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Full-Time

Senior Backend Engineer

Remote

Updated on 10/10/2024

Pachama

Pachama

51-200 employees

Facilitates carbon offsetting and forest conservation

AI & Machine Learning
Social Impact

Compensation Overview

$106.2k - $168.5kAnnually

Senior

Remote in USA

Preferred to be within 3 hours of Pacific time.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Python
Heroku
React.js
Postgres
TypeScript
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • Strong software engineering practices, with a background in Python, Postgres / PostGIS, and GraphQL, and some knowledge of front-end frameworks such as React / Typescript.
  • Experience building scalable APIs and other system architecture using GCP, Heroku, or other cloud infrastructure and containerization tools such as Kubernetes.
  • Experience leading large cross-team engineering efforts with a bias toward collaboration, transparency, great documentation, and clean, elegant, and pragmatic code.
  • You don’t necessarily call yourself a full-stack engineer, but you have supported frameworks like React/Typescript and obsess over usability and the user experience.
  • Comfort with fast-paced execution and rapid iteration in a startup environment.
  • Passion for environmental sustainability and a desire to make a meaningful impact on the planet.
Responsibilities
  • Empower our interdisciplinary teams and customers to derive insights needed to originate and compare high-quality nature-based projects from our multi-TB datasets by building the systems which give access to our innovative geospatial and remote sensing technologies.
  • Lead cross-functional projects and connect product value across teams with core design and technologies. Develop and implement strategies and vision for our products and systems.
  • Mentor teammates to raise the bar across engineering teams, enabling step-level increases in efficiency.
  • Code the systems and tools that enable all engineering and science teams to produce high-quality insights for forest carbon projects, optimizing and simplifying our infrastructure to run as efficiently as possible across large amounts of data.

Pachama focuses on forest conservation and carbon offsetting to address climate change and support local communities. The company provides a platform for individuals and organizations to offset their carbon footprints or sell carbon credits by partnering with forest projects globally. Using remote sensing technology, Pachama monitors forests and creates models to measure carbon storage, offering valuable data for their projects. Their clients include individuals and corporations aiming for net-zero emissions, and they generate revenue by facilitating carbon credit sales. Recently, Pachama introduced an AI tool to evaluate forest carbon projects, enhancing the quality and transparency of the carbon market, which sets them apart as a reliable partner for brands committed to environmental sustainability.

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$88.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-21%

1 year growth

-17%

2 year growth

4%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Partnerships with high-profile companies like Shopify and Boston Consulting Group validate Pachama's credibility and market potential.
  • The recent $64 million Series B funding round, including investments from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, provides strong financial backing for growth.
  • Innovative projects like the reforestation initiative in Brazil's Atlantic Forest demonstrate Pachama's commitment to impactful environmental solutions.

What critics are saying

  • The reliance on emerging technologies like AI and remote sensing could face technical challenges and slow adoption.
  • The competitive landscape in the carbon offsetting market is intensifying, requiring continuous innovation to maintain a leading position.

What makes Pachama unique

  • Pachama leverages advanced remote sensing technology to accurately measure carbon storage in forests, setting it apart from competitors relying on less precise methods.
  • Their AI-based tool for evaluating forest carbon projects enhances transparency and quality in the carbon market, a significant competitive advantage.
  • Pachama's focus on supporting local communities and biodiversity protection adds a unique social and environmental dimension to their business model.