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Swift Solar
San Carlos, California, United States
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At Swift Solar, our mission is to unlock the full potential of solar energy. We believe solar can provide affordable, reliable, resilient, clean energy to virtually anyone, anywhere. But while today’s solar technology is good, it’s not good enough.
Swift Solar’s breakthrough perovskite-silicon tandem technology will drive solar power to commanding new heights. Our tandem cells stack a perovskite layer on top of a heterojunction (HJT) silicon cell, delivering dramatically higher efficiency than traditional silicon alone. In 2026, we acquired Meyer Burger’s HJT intellectual property and manufacturing assets, giving us the world’s most extensive HJT patent portfolio and a clear path to gigawatt-scale domestic production.
This vertically integrated approach means we can design, manufacture, and scale next-generation solar solutions entirely in the United States—from silicon foundations to perovskite innovations. Our technology enables applications ranging from space solar to utility-scale power generation, creating American-made solutions for a world facing growing energy challenges.
Swift Solar is on a journey to bring revolutionary clean-energy technology to market. We’re in it for the long haul, with support from world-class investors. Join our extraordinary team building the cutting-edge solar technology that will power the future.
This is also a place to experiment. When a promising new paper, model, or agent design comes out in AI for science, you can try it here on real problems instead of benchmarks someone else chose. You'll work with scientists who have spent years on perovskites, who know which questions matter and can tell you quickly whether an agent's answer makes sense.
Because we develop the process and make the devices ourselves, the data, tools, and people who understand them live in the same company, so an idea can go from your screen to a measured result without waiting on anyone outside.
Most of this is greenfield work, and speed matters. You'll get rough versions in front of scientists quickly, watch how they use them, and turn the ideas that hold up into production systems people rely on every day. Knowing when a prototype is ready to harden, and doing it without losing momentum, is a big part of the job.
Hold AI-written code to a high bar. Nearly all of our code is written with AI coding tools, so critically reviewing the output and keeping the codebase documented and tested matters.
Help keep our existing data systems running, including the pipeline that brings instrument data into our database.
Review code across the team, and help hire and mentor new engineers as the team grows.
Write about what we learn for our public whitepaper series and, when the work holds up, publish it in papers and present it at conferences.
You might be a good fit if you...
Have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including systems that real users depend on Have built full-stack web applications, with a Python backend and a TypeScript/JavaScript frontend (React, Vue, Svelte, or similar)
A strong candidate might bring one or more of the following...
The logistics
Compensation
Work with purpose
: Join our mission to unlock the full potential of solar energy and make a global impact.
: Have 100% of your monthly premiums for HMO / PPO group healthcare plan options and 75% of your dental and vision insurance premiums covered by us. Employees also benefit from 401(k) matching, clean commuter benefits, and meaningful equity.
Invest in your career
: You’ll grow your skills, your network, and your perspective at Swift. We’ll support you in attending conferences and taking online courses, as long as you share your new insights with the team.
We recognize that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often hesitate to apply if they don’t meet all the criteria. If you’re excited about this role and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every qualification listed. We're eager to meet people from all backgrounds, and your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.
If you believe in our mission but this isn’t the right job for you, please explore other career opportunities on our website and email us at careers@swiftsolar.com with any questions. If you have a friend who would be a perfect fit, share this link with them. Thanks!
Swift is an equal opportunity employer. We value an inclusive work environment and welcome team members of all backgrounds and perspectives.
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