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About the Job
About InPlanet
We are an impact-driven, remote-first, ClimateTech (CDR) startup headquartered in Germany and Brazil to reverse climate change and make tropical agriculture more regenerative, low-carbon, and sustainable. We are working with Enhanced Rock Weathering in tropical agriculture, focusing on Brazil. We do this to create a liveable planet for future generations and, specifically, to regenerate soils and ecosystems, grow nutritious food, and increase food security and sovereignty in the tropics.
People-first, Performance Culture: We believe that focus on people and performance can co-exist with the right cultural vision. Our philosophy is to blend these two essential components. The Rocket symbolizes our commitment to peak performance, excellence, and reaching new heights. The Heart represents our dedication to our people, fostering empathy, compassion, and genuine care for every team member's well-being.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are proud to have an internationally growing team and we are designing our people practices to serve psychological safety, belonging, and authenticity.
You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor to check how people find interviewing with us.
Check out our Culture page here
About the Role
Language skills: Excellent written and spoken English
This role is tailored to a versatile full stack developer with proficiency in both backend and frontend development.
The Impact you can make
You will be a significant contributor to the greenfield development of a web application designed to enable InPlanet to scale operations to billions of tons of carbon dioxide removal. As the second developer in the product team, you will be able to influence the tools and technologies deployed within InPlanet.
Core working relationships
You will work closely with our Head of Product and subject matter experts to create technical specifications for the system, and then turn them into performant, clean, reliable code alongside our Lead Software Engineer.
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the development of a greenfield, sophisticated web platform.
Work closely with the software lead, product owner, senior designer, and key stakeholders in the steering group (internal and external).
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following industry best practices and modern development methodologies.
Participate in the entire software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
Stay up-to-date with the latest software development trends, tools, and technologies, and share knowledge with the product team.
Work on integrations with internal and external systems and tools.
Assist with analysis and architecture of upcoming features and the system as a whole.
Maintain code standards, for instance through thorough and timely code reviews and well-tested code.
Provide live product support to ensure business critical functions stay running in production.
You can be a Rock-Star if you have
Core Skills & Experience
Passion for sustainability, climate change mitigation, and technology-driven solutions for positive impact.
Strong track record in managing and presenting complex data within web environments, with a portfolio showcasing previous work.
Around 3-5 years of developing with JavaScript or Typescript in a full-stack context.
Strong understanding of different data architectures, including SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, BigQuery).
Experience creating performant, scalable, and documented RESTful APIs.
Experience with Next.js for server-side rendering and efficient frontend development.
Proficiency deploying web applications to a major cloud platform (we use GCP).
Key Qualities
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Able to produce technical solutions in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
Bonus Points (but not essential)
Experience of Agile working in a startup environment.
Demonstrated experience with web mapping libraries such as LeafletJS.
Progressive PWAs or cross-platform app development.
Familiarity building multilingual applications.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
Familiarity with Python and R, or other programming languages in general.
Other types of database (e.g. NoSQL, graph-based).
Living Our Values
At InPlanet, we have a big vision of solving climate change, and we are looking for individuals who are genuinely passionate about making a positive difference in the world of Carbon Removal Solutions. Trust guides our actions, drive fuels our efforts, and impact is our goal.
Trust: You believe in being kind and transparent in the workplace, fostering an environment where trust thrives and collaboration flourishes
Drive: You possess an innate drive to take action with a hands-on, can-do attitude, propelled by urgency
Impact: You dream big and are committed to making a meaningful difference in the world, aligning with our overarching mission to address climate change
Benefits
Salary expectations and our comp philosophy are openly discussed in the first interview with the goal of managing expectations fairly.
Share options to make you feel like an owner.
Home Office Budget
Fully Remote: Join us from anywhere within the CET (- 4/5-hour time zones).
Personal development budget
Language Programme Monthly Allowance
34+ days annual leave
The opportunity to be autonomous, make a huge difference and belong to a vision.
Occasional off-sites in Brazil yay!
Laptop to fuel your productivity
InPlanet Compensation Philosophy
At InPlanet, our philosophy revolves around ensuring fair and unbiased compensation and equitable equity pay, coupled with competitive benefits, across all regions where we operate.
The reason behind our salary range being wide or undefined at the first stages of the interview is because of our international presence and globally distributed workforce, we utilize geo ranges to account for varying pay differentials, forming a crucial part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive across diverse markets as we expand our reach.
These ranges are determined by role, level, and location, recognizing the nuanced demands of each market. The actual base pay for the selected candidate is influenced by factors such as location, skills, experience, training, business requirements, and market dynamics, with the range subject to potential adjustments in alignment with our commitment to fairness and transparency.
Application Process
Roughly 6 hours across 3-6 weeks from CV-screening:
Interview with Talent & People Partner or Head of People (values & motivation)
Interview with Lead Software Engineer (software engineering, JS/DB, ways of working)
Successful candidates take home a task
Final interview (task presentation & live improvement with Lead Software Engineer and Head of Product)
Verbal reference check & psychometric profiling
Offer
How to Apply
We kindly ask you to submit your CV in English, as this is the main language we use here at InPlanet.
Being an equal opportunities employer is very important to us, and we are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable. We design our processes to be fair and equitable, and we believe in continuous learning.
