improve the user
interface of Sunrun's operational infrastructure.
Who We Are
Sunrun is on a mission to make solar energy affordable for more
people. We help people upgrade their home to solar energy without the big
upfront costs. Instead, we purchase solar facilities for our homeowners and
sell them electricity under long-term contracts. We guarantee electricity
production; if anything breaks or needs repair, we fix it; and we provide
proactive, reliable real-time monitoring. We are very well funded, having
raised ample corporate funds from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital as well
as project financing from US Bancorp. Sunrun is the leading residential solar
company in the country and has a mission to bring clean, solar power service to
the masses.
About Sunrun Engineering
We are building a utility scale engine for all phases of business
process involved in delivering clean, renewable solar power to every household
in America. Our growth rates are through the roof, our business model is proven
and our balance sheet is solid.
Sunrun Engineering is a small team of JEE and JS programmers and
testers, and the beating heart of a start-up technology company based in San
Francisco. We're hiring top-notch software engineering talent to help our
infrastructure keep up with daunting growth rates. We are literally working to
change the world by revolutionizing the way people use renewable energy.
Engineering is the heart of this process. Without people who can
create new ways of thinking and new approaches to challenges never before seen,
we can't do it. But with people like you, we will write history.
Want to work on massively scalable consumer systems? Re-invent how
consumers buy energy? Have a measurable effect on one of humanities' biggest
challenges? Come to Sunrun. You'll do the best work of your career on a product
that is changing the world.
Responsibilities
Image yourself in a position that delivers purely majestic web
experience to its end users. You will be tasked do much more than to resolve
issues. As a Sunrun engineer, you are summoned to work with a team of brilliant
engineers, architects, and product managers to build the ultimate
solutions. The small team structure here
at Sunrun empowers the team to accomplish what you never thought was possible.
Join us!
Tasks
? Create and build intuitive user interfaces for Sunrun?s new
products
? Interact with product management and the rest of the development
team in the definition of the product, including mock ups and detailed
prototypes of the UI
? Write modular code that remains organized as it is refactored
throughout it lifespan
? Unit test Javascript not just because it is hard to do but because
is it the right thing to do
? Provide feedback to product management and engineering management
on the impact of requirements and design decisions on the user experience of
the product.
? Pushing the boundaries of what's possible in a modern day browser
while gracefully falling back to support older browsers
Skills
? 3-5 years professional engineering experience in user interface
design and implementation
? Strong analytical and diagnostic skills with an ability to
understand, evaluate, and recommend third party and open source code
? Thrives on learning new web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML/
DOM manipulation, AJAX)
? Extensive understanding of Javascript frameworks such as JQuery,
Node.js, Prototype, Backbone.js, etc.
? Ability to work by objectives, self manage, ability to provide
technical leadership, excellent communication skills
? Constant scrutiny at getting the design right
? Experience in Agile (SCRUM) software engineering practices
? Working with J2EE backends such as Tomcat, JBoss, Hibernate,
Spring, GWT, Swing or any Web component based frameworks is a plus
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA
United States
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