Software Engineer, Frontend

| Santa Monica
Sorry, this job was removed at 3:14 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, November 4, 2021
Find out who's hiring in Los Angeles, CA.
See all Developer + Engineer jobs in Los Angeles, CA
Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

ABOUT US

Inspire is a clean energy technology company on a mission to transform the way consumers access clean energy and to accelerate the world’s transition to a net-zero carbon future.

We provide our customers with access to renewable energy from wind, solar, and hydro powered sources without service interruptions or costly installations at a flat, predictable monthly rate. For every year that a customer spends with Inspire Clean Energy, they have a greater impact on climate change than 10 years of strict recycling.

Our rapidly growing team of mission-driven, climate enthusiasts is passionate, innovative and committed to a better future for the planet.

POSITION SUMMARY

Inspire’s Technology organization is seeking a Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will be responsible for working on our core systems, integrating with third party APIs, and supporting some of our most important internal tools.   You will join a team building technology and contribute alongside them, working in a collaborative and supportive environment

THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER HAS 3 MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Be a contributor within a product-design-engineering “squad”.  Write code daily, ship code multiple times per week.
  • Own your features, from inception to completion.  Participate in grooming sessions, QA process, and post-deploy monitoring.
  • Write and maintain comprehensive documentation of solutions including flowcharts and code comments.

SOME YEAR 1 DELIVERABLES

  • Website Funnel Improvements
    • Improve our signup process for potential members to make it easier than ever to join Inspire
  • Vendor API Integrations
    • Integrate with RESTful APIs for our third party vendors.  Implement new integrations, and improve our existing integrations.  Document publicly-facing Inspire APIs

SUCCESS METRICS

  • Ability to get up to speed quickly: Be actively contributing code within the first sprint, within a month you’ll start to own your first feature.
  • Learning about an application in our stack, sharpening your tech skills along the way
  • Eliminating bugs in your code and others code through a combination of automated and manual testing.

EXPERIENCE

  • Must Have
    • An education that provides a strong foundation in software engineering with a focus on web technologies
      • Some examples of topics you’d feel comfortable speaking about: How and when to use modern frameworks, API conventions, working understanding of HTTP,  optimal database structure.
    • Experience building web apps, APIs, databases, and other business focused systems
    • Passionate about technology and interested in solving tough problems
    • Understanding of best practices for building and retrieving data from consumer APIs 
    • Experience with the following technical skills:
      • Back End: Ruby, Python, NodeJS, or Java
      • Database: Postgres
      • Development lifecycle experience: Git and Github
      • DevOps: Experience deploying to Heroku, AWS, or similar cloud environment
  • Nice to Have
    • Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams
    • Experience with the following Technical Skills:
      • Front End: ReactJS, SCSS/Bootstrap
      • Automated Testing: RSpec/Mocha/Jest
More Information on Inspire
Inspire operates in the Energy industry. The company is located in Santa Monica, CA. Inspire was founded in 2014. It has 170 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Partners with nonprofits, Open door policy, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning and Open office floor plan. To see all jobs at Inspire, click here.
Read Full Job Description
Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

Similar Jobs

Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
Learn more about InspireFind similar jobs