Job Title: Senior Product Engineer Company Name: SolarAPP Foundation Job Details: $140k-$190k/yrRemoteFull,Time Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/pjzoyn9j0zw4vav6 Job Description: Posted 3d agoSenior Product Engineer@ SolarAPP FoundationView All JobsWebsiteUnited States$140k-$190k/yrRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Build features, Scale infrastructure, Lead reviewsRequirements Summary:5+ years of SaaS experience; full-stack skills across frontend/backend; Laravel, Vue; AWS; API design; production debugging; ownership on projects.Technical Tools Mentioned:Laravel, Vue, AWS, Postgres, API design, AI tooling (Cursor, Claude Code) About Us SolarAPP is cutting the costs of the clean energy transition, making it so that everyone can afford to power their lives with clean energy. Our automated plan review and permitting software reduces soft costs by turning a weeks-long bureaucratic process into instant approval. We're already deployed in over 500 cities across 17 states, with more than 120,000 permits issued, representing over 800,000 kW of clean energy. Were growing fast to expand our impact, developing capabilities to conduct virtual inspections once permitted projects are complete. This will allow us to serve governments and contractors with an end-to-end solution for streamlining residential projects. Join a team building tools that enable safe, automated, and instantaneous permitting and inspections for solar, storage, EV charging, and other clean energy technologies. About the Role We are hiring three Senior Product Engineers who will expand our engineering team at SolarAPP Foundation. In this role, you will work closely with the CTO, Product Team, Customer Support team, and a diverse community of solar installers, municipalities, and clean energy experts to build software that fundamentally improves how clean energy systems are permitted and installed in the U.S. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role. You will work across the entire technology stack, designing APIs, building user-facing interfaces, and scaling cloud infrastructure. You'll help define not just how we build our product, but what we build, applying strong product engineering principles in a mission-driven environment. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who wants to apply their skills toward meaningful social impact while helping shape the foundation of a growing organization. Reports to: Engineering Team Lead What You'll Do We are a small team of highly skilled generalists who each bring significant ownership of key areas of our technology stack. Currently, our technical team of 5 supports our platform performing about 10% of US solar permits. You'll be building the infrastructure to deploy more clean energy projects, faster, and deliver value to all of our customers. You'll be helping to build new features, scale our core technologies, and bring in the latest generation of AI technologies to our platform. You dont need to be an expert in everything we do, but should be comfortable working across the stack and interested in learning more every day. You will: Craft high-quality software, leveraging your expertise: We expect that everyone on the team has their area of expertise but is also comfortable with working across the stack (Laravel app with some Vue on AWS, backed by Postgres); you should deeply understand how each piece of a large software project works, and how it all fits together. You'll work closely with your teammates and Product Manager to determine what were building, how were building it and how well roll it out and support it. Debug Production Issues: Everyone takes a regular turn supporting our users directly in our dev-triage role - although we dont page outside of business hours. You'll be relied upon by your teammates to swarm on critical issues and debug them when they come up. Serve as a leader on our small but mighty team: You'll provide feedback to colleagues via technical design reviews and code reviews, feedback to your Product Manager on their PRDs, and help us frame the tradeoffs between various implementations that allow us to best meet our goals. You'll own large, end-to-end projects with a direct business impact. As a small team that does a lot, you'll be comfortable with navigating ambiguity and identifying blockers. What You Bring Essential Skills and Background 5+ years of experience building and supporting production SaaS applicationsExperience working across the full technology stack, from front-end UI to cloud infrastructureExperience with an MVC framework such as Laravel (used at SolarAPP), Ruby on Rails, Django, or similarExperience building on AWS (used at SolarApp) or other cloud platforms for deploying and managing applications; you know how to debug these when things go wrong and have opinions on how to architect for long term maintainability and scalability.Proven ability to design, build, and document production-grade APIs (including versioning and integrations)Experience supporting live systems, debugging issues, and performing root cause analysisComfort collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to shape product decisionsStrong sense of ownership and ability to lead engineering efforts on a small teamExperience using the newest AI development tooling such as Cursor or Claude Code to accelerate your efforts in a safe, reliable way Additional Preferred Skills and Background Experience working in government technology or clean energy domainsBackground or familiarity with electrical engineering concepts, or solar / energy storage systemsExperience on small engineering teams (fewer than 6 engineers) supporting production softwareExperience building modern front-end interfaces using frameworks like Vue or ReactExperience collaborating with partners to design and build rich integrationsFamiliarity with software automation & documentationExperience with data modeling or database design Compensation and Benefits This is a full-time role with a competitive salary ranging from $140,000 – $190,000, commensurate with experience. We offer a competitive benefits package, including: Medical, dental, vision401K with 5% employer matchEmployer-paid short and long-term disability, and life insuranceUnlimited paid time off (PTO)Parental leave$75 monthly internet stipend$500 work-from-home stipend for each new hire Hiring Process Outline (targets) Application period: this role will remain open until filled, though we are prioritizing applications submitted by 2/20/26Review applications and respond to candidates: rolling basis, starting in mid FebruaryRecruiter phone screen: starting in late FebruaryTake-home exercise: to be completed within 3 daysVirtual TQ/technical panel interview 1: starting in early MarchVirtual EQ/behavioral panel interview 2: starting in mid to late MarchReference checks and final conversations: starting in late March or early AprilSelection and offer: Mid AprilIdeal start date period: Late April to early May Equal Opportunity Employer SolarAPP Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.