At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to enhance data import capabilities and improve our core product's search engine.
- Company: Climate Policy Radar, a non-profit focused on climate action through data and AI.
- Benefits: Enjoy a 4-day workweek, unlimited leave, and a wellbeing allowance.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid work environment with a vibrant, inclusive culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in climate policy while working with innovative technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in backend development, especially with Python and cloud services.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Climate Policy Radar is an independent non-profit building open, credible data infrastructure and AI-powered tools for climate, nature, and development action. Our data and tools help governments, researchers, international organisations, civil society, and the private sector to understand and advance effective climate policies and deploy climate finance.
We are a team of policy experts, engineers, data scientists, product thinkers, communicators, and operators. We care deeply about how we work – our values, culture, and ways of collaborating – as well as what we build. As part of that, we have embraced a flexible, hybrid approach to work, including a four-day workweek.
Climate Policy Radar's engineering org is split into a few functional teams: programmes (domain experts), platform (high-quality data sharing), application (user-facing tools), and data science (models and evaluation). We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Application team.
- Helping us grow from a database to a data aggregator by improving our data import capabilities, including bringing in a new CMS.
- Laying the groundwork to make our core product multilingual in 2027 (French, Spanish & Portuguese), to open up information across linguistic boundaries.
- Improving the search engine in our core product to help people find what they are looking for.
- Sharing our data and services externally (e.g., Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL).
- Data & infrastructure: Snowflake, Docker, AWS (ECS, S3, etc.).
- Data Science: PyTorch, Huggingface, Pydantic AI, Pandas, Spacy, Weights & Biases.
- Building and deploying backend services that are consumed by other teams, products, or external partners.
- Working with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
- Software engineering best practices: requirements gathering, code review, testing, version control, documentation.
It would be a bonus if you had familiarity with:
- Generative AI.
- Devops and Observability.
A deep commitment to employee wellbeing, including policies such as 4 day workweek (same pay, Fridays off), unlimited annual leave, and a wellbeing allowance.
A vibrant, collaborative, empathetic work culture that thrives on innovation and the impact of our work.
Hybrid work environment (2 days a week) in London at TechSpace Goswell Road, near the Barbican. We welcome conversations about flexibility and remote work to accommodate individual needs.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the process of application and selection, please let us know.
60 minute remote behavioural interview with two team members.
90 minute remote paired coding task.
60 minute remote system design task.
At Climate Policy Radar, we are committed to fostering a workplace that is inclusive and equitable. Climate Policy Radar welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and does not tolerate discrimination in any aspect of employment. We actively work to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of heritage, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, relationship choices, or criminal history, in line with legal requirements. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in line with legal requirements.
Not sure if you tick all the boxes but feel like you align with our values, are excited about working in Climate Change and AI and have the potential to do well in the role?
Senior Software Engineer - C# - (Hybrid Remote) employer: Above & Beyond - Climate Tech Recruitment
Climate Policy Radar is an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful climate solutions while enjoying a vibrant and collaborative work culture. With a commitment to employee wellbeing, including a four-day workweek, unlimited annual leave, and a hybrid work environment in the heart of London, we prioritise flexibility and inclusivity, ensuring that every team member can thrive both personally and professionally.
Contact Details:
Above & Beyond - Climate Tech Recruitment Recruitment Team
