Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Rainmaker

El Segundo, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-06-03

Category: sustainability

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Rainmaker provides water for farms, watersheds, and ecosystems, fortifying growth and stewarding the natural world. We are Making Earth Habitable.

Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.

Rainmaker is seeking a senior engineer to build and own our operational platform - the central system that connects our cloud seeding fleet to business operations and scientific analysis.

You'll architect the platform that ingests data from our distributed ground stations and aircraft, transforming it into actionable intelligence for operations, maintenance, and research teams. This requires building reliable integrations with enterprise systems while maintaining the flexibility needed for rapid scientific iteration.

When applying, please include examples of complex integrations you've designed, particularly those involving multiple business systems and data consumers.

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What You'll Do

Build the core abstractions that enable global cloud seeding operations - from mission planning to post-flight analysis

Create fleet management systems for autonomous and piloted aircraft operating across multiple deployment zones

Design logistics coordination tools that optimize hardware deployment, operator scheduling, and maintenance windows

Develop real-time operational dashboards that synthesize weather data, fleet status, and mission parameters

Architect data infrastructure that captures terabytes of atmospheric measurements for both immediate operational decisions and long-term research

Build deployment tools that standardize how we commission new sites, onboard local operators, and maintain regulatory compliance across jurisdictions

Create interfaces between our scientific models and operational systems, enabling data-driven mission optimization

Required Qualifications

5+ years building production systems with significant ERP/MES integration experience

Track record of designing auth systems for complex organizational structures

Experience architecting data platforms that serve multiple stakeholder groups

Strong background in API design and system integration patterns

History of leading technical initiatives in environments with competing priorities

Expertise in building maintainable, well-documented systems

Technical Stack

Python, modern web frameworks

Experience with data lake architectures and streaming systems

Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven patterns

Cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Rainmaker

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Rainmaker

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Full time

Sustainability