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Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

natcap research

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Posted over 30 days ago...

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Join natcap's mission to transform business decision-making with nature intelligence as a Senior Engineer.

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£600 - £700

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Office - Hybrid Remote

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Expires at anytime

Organization summary: natcap is a trailblazer in the field of nature intelligence, driving the transition towards a nature-positive future. Since our inception in 2018, we've been empowering top-tier companies to identify and act on environmental impacts, risks, and opportunities. With fresh funding and a trajectory set for significant expansion, natcap is the ideal place for passionate professionals who want to contribute to global sustainability efforts.

  • Work within a dynamic Dashboard team to craft a product that's both valuable and user-friendly.
  • Collaborate with experts across various departments to deliver a seamless and secure product experience.
  • Engage in full-stack development, from feature conception to implementation.
  • Create data-driven applications that provide actionable insights to customers.
  • Uphold the highest standards of code quality, accessibility, and security.
  • Gain proficiency in ecological science, biodiversity, and nature-related regulations.
  • Utilize your technical skills to make a tangible impact on the nature crisis.
  • Prototype and maintain a sophisticated product platform.
  • Contribute to a collaborative environment with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Substantial engineering experience, preferably full-stack.
  • Current expertise in Typescript, React, and Python.
  • Proficiency with DevOps, including CI/CD (GitHub Actions).
  • Familiarity with cloud services like AWS or GCP.
  • Ability to navigate complex domains and create tools for expert users.
  • Outstanding communication skills and a knack for fostering clarity.
  • Willingness to tackle challenges outside your typical scope of work.

This is a 6-month contract with a competitive daily rate of £600 - £700, offering the chance to apply your engineering expertise to a vital global challenge.

The world is facing a nature crisis. We have lost 85% of the world’s wetlands, 35% of its forests and 65% of its living creatures. Action on nature is the next frontier for sustainability, as the world has to move beyond net zero to nature positive future. natcap is on a mission to accelerate the nature-positive transition by integrating nature intelligence into business decision-making. We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities. The company was founded in 2018 and we have recently raised funding and are poised for significant growth.

The role: We're looking for an exceptional contract Senior Engineer to add experience and expertise to our small but mighty engineering team. You'll work within our cross-functional Dashboard team to build a product that our customers love, find extremely valuable, and keep coming back to. You'll work closely with colleagues in Product, Design, Delivery, Science and, of course, Engineering to build a great product that is easy-to-use, performant, and secure. You'll work across our product and data platform stack, getting features built end-to-end.

Job requirements: You'll need to quickly build expertise in our domain — the science of ecology & biodiversity, and nature regulation & reporting frameworks — and communicate effectively with colleagues in other teams. This is an opportunity to apply your technical skills to the nature crisis in a hugely impactful role that will shape the nature platform that we’re building at natcap. In this position, you will: Prototype, build and maintain the full-stack product platform and work on the applications (built in React/TS/Python), that our customers use. Focus on delivering data insights in an easy-to-understand and actionable way. Ensure the product code is high quality, robust, accessible and secure. Work closely with engineers responsible for our data catalogue, models and infrastructure to constantly iterate and improve.

We're looking for someone who: Has multiple years of experience in engineering roles, ideally in a full-stack capacity. Has recent hands-on experience with Typescript, React and Python. Is experienced with DevOps practices including CI/CD (GitHub Actions). Has worked with AWS or GCP Has experience working in an inherently complex domain and on tools for expert users. Is a great communicator, both written and verbal, and are comfortable collaborating across disciplines. Can create clarity for others. Is happy getting your hands dirty outside of your role or comfort zone, if needed.

This would be a 6-month contract and the day rate would be £600 - £700.

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