Software Engineer at Sustainable Startup - remote

Hades
Posted 3 years ago
We Work Remotely
About us πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦
We’re a young and enthusiastic team of 15 computer scientists and environmental engineers. Together, we’re building smart software to automatically detect damages in sewer inspection videos and tell cities when to fix their underground pipes. We’re passionate about making cities more sustainable with modern technology and bringing some fresh air into this antiquated industry.

Your Responsibilities πŸ’ͺ
  • Take charge of our web application and infrastructure
  • Be responsible for developing new features, from the blueprint all the way to shipping production code
  • Make sure our software architecture and code is robust, well-documented, and easily extensible
  • Decide together with us what we should work on next
  • Actively participate in important software architecture decisions and technical discussions
Our Tech Stack πŸš€
  • Frontend: Typescript, MobX, React, WebGL, Canvas
  • Backend: Python, Typescript, Postgres, Django
  • Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker
Requirements 🎯
  • Experienced and comfortable in web development
  • Not afraid of inventing new algorithms and big O-notation
  • Familiar with shipping production code in a team: project planning, code reviews, unit tests, and CI pipelines are not a mystery to you
  • Debugging master: able to chase down every bug (even really nasty race conditions)
  • Can design data structures and is able to oversee the consequences of important software architecture decisions
  • Fluent in English, Python, and Javascript;German is a bonus
  • Bonus: Some familiarity with MobX, HTML Canvas, WebGL, or 3D graphics
  • Bonus: Experience in project management and team leadership
Benefits 😎
  • Have a positive impact on society and the environment
  • Autonomy: have an idea for a new feature or technology we should use? We’re listening
  • Impact: everything you work on will go straight into the product and make people’s lives easier immediately
  • Fast iterations: we deploy twice a day
  • A motivated, clever, fun, and supportive team that loves geeking out about the latest tech
  • Work directly with the founding team