Senior Fullstack Engineer

What is Sylvera anyway?

Sylvera provides carbon data for genuine climate impact. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action.

Purchasing credits through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance from the private sector to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero. Unfortunately, the voluntary carbon markets have been plagued with mistrust and a lack of effectiveness since they've emerged - until Sylvera.

To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera builds software that independently and accurately automates the evaluation of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emissions. With Sylvera's data and tools, businesses and governments 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 organisations, universities, governments and think tanks to develop and test rigorous and holistic ratings methodologies, leveraging the latest technology. Founded in 2020, Sylvera has employees worldwide with offices in London, New York, Belgrade and Singapore. We've raised over $96million from leading VCs like Balderton Capital, Index Ventures and Insight Partners to date.

What will I be doing?

As a Senior Fullstack Engineer, you will play a key role by automating and enhancing the evaluation of climate project quality across diverse project types. Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders, you'll identify workflow bottlenecks, propose scalable solutions, and develop REST APIs to support our frontend applications. Your contributions will ensure our tools are efficient, flexible, and equipped to handle a growing portfolio of climate projects.

Technical Proficiency:

1. Quickly onboard and work effectively with our current stack: Node.js, AWS, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, and React.
2. Partner with the rest of the team to deliver complete and integrated user solutions.
3. Build and maintain platform capabilities, including APIs and front-end components, for seamless integration with internal and external tools.

Problem-Solving:

1. Design architectures and frameworks aligned with business goals to support rapid growth.
2. Identify and address inefficiencies in development processes, ensuring reliability and scalability.

Collaboration:

1. Engage with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
2. Work across teams to improve workflows, standardize testing, versioning, and metadata management processes.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has full-stack engineering experience, including data platforms and building RESTful APIs.
• Can quickly adapt to unfamiliar tech stacks, including low-code systems.
• Consistently delivers high-quality, end-to-end solutions.
• Has expertise in designing and scaling production-grade systems.
• Is experienced in collaborating with stakeholders to develop well-tested solutions.
• Has strong communication skills to adapt well to our highly collaborative environment.
• Cares deeply about the climate and ecosystems of the earth.
• Is a self-starter who thrives in constantly evolving environments, ideally with startup experience.

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.

Tech Stack

We're tech agnostic when hiring, so you don't need experience with this stack to apply. If you're not familiar with this stack, then it's a great opportunity to join our team and learn new technologies (and we'll support that).

• Node.js
• Typescript
• Python
• REST API standards
• AWS as our cloud service provider
• Serverless technologies (Lambda, SQS, SNS, SES)
• PostgreSQL
• Snowflake
• Docker
• Circle.ci
• Sentry
• DataDog

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

We work flexibly but encourage people to come in regularly to our great office in Old St.

Our Values

1. Own it: We make new mistakes. We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
2. Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.