Software Development Fellow - Summer 2021
Solstice, United States
Job Description
Title: Software Development Fellow
Term: Full-time (40 hours/week), 12-16 weeks
Compensation: $15.00 per hour
Location: MA-based or MA college/university undergraduate or graduate student
Position overview:
Solstice seeks an enterprising, self-starting individual to assist in developing our software platform. You’ll work directly with the co-founders and senior tech team to build out Solstice’s digital platform, which seamlessly manages customer-facing activities in the community solar space: customer outreach and onboarding, utility integration, account management, and consumer engagement.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with senior tech team to build elements of Solstice’s digital platform, including development, testing, deployment, and support
- Support and improve software solutions within the Agile methodology in a team-focused environment
- Assist fellow developers with maintenance and bug fixing of existing software and/or systems
- Liaise with business teams to understand feature requirements
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Experience or strong interest in React, Redux, Node, HTML and CSS
- Experience or strong interest in developing consumer-facing applications
- Extraordinary attention to detail, creative, personable, enthusiastic, proactive, team-oriented
- Excited to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
- Excited to work in renewable energy / cleantech
Benefits
As a Software Development Fellow, you will gain:
- Experience building a consumer-facing application using the latest web technologies to grow your coding skills
- A deep understanding of the solar and renewable energy space, particularly the rapidly growing community solar industry
- Hands on startup experience in cleantech
- Knowledge from and personal interaction with senior management
Solstice was founded to advance equity and inclusion in America. We are committed to living those values, not just in the work we do to promote environmental and energy justice, but in how we grow as an organization. We seek always to expand leadership opportunities for marginalized communities in the global transition to clean energy.
Solstice is an equal opportunity employer. We hire, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, genetics, veteran status, or any of the other characteristics that give each of us unique perspectives and capacities.
We’re a team of mission-driven, passionate, and dedicated individuals. We’ve fostered an inclusive and fun culture through regular socials and even solar farm field trips. Apply today and get to know us!