Senior software engineer, full-stack

About the role

You will architect and deliver the data layer that transforms raw carbon emissions into actionable intelligence for enterprise users. You will design interactive visualizations that allow climate leaders to explore emissions patterns and drive informed decision-making. You will craft robust APIs that unify access to carbon data for both customers and internal engineering teams. You will build specialized tools that empower financial institutions to measure and report emissions across their portfolio companies accurately. You will develop ingestion and interpretation tools that help customers handle complex business data with confidence. You will ship production-ready code from day one and actively contribute to Watershed's deployment and operational practices. You will collaborate closely with product, design, climate science, and data science to iterate on software that supports critical climate programs. You will help define the schema architecture that underpins analytics, AI-powered discovery, and BI-grade querying inside the platform.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Architect and implement interactive data visualizations that enable climate leads to understand corporate emissions at scale.
• Design and deliver APIs that unify carbon data access for customers and other engineers across the Watershed platform.
• Build tools that allow financial institutions to measure and report emissions across their portfolio companies reliably.
• Develop customer-facing tools for data ingestion, validation, and interpretation of complex business and sustainability data.
• Translate user requirements from climate and financial services teams into scalable software solutions using Node.js and modern data pipelines.
• Collaborate with product, design, climate science, and data science teams to iterate on software based on real customer feedback.
• Ship production-grade code to live environments on day one, adhering to Watershed's deployment and quality standards.
• Partner with data and analytics experts to ensure that schema architecture supports BI-grade querying and AI-powered discovery.
• Contribute to the evolution of the engineering culture by mentoring peers, improving processes, and helping onboard new engineers.
• Take ownership of end-to-end feature delivery, from initial design through implementation, testing, and monitoring in production.
• Work within the constraints of hub and remote work policies, ensuring availability for collaboration during core working hours.
• Explore new technologies and patterns that enhance the performance and maintainability of the climate data platform.
• Support the creation of audit-ready metrics that meet voluntary and regulatory reporting standards such as CSRD.
• Help customers move from raw data export toward real-time insights directly within the Watershed interface.

Requirements

• Hold a minimum of 6+ years of professional software engineering industry experience in relevant roles.
• Demonstrate substantial experience building scalable software solutions starting from defined user needs.
• Bring proven experience in Node.js web development or in designing and operating data pipelines.
• Show a strong track record of delivering software in a startup environment where priorities can shift quickly.
• Exhibit comfort with ambiguity and the ability to learn new domains such as climate data and financial services reporting.
• Have experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including product, design, climate science, and data science.
• Be prepared to work from our New York City office and adhere to the expectation of working from an office four days per week.
• Possess the right to work in the United States or appropriate eligibility to employment in New York City.
• Understand the importance of building inclusive software and participating in an equitable recruitment process.
• Be willing to engage in an interview process that includes conversations with team members and technical assessments.

Practical notes

• This role is based in our New York City office.
• Must be willing to work from an office 4 days per week (except for remote roles).
• Watershed has hub offices in San Francisco, New York, London, and Mexico City and satellite offices in Denver, Sydney, Paris, and Berlin. Where we have offices, employees are expected to be in office for 4 days per week.
• Certain jobs are open to being remote and will be specifically noted on the jobs page and in the job description if so.
• What's the interview process like? It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1 to 2 conversations about Watershed, your experience, and your interests. Next steps can vary by role, but usual next steps are a skill or experience interview (e.g. a coding interview for an engineer, a portfolio review for a designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in person interview panel. We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process.
• What if I need accommodations for my interview? At Watershed, we are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health needs, religious observances, neurodivergence, or pregnancy-related support requirements. If you need assistance during your process, please contact your recruiter.