Software engineer, full-stack

About the role

You will own the full lifecycle of features that turn complex climate data into clear insights for customers like Airbnb, Carlyle Group, FedEx, Visa, and Dr. Martens. You will translate ambiguous product goals into working software by writing, testing, and deploying code that customers rely on every day. You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, climate scientists, and data scientists to refine requirements and iterate quickly. You will diagnose issues in production, debug data pipelines, and ensure the reliability and performance of the user-facing platform. You will contribute to decisions about architecture, trade-offs, and design so that the system remains maintainable as we grow. You will mentor less experienced engineers and help evolve engineering practices as the team expands. You will communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to keep alignment on priorities. You will continuously learn about climate data and sustainability concepts to build more informed product solutions.

Key facts

What you'll do

Implement interactive data visualizations that help climate leads understand company emissions at scale.

Design and build backend APIs that unify carbon data access for customers and other engineers across the platform.

Develop tools that enable financial institutions to measure and report emissions across their portfolio companies.

Create tools for customers to effectively ingest, validate, and interpret their business and sustainability data.

Collaborate with product, design, climate science, and data science to build and iterate on software that drives real decarbonization.

Write clean, testable code and ship features to production on day one with confidence and robust observability.

Own the reliability and performance of features in production by monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving issues quickly.

Work within our web frontend stack, using React, TypeScript, CSS, and Node.js while picking up new technologies quickly.

Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to understand needs and turn them into technical tasks and product improvements.

Help evolve the engineering culture and practices as the team grows, contributing to decisions that impact our sustainability platform.

Contribute to audit-ready metrics and reporting features that support CSRD, voluntary frameworks, and regulatory compliance.

Explore and integrate with climate models and data sources to ensure accuracy, consistency, and usability in customer workflows.

Support the design and implementation of plug-ins that connect Watershed with various financial systems and data sources.

Maintain and improve documentation, onboarding materials, and technical guides to support both users and new engineers.

Requirements

Have 4+ years of software engineering industry experience, preferably in Node.js web development or data pipelines.

Have experience building scalable software starting from user needs and translating them into working solutions.

Be comfortable working with climate data, emissions factors, and sustainability concepts in a professional context.

Be willing to work from an office 4 days per week (except for remote roles).

Must be eligible to work in the country where the role is based.

Be excited to join a startup and be ready to help evolve a growing engineering team.

Be inclusive, customer-obsessed, and outcome-oriented in how you approach product development and collaboration.

Be able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders about priorities and trade-offs.

Nice to have

Experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and modern CSS is preferred.

Familiarity with climate data standards, emissions reporting frameworks, and sustainability terminology.

Experience contributing to open source or building tools used by cross-functional teams.

Background working with financial institutions or regulated industries is helpful.

Practical notes

Hours: Full-time during standard business hours.

Travel: None required for this role.

Visa: Must be eligible to work in the country where the role is based.

Deadlines: Please submit your application as soon as possible to be considered for upcoming interview cycles.