Full Stack Software Engineer

Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action. Purchasing carbon credits and CDR through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero.

To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera's trusted ratings, tools and data independently and accurately validate the impact of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emissions whether they are up and running, or in development. Our data and tools allow users to optimise both the climate and economic performance of projects as well as understand the past and future of the market.

With Sylvera, businesses, governments and developers can confidently invest in, benchmark, deliver, and report real climate impact. Our team is made up of leading minds in climate change from scientists to policy, finance, and carbon market experts. We work in partnership with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop and implement rigorous and holistic project assessment methodologies, leveraging the latest technology.

Founded in 2020, Sylvera has 130+ employees globally with offices in London, New York, Belgrade, and Singapore. We’ve raised over $96 million from leading investors like Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners to date.

What You’ll Be Doing

We’re looking for a mission-driven Full Stack Engineer to join our growing team and help build the core products that our customers rely on - from rich, intuitive user interfaces to performant and scalable backend systems. You’ll play a key role in shaping how businesses around the world measure and act on climate impact.

• Drive the automation and enhancement of climate project evaluations across diverse project types.
• Identify workflow bottlenecks, propose scalable solutions, develop REST APIs, and incorporate them into our frontend apps.
• Partner with stakeholders to streamline development processes, ensuring reliability and scalability of our platform.
• Build new capabilities that integrate seamlessly with internal and external tools.

Who We’re Looking For

• Full-Stack Expertise: Comfortable designing and scaling production-grade systems, including data platforms, APIs, and web applications.
• Adaptability: Able to learn unfamiliar tech stacks (including low-code) and deliver end-to-end solutions swiftly.
• Collaboration & Communication: Skilled at translating business needs into technical outcomes and works well in cross-functional teams.
• Passion & Initiative: Deeply cares about the climate, thrives in evolving environments (especially startups), and pushes for continual improvement.
• Ambition & Grit: Eager to grow, tackle challenges head-on, and contribute positively even when stepping outside of comfort zones.

Our Tech Stack

• Backend & Data: Node.js, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, CircleCI, Sentry, DataDog
• Frontend: React, NextJS, Redux, Typescript + Tailwind

We’d like someone highly ambitious, motivated and eager to propel their career forward. We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Benefits

• Equity in a rapidly growing startup
• Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance
• Unlimited annual leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Access to Mental Health support via Spill
• Office bar tab once a month
• Weekly drinks in the office
• Catered lunch once a month in office
• Monthly Deliveroo/equivalent allowance once a month

Location

London, Old Street. We foster hybrid working and require you to physically attend all 1-2-1, retros and divisional meetings in person.

Our Values

• Own it: We make new mistakes. We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
• Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
• Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.
• Collaborate and challenge with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.
• Empower Customers: Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.

What if you’re a partial fit?

We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.

Equal employment opportunity

Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.