[Hiring] Staff Data Engineer @Sunrun Inc
Mar 26, 2025 - Sunrun Inc is hiring a remote Staff Data Engineer. 💸 Salary: $188,520.49 to $226,224.59. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with expertise in data engineering. In this role, you will manage the entire data engineering lifecycle, which includes:
- Ingesting data from IoT devices
- Transforming and aggregating that data
- Presenting it through backend APIs for both external and internal products
Your work will guide the technical direction of key applications, such as Grid Services and the Sunrun Customer Application. Additionally, you will take a lead role in transforming our data systems into self-healing, reliable, and proactive solutions. On this team, you will develop the data infrastructure and pipelines necessary to ingest and process IoT data from over 1 million solar and storage systems. This data is utilized across our company to ensure:
- Accurate billing
- Maintain system uptime
- Performance analyses
- Provide valuable insights for our customers
Responsibilities include:
- Technical Leadership: Help establish development and architectural standards within the team, promoting technical excellence and best practices.
- Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, DevOps, and other team members to develop applications that are easily testable and perform well under diverse network conditions.
- Data Availability: Ensure consumers have access to the data they need for informed decision-making, focusing on data availability and reliability.
- Best Practice Adherence: Champion the adherence to best-practice development methodologies throughout the software development process.
- Data Pipelines: Build and maintain streaming and batch data pipelines to efficiently process and manage data.
- Algorithm and Software Component Design: Design and code scalable and secure algorithms, data structures, and software components.
- Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for code, systems, and processes.
- Code Reviews: Lead design and code reviews to ensure high-quality code and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Automated Testing: Facilitate automated testing to enable rapid innovation and ensure the stability of applications.
- Mentorship: Mentor and help build skills across the team through standards setting, code reviews, and pair programming.
- Performance Tuning: Optimize production applications to maximize efficiency and performance.
- Metrics and Analysis: Develop ongoing metrics, analysis, and dashboards to guide important decisions and monitor system performance.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in developing enterprise applications with Java, Python, and Javascript.
- Extensive experience working with large-scale, high-performance data processing systems, including batch and streaming.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide team members.
- Extensive experience with AWS cloud platform; some familiarity with GCP cloud platform is a plus.
- Proficiency in both relational and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with various cloud services and serverless architectures.
- Proven experience in developing microservices and Lambdas using JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Prior experience working in complex enterprise environments and developing complex programs.
- Strong expertise in REST API architecture and development.
- A focus on automation, including CI/CD practices and test automation.
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM software development methodologies.
- Strong understanding of security practices and data protection.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Wellbeing program
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Annual bonus eligibility based on both company and individual performance
- Short- and long-term incentives and program-specific awards
Company Description
Sunrun is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Our commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging drives our ability to build diverse teams and develop inclusive work environments. At Sunrun, we believe that empowering people and valuing their differences are essential for our mission of connecting people to the cleanest energy on earth.
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Salary
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$188,520.49 to $226,224.59
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 26, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
