Overstory

Staff Software Engineer, Geospatial Data

Overstory

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

ETLPostgresReact

About the role

  • Lead the development across teams that own core geospatial products and internal data-processing and annotation tools at Overstory.
  • Set a technical vision for the development of the web applications, ETL pipelines, and backend services owned by these teams.
  • Mentor other engineers to follow good practices regarding software development, system design, team processes, QA and project management.
  • Involved in other teams’ projects to leverage or enable their own products by giving them access to timely and quality data.
  • Occasionally meet with customers to understand their technical needs regarding prospective features.
  • Start off being primarily team scoped solving critical scaling challenges with scope to expand remit as we grow.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience as a Senior or Staff Engineer, Tech Lead, Architect or Engineering Manager
  • Strong background building and maintaining scalable web-applications with React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL
  • Track record of leading architectural discussions and mentoring other engineers.
  • Experience with orchestrating and monitoring ML systems in production
  • Skilled in designing ETL pipelines with near-real-time orchestration
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to various audience.
Benefits
  • To be part of truly mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects earth’s natural resources and helps solve our climate crisis.
  • Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around.
  • Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to develop new skills.
  • To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and believe in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect.
  • Equity and a competitive salary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
web applicationsETL pipelinesbackend servicesReactFastAPIPostgreSQLML systemsscalable applicationssystem designproject management
Soft Skills
mentoringcommunicationteam processesproblem-solvingtechnical vision