Lead Software Engineer

About The Position

You will be a key contributor to front-end and back-end engineering on cloud software systems on our “Fleet” team, which is a highly cross-functional team that designs our sensing systems and the cloud applications that connect them. You’ll work on web applications and APIs that interact with our Spotters, Smart Moorings, next generation web platform, and Sofar’s new open hardware connectivity stack - Bristlemouth https://www.bristlemouth.org. You thrive in small and collaborative multidisciplinary teams, and are eager to pitch in to debug and solve gnarly issues. You strive for the shared success of improving the health of our oceans and planet by shipping a cohesive, solid and impactful product. You’re a full-stack engineer who leans front end, with experience developing front-end and back-end elements of modern web applications.

Our tech stack includes React on the frontend with backend APIs written using Node.js, Typescript, Express, Postgres, and Nest.js, along with some data processing services written in Python. You will own features across the stack and should be comfortable architecting solutions from data storage layer to UIs.

About You

• Passionate about building a product with a positive impact on the world
• 7+ years experience of professional software development experience
• Significant professional experience with modern React, Typescript, Node JS, and AWS
• Demonstrated experience designing & building high-availability HTTP APIs, high throughput backend services, including knowledge of CDNs, authentication & authorization protocols
• A strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with other engineers, designers, PMs, and scientists
• Willing to learn new tools, languages, and patterns as needed to build a great product
• A considerate technical leader who will mentor junior engineers through design sessions, code reviews, and team meetings
• Excited to be be a part of a small but growing startup team

Estimated Salary Range

• $165,000 - $210,000
• The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, and equity package.

Sofar's Commitment to Climate Justice

We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences “... have traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments”, thereby limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the space. (Johri et al., 2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, and are often excluded from decision-making that directly address their interests and needs.

We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to apply.