Senior Software Engineer, Data & Systems for Climate Tech

Lydian; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity compensation

Generous PTO

Excellent health insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Lydian is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build and own the software and data systems that support and connect our technology development and commercial efforts. Our teams generate data from reactors and test stands, and you will integrate data with ERP considerations as we scale toward production.

Based onsite in Charlestown, MA, you will own architecture, data pipelines, validation, dashboards, and tool adoption, collaborating with chemists, materials scientists, and process engineers in

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related science or engineering field with equivalent professional software experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with track record of scoping, prioritizing, building, deploying, and supporting production systems.
• Strong Python and SQL, including experience building maintainable applications and relational schemas (PostgreSQL or similar).
• Sound software engineering practices: Git, automated testing, code review, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own our software and data systems; build databases, services, and data-entry tools that trace materials through manufacturing and QC to reactor test results.
• Build reliable pipelines and instrument integrations; centralize data from test equipment and manual entry with validation.
• Enable analysis and visualization; create dashboards and support automated run summaries and performance metrics.
• Gather requirements directly from scientists and engineers; maintain a prioritized roadmap and drive build-vs-buy decisions; train users and iterate.
• Establish software standards: version control, testing, documentation, and code reviews, including AI-assisted code; ensure maintainability.

Skills

Python & SQL

Data analysis

AI-assisted development

Software architecture

Communication with non-software teams

Education

Degree in CS or software engineering or related field

Tools

Git

Docker

Linux administration

JMP / Notion API

Job description

Lydian is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build and own the software and data systems that support and connect our technology development and commercial efforts. Our teams generate data from reactors and test stands, and you will integrate data with ERP considerations as we scale toward production.

Based onsite in Charlestown, MA, you will own architecture, data pipelines, validation, dashboards, and tool adoption, collaborating with chemists, materials scientists, and process engineers in