Do you want to work for a mission-driven non-profit, writing software that will contribute to helping the livelihoods of millions of coffee farmers around the world? Enveritas is a 501(c)3 non-profit and Y Combinator-backed startup looking to hire for our Engineering & Data Group. We are looking for a backend software engineer with a focus on python and PostgreSQL to join us on a remote/global, full-time basis. Our Backend and Data Engineering Team is a six-person team (soon to be seven!) and is part of our Engineering & Data Group.
Our group builds software to collect, analyze, and report data about coffee farmers’ conditions and practices. This large-scale data-collection effort requires many moving parts to work together, and we use technology to support that effort at every step of the process — from identifying coffee farms in satellite imagery, to coordinating survey edits across country teams, to detecting data anomalies in real-time that can be investigated while teams are still in the field. A core part of our work is in data aggregation and report generation, with insights ultimately being shared with roasters and other stakeholders on how to assist in improving the social, economic, and environmental conditions of smallholder farmers.
Our backend services primarily use a Python/PostgreSQL stack running on Linux. We use git and Github for maintaining our code, CircleCI for CI/CD, and AWS for hosting our services and static resources, with containerization where appropriate for development and deployment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- You will contribute to major feature planning and development, both independently and in collaboration with your teammates.
- Implement new features on our core platforms, Jebena and Sini. You’ll participate in long-term planning and product roadmaps, collaborate with product managers on writing specs for the team to implement, and develop features from specs.
- Maintenance and enhancements of existing code. You’ll work with other engineers to triage and resolve incoming issues (we use Sentry).
- Manage AWS services. In tandem with our Head of IT, a part of this role includes helping manage our AWS account, including reviewing our CI/CD setup and proposing ways to further automate and secure our setup.
Qualifications
- Strong ability to present and explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical colleagues.
- Demonstrated ability to apply design patterns for creating modular and efficient software.
- Extensive experience with Python, including developing applications and complex data processing tasks. Familiarity with Django or Flask.
- Advanced experience with PostgreSQL, including query optimization, joins, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
- Practical experience with Linux, Bash scripting, Docker containers, and AWS services (EC2, RDS, CloudFront).
- A minimum of five years of full-time professional experience as a backend software engineer.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent training in the principles of software engineering.
About Working With Us & Compensation
Enveritas has teams around the world: we are about 100 people spread over more than two dozen countries, and of all backgrounds, faiths, and identities. For a US-Based hire, base salary for this position will be between $135,000 and $155,000 annually (paid semi-monthly). This is a full-time exempt position. Full benefits include 401k with matching contributions, Medical/Dental/Vision, and Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 4 weeks vacation in addition to 13 standard holidays, and personal/sick time.
For all staff, we are able to offer annual all-company retreat and annual group retreat, annual education budget for conferences, books, and other professional development opportunities, and field visits to our Country Ops teams in coffee-growing countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, and Indonesia.
