Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Sales Mode
at Aurora Solar
🏢 About Aurora Solar
Aurora Solar is unique as an AI-driven platform specifically focused on accelerating solar adoption, combining sustainability impact with cutting-edge technology. Working here means contributing directly to renewable energy solutions while building complex, scalable software that serves a growing industry.
About This Role
This Senior Software Engineer role focuses on building new functionality for Aurora's solar design and sales platform, with emphasis on API design for financial/sales integrations and developing scalable services. The position is impactful because you'll directly enable solar companies to operate more efficiently while owning services end-to-end, including on-call responsibilities.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves collaborating with product teams to design new platform features, implementing API integrations with solar financing partners, optimizing database queries for performance, and participating in agile ceremonies. You might spend time mentoring junior engineers, reviewing code for scalability considerations, and occasionally responding to production incidents during on-call rotations.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Aurora Solar Is Looking For
- Has 5+ years production experience with Ruby on Rails or Python, plus exposure to JavaScript/TypeScript and React for full-stack capability
- Demonstrates strong Postgres/SQL skills with experience optimizing data models and query performance
- Shows experience designing and maintaining reliable APIs that connect with external partners
- Exhibits both technical leadership through mentoring and operational ownership through on-call participation
📝 Tips for Applying to Aurora Solar
Highlight specific examples of API integrations you've built with financial or sales systems, as this is core to the role
Demonstrate your experience with both Ruby on Rails AND Python, or show willingness to learn the other language quickly
Include metrics around service scalability and reliability in your resume, given the emphasis on long-term performance
Showcase experience with agile processes and how you've contributed to predictable sprint outcomes
Mention any sustainability or renewable energy interest, as this aligns with Aurora's mission
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience building and maintaining APIs that connect with external partners, especially in financial or sales contexts', "Examples of how you've owned services end-to-end, including operational responsibilities like on-call rotations", 'Your approach to mentoring teammates and contributing to engineering culture', "Why you're specifically interested in applying your skills to solar/sustainability technology"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Explore Aurora Solar's platform demos to understand their solar design and sales workflow
- → Research the solar industry's current challenges and how software platforms address them
- → Look into Aurora's AI-driven features and how they differentiate in the market
- → Understand the typical financial and sales partners in solar (financing companies, CRM systems)
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on backend skills without demonstrating JavaScript/TypeScript and React familiarity
- Presenting as a specialist unwilling to work across the full stack as required
- Not showing experience with operational ownership or on-call responsibilities
- Generic application materials that don't reference solar/sustainability or Aurora's specific platform
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!