Location: Melbourne, AustraliaRemote working may be available within Australia for the right candidate.About Climate ZeroAt Climate Zero we understand the barriers between businesses and net zero. We know that organisations need carbon accounting software thats accurate and easy to use with an experienced team behind it, including deep sustainability expertise.We know this because weve been helping businesses measure and reduce emissions for more than 15 years via our parent company Impact Sustainability. Were an Australian-based company with a strong history in sustainability and software for businesses here and overseas.Climate Zero is our latest emissions management software, launched at the end of 2023 and now operating in 19 countries. Climate Zero makes it easy for organisations of any size to accurately measure and report on emissions across Scope 1, 2 and 3. Our robust emissions calculation engine is built to global standards and uses a combination of activity-based and spend-based methods with global emission factors.With Australian mandatory climate reporting to begin in January, it is an invigorating time to be working in this space and we are excited to be growing our small and purpose driven team.But a company is only as good as its people, so who are we? The Climate Zero team currently consists of 10 people mostly located in Melbourne but we have a couple of full time remote employees. Joining our team is not just about a job. We are passionate about climate action and believe in making tools and resources more accessible to everyone. Our mission is to remove barriers between businesses and net zero through quality software and online learning programs.About the roleAs we grow our team, we want to ensure we continue to support those underrepresented in tech and maintain diversity in our teams. For this position, we encourage First Nations people and those who identify as female, queer and non-binary to apply.Youll join a small collaborative team where, with the support of your peers, youll be responsible for developing products, adding new features, paying down tech debt, and ensuring code works seamlessly in production.While our engineers may specialise in front-end or back-end, as you grow into the role youll be expected to pitch in across the full stack. If the majority of your experience is in large corporate or government environments where your role and processes are well defined, you will find working at Climate Zero a very different experience we love to explore new ways of working and changing things up as our roadmap evolves.Your work will be focussed on our carbon accounting software. The application is a full-stack Next.js 13 project built with TypeScript. It uses a PostgreSQL database managed through Prisma ORM for database interaction. We have an exciting roadmap of new features planned for 2025 and youll be a key part of delivering these.Like all roles at Climate Zero, you should be an excellent communicator (with both technical and non-technical people), be passionate about climate action (and willing to up-skill on all things climate science and carbon accounting), and be an all-round go-getter and problem solver.What does this entail?No day at Climate Zero is the same. Youll have the opportunity to work across different features while you find your feet, with the option to specialise or take ownership over the things youre passionate about down the track.Heres some of the things you might do in your first few months, with support from your team:Be trained in climate science and carbon accounting methodology so youve got the ability to understand what sits at the core of our platform: emissions calculations.Work on UX improvements across our software we love our users and strive to make things as easy and intuitive as possible.Build a new component or feature to enhance our product offering.Optimise the performance of database queries associated with a new feature to ensure its performant, and stable under load.Create a new reporting function to give customers the ability to interrogate their data, and apply your new emissions measurement knowledge.Develop an API integration with third party software to automate data collection for customers.Participate in new product scoping sessions, bringing your perspective and experience to the table and provide technical solutions to help ideas come to life.Review our team members code giving constructive and practical feedback leveraging your experience working on other projects.What were looking forYoure passionate about using your skills to solve problems.You have high technical competence and are a capable mid to senior engineer. You produce quality code, consider the product holistically, and the various features and edge-cases that may impact it. When you hit roadblocks you bring forward solutions, not problems, and get input from the people you need to keep moving forward.You ship code and see it through to productionYou understand that theres a balance between writing perfect code, and actually shipping code. You finish what you start, and dont drop things when it gets hard. Youre happy to adjust your work in response to feedback, and actively seek input from your team to help see it through to production.You dont need a manager to check in and direct your workflow daily. You can work independently, manage your own time, and prioritise your workload to ensure you meet deadlines. You know when you need a hand, and wont hesitate to ask for help.You care about making a differenceWere all here because we know we need climate action, now. You want that too and are committed to the cause.Were a small team, and are looking for an experienced full-stack engineer with experience building new products with React, ideally within a startup environment. You should also have a good knowledge and understanding of concepts like security, performance, accessibility, and TypeScript.Nice to havesAny level of DevOps experienceExperience working with VercelExperience working with PrismaExperience working with Google CloudExperience with API integrationsExperience with data visualisation, charts and reportingWhy work with usYoud be joining a small, fun and dedicated team of experts, who are passionate about collaborating and making climate action accessible. We work flexibly, focus on the important stuff, and dedicate our time to getting on with the job.Location We work a hybrid model and for those located in Victoria we aim to work 2 days in the office per week. This is flexible though based on the applicant. We are happy to recruit within other states of Australia our preference though is the east coast for maximum timezone crossover. For the right applicant we would also consider New Zealand.Salary We aim to benchmark salaries based on similar roles in Australia. Salary will be dependent on skills and experience.Diversity Were an entirely female-led business, and are passionate about uplifting women, people of colour, First Nations Australians, and other underrepresented communities in tech. We know our climate solutions will be better if we have diverse people building them.Work-life-balance Working here is about getting your work done, not clocking up hours. We respect that everyone has a life outside, and offer flexible work hours so you have time to do the things that fill your bucket.Leave We offer flexible public holidays so you can celebrate the things that matter to you, alongside your standard annual/sick/parental leave. You also get a day off for your birthday!Team We are collaborative and love for everyone to get involved. We aim to get together twice a year for strategy and planning days to celebrate our successes and plan out the next phase.Training We know we can only grow as a business if we invest in our people. Well support you to learn new skills that will help us achieve our vision.Our recruitment processIf we think you could be a good fit for our team:30-min video screen We get to know you and you get to know us. You get to ask any questions you might have about the roleCode challenge We will send you an assignment to work on. Use this to show off your skills. The expectation is for you to spend only a couple of hours on this.60-min interview Well get you to walk through the results of your assignment, including the considerations you made while working on itMeet the team The final step is to meet some more of the teamIf you are successful a job offer will be made shortly afterHow to applyIf you think this role is for you, wed love to hear from you! Research shows that female candidates only apply if they meet 100% of the requirements, while male candidates already do so at 60%. Are you hesitant whether you meet all the requirements? Please do apply, were looking forward to hearing from you!To apply, email Product@climatezero.app with your CV (digital, social, or web we dont mind!) and a short note introducing yourself, why youre excited about the role, and whats the most valuable thing you think you would bring to the team. Use the subject line Software Engineer.We are accepting applications on a rolling basis until we find the right person #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Software Engineer Full Stack