Software Engineer, Full Stack

Join us on the journey to get to net zero

At Carbon Direct, we dedicate our scientific, software, and business expertise to empower organizations around the world to take climate action.

Our Mission

Enable organizations to reduce, remove, and utilize their emissions with carbon science

We are a purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to helping organizations around the world reach their climate goals. We make carbon science accessible and actionable with our end-to-end platform.

Global citizens with global impact

Whether a scientist, developer, or carbon markets expert, we are united by our mission to take climate action now. We are experts in our fields and we act with confidence. Located across 4 countries and 10+ states in the U.S., we offer both remote-friendly work options and dynamic, in-person experiences with offices located in Seattle, WA and Oakland, CA.

Diverse backgrounds bring diverse perspectives

We recognize that teams with diverse backgrounds and different experiences are powerful. Bringing together a variety of perspectives only enhances how we can effectively address the climate crisis. Together, we are creating an environment where everyone is celebrated and anyone can succeed.

Overview 

You will be a key member of our engineering team. You will help the team build new products and bring innovative carbon management solutions to the market. You will put the user first, prioritize business impact, and pursue engineering excellence. You will actively participate in discussions about strategy, architecture, and road mapping fusing your engineering experience and commercial awareness. You will participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including design, development, documentation, testing, and operations. You should be able to work autonomously on engineering tasks when required. Your competency with engineering best practices is critical. Your experience rapidly designing, building, and operating backend services and frontends will be invaluable. You should be capable and confident in contributing to full-stack engineering initiatives. Your knack for articulating technical concepts to others will help the team succeed. Finally, your passion for delivering world-class carbon management software will be essential.

Responsibilities 

• Design and build distributed services, RESTful APIs, modular front ends, and performant data storage solutions. Monitor and maintain these systems to ensure quality and scalability. 

• You will drive features from conception to through implementation to delivery and post-release support.

• Support maintenance of the system, including relevant on-call rotations and incident response.

• Collaborate closely with a diverse team of developers across a variety of domains. Flexibility and adaptation are essential.

• Drive technical decisions and uphold a high quality bar for the codebases that you own.

• Mentor junior developers and help the team continue to grow and improve. 

• Maintain an inclusive culture where shared successes are valued over personal wins. 

• Occasionally, you will work with a variety of stakeholders across science, tech, product, marketing, and more to make pragmatic, impact driven decisions. You are able to balance between business outcomes, product wins, design goals, and engineering excellence to deliver excellent results with your software.

Qualifications 

• Experience with Application Development and/or Platform Engineering

• JavaScript familiarity is a must, Node and React experience is a strong plus

• You have experience building web applications with modern UI frameworks

• You have experience working with cloud infrastructure providers and CI/CD

• You are an excellent communicator and cross-functional collaborator

• You thrive in a fast-paced, outcome-oriented professional environment

• You are able to build strong relationships while working with a distributed team.

• You have a track record of identifying and acquiring new and relevant skills

• You have a passion for writing and maintaining excellent code

• You have a laser focus on shipping and driving business outcomes

• You have a passion for addressing climate change

• Experience building new products and platforms is a strong plus

• Experience working in the climate technology space is a strong plus

Salary

$138,000-$169,000

Benefits

While we love our work, our lives aren’t defined by it. At Carbon Direct, we offer a robust benefits package that considers the whole person, their partners, and their families – and we’re always looking to improve.

Our U.S. benefits* include:

• Comprehensive nationwide medical, dental, and vision coverage. See a preview of our coverage here.

• Time off as needed: Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays, plus annual winter break between Christmas and New Year's

• 16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement

• Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats

• Reimbursement for your work-from-home setup and monthly work-from-home stipend

*Please note that the benefits described apply to U.S.-based employees only. For our international employees, our benefits package varies by each country and its statutory requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Carbon Direct is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. We adhere rigorously to our equal employment opportunity policies in connection with all employment decisions, including hiring, compensation and promotion.