Remote Senior Software Engineer

Description:

• Pachama is a mission-driven company focused on restoring nature to combat climate change.
• The company utilizes remote sensing and AI technology to measure carbon captured in forests.
• Pachama's marketplace connects responsible companies and individuals with carbon credits from forest conservation and restoration projects worldwide.
• The Senior Backend Engineer will lead the development of the core platform, providing tools and services for combating climate change.
• Responsibilities include building and maintaining systems to enable customers to support nature-based projects and drive positive environmental impact.
• The role involves collaborating with sustainability experts, scientists, machine learning experts, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality products.
• The engineer will work on projects impacting environmentally responsible corporations, individuals, and forest projects.
• The position is remote, with a preference for candidates within 3 hours of Pacific time for cross-functional communication.

Requirements:

• Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Python, Postgres/PostGIS, GraphQL, and some knowledge of React/Typescript.
• Experience in building scalable APIs and system architecture using cloud infrastructure like GCP, Heroku, or Kubernetes.
• Ability to lead cross-team engineering projects with a focus on collaboration, transparency, and clean code.
• Comfort with fast-paced execution in a startup environment.
• Passion for environmental sustainability and a desire to make a meaningful impact on the planet.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to empower interdisciplinary teams and customers to derive insights from multi-TB datasets for nature-based projects.
• Lead technical innovation and connect product value across teams.
• Mentor teammates to raise engineering standards and efficiency.
• Code systems and tools to enable high-quality insights for forest carbon projects.
• Approach problems with curiosity and humility, own solutions end-to-end, and take part in strategic thinking.
• Competitive salary range of $106,155 to $168,500 USD per year, determined by role, level, and location.
• Eligibility for equity in the company.
• Encouragement for ambitious individuals to apply, regardless of meeting all requirements, to contribute to impactful climate change solutions.