Senior Software Engineer, Solar Design & Simulation

Aurora Solar; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Parental Leave

WFH Stipend

Coworking Stipend

Energize Fridays

Connectivity Stipend

Learning & Development

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Job summary

Aurora Solar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the System Design Pod and drive the next generation of PV and storage design tools. You will lead features from discovery through release, proposing mathematical approaches and advancing simulation work with a team focused on correctness and real-world impact.

You will work at the intersection of software engineering and applied math, shaping scalable architectures while delivering robust tooling used by thousands of installers and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend foundation.
• Academic background or equivalent skillset in computational mathematics, optimization, linear algebra, control theory, or numerical algorithms.
• Hands‑on experience with simulation or optimization.
• Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, or data pipelines at scale.
• Sharp algorithmic thinking with focus on performance, correctness, and edge cases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the backend systems and computation engines behind Aurora's solar and electrical design workflows.
• Advance simulation and optimization work across PV and battery storage system layout, component selection, and electrical configuration.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, research engineers, and engineers to translate complex models into reliable software.
• Shape the architecture of our simulation and computation infrastructure for growth and maintainability.
• Write clean, well-tested code and raise the engineering bar through established patterns.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to technical discussions, code reviews, and design documents.
• Own the services you build end to end, including on-call rotation.

Skills

C++

Python

Ruby

API design

Simulation

Optimization

Applied math

Job description

Aurora Solar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the System Design Pod and drive the next generation of PV and storage design tools. You will lead features from discovery through release, proposing mathematical approaches and advancing simulation work with a team focused on correctness and real-world impact.

You will work at the intersection of software engineering and applied math, shaping scalable architectures while delivering robust tooling used by thousands of installers and