Vibrant Planet - Software Engineer (App Engineer, Elixir expert)
Requirements
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production web applications • Proficiency in Elixir, including OTP • Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres preferred) and SQL, including schema design, query optimization, and migrations • Demonstrated ability to ship features end-to-end in a collaborative, cross-functional environment • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to scope ambiguous problems with PMs, designers, and domain experts • Comfort working in a fully remote, fast-paced startup environment • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship • Experience building geospatial or map-based applications, including working with interactive maps and spatial UI patterns • Experience working with geospatial data (PostGIS, GDAL, GeoJSON, vector tiles, Mapbox/MapLibre, tippecanoe) • Experience with AWS, Docker, and modern CI/CD workflows • Background in climate tech, environmental science, GIS, forestry, or another mission-driven domain • Prior work at an early- to mid-stage startup • While we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, we regret that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship (including H-1B) at this time. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship.
Responsibilities
• Design, build, and ship full-stack features across our Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView, JavaScript, and Postgres stack, spanning both our core wildfire resilience platform and our utilities applications • Work with large geospatial datasets — raster, vector, and tiled data — to surface forest planning, scenario building, and treatment outcome insights to end users • Partner with Product and Design to scope, refine, and deliver user-facing workflows for land managers, foresters, and partner organizations • Own features end-to-end, from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration based on user feedback • Contribute to platform reliability through code review, automated testing, observability, and on-call participation in our Sev process • Collaborate with Environmental Analysis and Infrastructure teams to integrate geospatial models (Pyrologix, ForSys/Patchmax, canopy height) into the application experience • Improve developer experience and engineering velocity through tooling, refactoring, and documentation • Mentor and pair with other engineers, and participate in technical interviews as the team grows
Benefits
• Health, dental, and vision insurance • Unlimited PTO policy • Company equity • Cell phone stipend (per pay period) • Home office setup allowance (one-time)
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