Senior Software Engineer

Project Canary is a SaaS-based data analytics company focused on environmental performance or the E in ESG for energy and additional business sectors. We are the leaders in assessing and scoring responsible operations and provide independent, measured emission profiles, including methane, via high fidelity continuous monitoring technology that helps companies take ESG action. Formed as a Public Benefit Corporation (B-Corp rating score 107), Project Canary’s Denver-based team of technologists, engineers, and seasoned industry operators have earned recognition for their uncompromising standards and high-fidelity data.

Project Canary’s mission is to fight climate change and put actionable insights starting with the energy sector. We ingest data from various sources, including our own proprietary environmental sensors/hardware, to calculate carbon emissions from different facilities in real-time via SaaS. The resulting independent data can inform the procurement of offsets in real-time using microtransactions, formulate a data-driven ESG strategy that investors now demand, improve operations by identifying problem areas in minutes, and bolster customer engagement through radical supply chain transparency.

Founded in 2019, Project Canary, PBC has quickly gained recognition as a major mover in the continuous monitoring space. Here are some highlights from last year:

• Fundraise totaling $121M, Series A of $10M in 2021 and Series B of $111M in 2022
• Certified as a B-Corporation with a score of 107.6
• Recognized as Best for the World (top 5% of all B-Corps) in 2 out of 5 categories

• Governance (transparency and ethics)
• Workers (treatment of teammates and culture)

• Additional recognition and awards for our culture (more to come soon!)
• eNPS score of 72 (most recent measurement in Q4 of 2021)
• Headcount growth by 6X and growing
• Revenue growth of 6X and growing

Project Canary’s success is attributed to the motivation, skill, and teamwork of everyone. The team understands the importance of maintaining a culture where relationships are valued, feedback is crucial, and trust in each other and our products/services is paramount. If you enjoy a growth-stage environment, mission-driven work, we want to hear from you.

Project Canary is looking for an experienced, results-oriented Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our growing team. A successful candidate will be creative, attentive to detail, willing and eager to learn new technologies, and able to jump in anywhere to help push things forward. They will work with our engineering team to maintain and improve existing web applications, as well as design and develop new features and applications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain, support, and extend our existing web-based products and services
• Work closely with our engineering team to design, develop and deliver new applications and features for both internal and external users
• Build and optimize API’s for both web applications and IoT devices
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests and contribute to the development of automated testing procedures and systems
• Mentor junior team members on software development best practices
• Deploy and manage various applications in AWS
• Participate in R&D and exploration of new technologies, frameworks, best practices and techniques to continuously improve our products and services
• Optimize websites and applications to improve performance, user experience, and usability across a wide range of browsers, devices, and screen sizes
• Ability to work at the office or a hybrid model (At least a few days in the office each week)
• Vaccination required

Requirements

Education and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent professional experience) with 5+ years of experience in modern web application development.
• Experience designing and implementing web application backend APIs and services in at least one modern object-oriented programming language
• Experience working with at least one modern front end web application framework such as React, Angular, VueJS
• Strong fundamental understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, DOM manipulation, XHR, HTTP, WebSockets, RESTful APIs
• An eye for design and attention to detail, with the ability to turn mockups, sketches, and wireframes into beautiful, performant and maintainable user facing application components
• Understanding of authentication/authorization using OAuth and JWT/bearer tokens
• Working knowledge of Git for source/version control
• Experience with Entity Framework or another modern ORM
• Experience working with SQL and relational databases
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure and understanding of distributed computing and systems. Bonus: writing Dockerfiles and build scripts

Nice to haves:

• Experience with large scale time-series data and real-time processing and analytics techniques
• Experience designing web applications with a focus on user experience
• Experience with mapping and geospatial data processing and visualization - GeoJSON, Mapbox, CesiumJS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, Google Maps JS API, GDAL, etc.
• Experience using Python for web application backends and/or data science applications
• Set up and managed hosting applications through AWS. (EC2 Instances, Auth, Build and Pipelines)

Benefits

• Full coverage of health, dental, and vision insurance (low deductibles)401K company match (no vesting period)
  
• Stock options
• Student loan assistance
• Unlimited PTO (minimum rule of taking at least 3 weeks off in a year)
• Company sponsored wellness days (Fall hike, ski/snowboard days and more)
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave (gender neutral) including adoptions
• Flex Choice – choice between free parking, free RTD, or wellness assistance
• Pet friendly – dogs only currently
• Salary range: $120,000 - $160,000 annual base
• Flexible work environment - Must reside near Denver

Project Canary provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.