Full-Stack Software Engineer

About Terradot:


Our mission is to stabilize Earth's climate by transforming nature's most powerful permanent carbon removal process into a global climate solution.
By advancing science, building technology, and assembling a global coalition, we are catalyzing a global initiative to scale Enhanced Rock Weathering within the next decade, starting in Brazil.

Founded out of the Stanford University ecosystem, Terradot is led by the world's leading experts to advance the science and technology of ERW.
Our unique structure bridges industry, academia, and government and allows our team to contribute with speed & scale.
We

have raised $58.2M in total funding

from John Doerr, Sheryl Sandberg & Tom Bernthal, George Roberts, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, Google, Cisco and Venture Funds, Floodgate, Kleiner Perkins, Acre Venture Partners, Gigascale Capital, Valor Capital, Ponderosa Ventures and others.
We have sold ~300,000 tons in offtakes from leading CDR buyers like Frontier and Google.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Research suggests that qualified people from historically marginalized groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements.
We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.

About the Role:


Terradot is hiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer.
In this role, you'll play a critical part in building our cutting-edge Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) platform, empowering scalable deployments to tackle carbon removal at unprecedented speed and scale.
Join a team of world-class scientists and technologists where your code will directly contribute to solving the planet's biggest challenge.
This role is a key part of the Terradot's Technology Team.
You will work on the Technology Team and work directly with the founders.

Role Responsibilities:

You will help build and scale Terradot's MRV Platform that manages deployment operations and automates scientific processes and data collection to accelerate Terradot's global ERW deployments and help remove carbon at speed and scale.
You will work on the Web Frontend (React) and Backend (Python/FastAPI) to create magical products.
You will work on other technical infrastructure, such as data pipelines, CI/CD, DevOps, etc.
as needed.
You will contribute to our culture of strong written documentation and development of CI/CD pipelines, unit-testing ensuring smooth deployment, and high-quality code.
You will interface with our Deployment Operations team and gather real-time feedback from the Field to rapidly iterate on the technology we build to support them.
You will travel to our project locations in Brazil as needed to help deploy technology with our Deployment Operations team and collect feedback in the field as needed.
You will work closely with our scientists to productize and automate scientific processes to rigorously work at scale.
Background and Requirements:


3+ years of experience in full-stack development (Frontend + Backend + Cloud), with experience in a backend language (we use Python) and Typescript, React or other web technologies, and BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
A proven track record of shipping product, especially in a startup environment building 0-to-1 products and then scaling them
Excellent track record of shipping and going through the full product development cycle right from writing the first line of code to product in the hands of users and iterating quickly on product feedback
Experience working cross-functionally.
You will work collaboratively with engineering, design, science, and deployment operations teams
Insatiable technical curiosity:
enjoy keeping up to date with the latest frameworks and tools and integrating them to develop better products and ship faster
Whether it means driving a truck transporting feedstock or collecting soil samples yourself, you are obsessed with understanding the end user's needs and living in their shoes to build better products and ensure their effective deployment.
Nice to Haves:


Past experience working in CDR/climate/agriculture is not a requirement, but a passion for climate is a plus!
Past experience building cutting-edge applications used in the physical world (e.g.
in logistics, aerospace, construction)
Past multidisciplinary teamwork in a science-heavy field e.g.
working on software in healthcare) is a huge plus, as you will be working with an interdisciplinary team with expertise in Geology, Soil Science, Agronomy, AI, Remote Sensing, Carbon Markets, Finance
Personal Attributes:


Mission-driven, with a passion for addressing climate change.
Highly collaborative, with a hands-on approach to problem-solving.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
A positive, action-oriented mindset with a focus on outcomes.
You care deeply about climate change and feel a strong moral responsibility to act now.
This extends into all facets of your life:
both personal and professional.
No action is too small and no goal too big.
Whether you swear by public transport or are committed to composting, we are big believers in embracing sustainability as a mindset and would love to learn what this means for you!
What does success look like in this role?

You ship products fast and are high-output
You make improvements to the product and tech stack by taking the initiative to get user feedback and develop your own intuition for how our technology and product should grow
You help set up our infrastructure to scale