Location: This role is remote. However, given the cross-functional communication responsibilities, it is preferred that you be within 3 hours of Pacific time.

About Pachama: Pachama harnesses AI and satellite data to empower companies to confidently invest in nature. Using the latest technological advances, Pachama delivers continuous insight into how forests sequester carbon, protect wildlife and benefit local communities. These insights enable leading companies to find the world’s best projects and track their impact over time while also helping land stewards earn an income protecting nature with tools to develop carbon projects and secure funds.

Experience & Skills We’re Looking For:

• You’ve built scalable and fault-tolerant distributed systems that process large amounts of data

• You’ve worked with ML models in production systems

• Experience working in cluster environments and an understanding of the related distributed systems concepts (CPU/GPU interactions/transfers, latency/throughput bottlenecks, pipelining/multiprocessing, etc)

• Experience with algorithms and data structures, domain-driven design, and software engineering fundamentals. Some examples of tools in our tech stack include Kubernetes, Dask, Flyte. Open source geospatial tools that are also part of our tech stack include Rasterio, Geopandas, and Xarray

• Experience working with terrestrial ecosystem geospatial data such as land cover, ecosystem classifications, and biophysical data

• You’re comfortable with fast-paced execution and rapid iteration startup environment

• You’re excited by product impact

• Interdisciplinary collaboration and deep user empathy

What You Will Help Us With:

• Contribute to our geospatial data warehouse and platform for scientists and machine learning engineers

• Construct robust pipelines for the ingest of geospatial data

• Implement cutting edge pre-processing algorithms for sensor data to produce quality features for ML

• Contribute to tools and infrastructure to increase iteration time and improve developer experience

• Contribute to infrastructure to accelerate research and experimentation

• Develop plans for cross-team initiatives related to infrastructure and deliver on them

You’ll Have The Opportunity To:

• Approach problems with curiosity and humility

• Own solutions end-to-end

• Take part in strategic thinking

• Leave code better than when you found it

• Communicate well and document better

• Have fun!!

$106,155 - $168,500 a yearThe salary range for this position is $106,155 USD to $168,500 USD. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary for each posting reflects the compensation for new hire salaries for the position across all geographic locations. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The position is also eligible for equity.

Even if you don’t meet all these requirements, we encourage you to apply if this job description excites you. We are looking for ambitious people to help make an impact on climate change. That purpose requires us to bring together a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills to create solutions that work for all.

Salary and compensation

No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Education, Senior and Engineer jobs that are similar:

$60,000 — $100,000/year

Benefits

💰 401(k)

🌎 Distributed team

⏰ Async

🤓 Vision insurance

🦷 Dental insurance

🚑 Medical insurance

🏖 Unlimited vacation

🏖 Paid time off

📆 4 day workweek

💰 401k matching

🏔 Company retreats

🏬 Coworking budget

📚 Learning budget

💪 Free gym membership

🧘 Mental wellness budget

🖥 Home office budget

🥧 Pay in crypto

🥸 Pseudonymous

💰 Profit sharing

💰 Equity compensation

⬜️ No whiteboard interview

👀 No monitoring system

🚫 No politics at work

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