Software Engineer (Data)

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 Software Engineer (Data). In this role, you’ll play a critical part in developing and scaling our data infrastructure and integrations to support our 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 data infrastructure and data integrations that power all of our deployment operations and scientific workflows to accelerate Terradot's global ERW deployments and help remove carbon at Speed & Scale. 

• You will work on mostly on backend technologies (Python/FastAPI). You will work on other technical infrastructure, such as cloud infra, 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 and Science team and gather real-time feedback to rapidly iterate on the technology we build to support them. You will travel to our project locations and partners in Brazil as needed to help deploy and improve our data infrastructure and integrations 

Background and Requirements: 

• 3+ years of experience in software development, with experience in designing and managing data infrastructure and BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

• 3+ years of experience in a backend language (we use Python) 

• Some experience working with managing, ingesting, and transforming geospatial data (e.g. experience with GDAL, GeoPandas, PostGIS)

• Some experience building efficient ETL pipelines (e.g. experience with SQL, DBT, Airflow).

• Experience developing and managing API integrations (e.g. with labs) for data ingestion 

• A proven track record of shipping fast, especially in a startup environment, and building data infrastructure from 0-to-1 

• Experience working cross-functionally and collaborating 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 software and ensure its effective deployment 

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with distributed computing such as Spark is not at all required at our current scale, but experience understanding how our data infrastructure and ETL pipelines should scale is a plus! 

• Past experience working in CDR/climate/agriculture is not a requirement, but a passion for climate is a plus!

• Past experience building data-intensive systems used in the physical world (e.g. in logistics, aerospace, construction) and/or in scientific domains (e.g. healthcare) is a huge plus!

• Past multidisciplinary teamwork 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.

• Strategic thinker who can balance short-term needs with long-term vision.

• 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 fast and are high-output

• You make improvements to the data infrastructure and tech stack by taking the initiative to get user feedback and develop your own intuition for how our technology and infrastructure should grow