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Full-Stack Engineer: Building Climate Solutions for Cities

Have you created a career in tech and are ready to do something good with your skills and experience? If yes, then join us in our Earthshot mission to build open source digital systems and solutions to battle environmental threats.

OpenEarth Foundation is a California-based research and deployment non-profit developing open innovative technology to increase planetary resilience and avoid a catastrophic climate crisis.

We are building open infrastructure in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, solutions in climate finance, biodiversity tracking, community empowerment and other critical problems and solutions.

We are a diverse international team, working remotely with a network of collaborators and partners globally, from the United Nations to climate tech startups.

We have funding and a team of experts focused on Earth systems and digital innovation.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will leverage your engineering expertise and analytical skills to build open digital infrastructure, with a particular focus on our newly launched CityCatalyst project. We're working on the planet's problems and we need the planet's best people to fix them.

As a Full-Stack Engineer at OpenEarth Foundation, you will be key to our mission of applying the latest technologies to the world’s most important task: slowing and halting global warming. You will build the front end, back end, and everything in between for Web apps that help decision-makers in business and government track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Everything we do is Open Source, shared freely with the world, to maximize the impact of our work.

You will be part of the technical team and work directly with the Director of Open Technology. You will also work with a variety of team members in the organization from the Product Team.

The position is remote and international candidates are welcome, but prefer those willing to work with time zones compatible with EST/PST. 

The following requirements describe our ideal candidate. If you don't meet some of the requirements, you're encouraged to apply anyway. Let us know if there is something missing and how we can work together to make it up.

Essential Functions and Specific Duties:

• Write code for front-end and back-end components of Web applications
• Write code for data storage systems, such as relational databases
• Architect systems of software components for Web applications
• Identify and integrate Open Source software components into Web applications
• Deploy custom and off-the-shelf components to cloud services
• Collaborate with a team of software engineering peers
• Collaborate with team members from other disciplines such as design, product management, and devops
• Actively participate in team building and culture development activities at Open Earth Foundation
• Actively participate in team building and cultural development activities in the tech department 

Other:

• Actively participate in team building and culture development activities at Open Earth Foundation
• Encourage and mentor Open Source contributors to OEF’s projects
• Represent OEF at standards discussions about the use of AI for improving global climate accounting

Skills & Abilities:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or equivalent technical pursuit, or on-the-job experience
• 3 years of work experience as a software developer
• 2 shipped projects/products

Interpersonal Skills:

• Ability to work in an agile software development environment with a mix of data engineers, full-stack developers, product designers and product managers
• Ability to estimate and track time worked on tasks
• Communications skills necessary to document and present work

Technology Experience & Knowledge:

• JavaScript
• NodeJS
• ReactJS
• Express
• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• Git

Other Competencies:

• Use of low-code/no-code, cloud storage and other tools for rapid prototyping
• Using Jira for project management

Bonus Experience:  

• Python scripting
• Open Source maintainership
• Kubernetes
• Training, updating and maintaining an LLM model, such as LLaMA

Other Qualities:

• Dedication to fighting climate change
• Focus on impact
• Interest in non-profit work

Compensation and Benefits:

• This position is full-time with compensation of $60,000-$90,000/year (USD), dependent on experience and location
• Open Earth offers unlimited paid time off, paid holidays and paid sick leave
• You will work remotely within a dynamic and international environment
• We celebrate our achievements during our annual team retreat

Please apply by submitting your resume AND a cover letter, it is your opportunity to highlight why you feel you would be a great addition to the team.

OEF is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We support diversity, equity and inclusion in teams, and believe people should align their work with their purpose. Join us if you love Earth.

Open Earth Foundation seeks diverse applicants from underrepresented communities. If you would like to pursue this job opportunity but don’t believe you meet all the requirements, please apply and note what’s missing in your cover letter.

We look forward to hearing from you!