Software Engineer, Product

Rainmaker; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant stock options

401(k) with employer matching

Full health coverage

Job summary

Rainmaker, a US-based innovator in autonomous drone fleets and weather modification, seeks a product engineer to own software from prototype to production. You will work across internal tools, the operational platform, data products, and customer-facing software on a small team.

You will collaborate with operators, scientists, engineers, and business teams to identify problems, validate ideas, and ship impact-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience turning ambiguous problems into production-ready software.
• Ability to design useful interfaces with incomplete specs.
• Experience building software for complex, data-intensive workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build internal tools to replace manual workflows and coordinate teams.
• Develop the operational platform used to plan, monitor, and review campaigns.
• Make weather, geospatial, flight, and campaign data actionable for decision-makers.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Databases

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Rainmaker builds systems to make it rain. Our autonomous drone fleets and weather modification platform operate worldwide, expanding freshwater supplies, protecting agriculture, and proving that cloud seeding works at scale.

We need a product engineer to build software across Rainmaker.

Context

Rainmaker is about 120 people, and the software team is small. Our work combines autonomous aircraft, atmospheric science, field operations, data analysis, and customer delivery. Product engineers work across those areas and take meaningful ownership of what Rainmaker builds.

The role

Rainmaker's software supports campaign planning, field operations, weather analysis, aircraft operations, and customer delivery. You will build across that system, including internal tools, our operational platform, data products, and customer-facing software.

You will work directly with operators, scientists, engineers, and business teams. You will find important problems, decide what software should do, and own the solution from the first prototype through production.

This is a hands‑on, full‑stack role on a small software team. The work is not tied to one product or department. You will go where better software can have the most impact.

What you'll do

• Build internal tools that replace manual workflows and help teams coordinate
• Develop the operational platform used to plan, monitor, and review campaigns
• Make weather, geospatial, flight, and campaign data useful to the people making decisions
• Build customer‑facing products when the problem calls for them
• Work with users to understand problems, test ideas, and improve what you ship
• Own products through deployment, maintenance, and continued development
• Improve the shared components and technical patterns behind Rainmaker's software

What we're looking for

• You have owned software from an ambiguous problem through a maintained production product
• You are strong with React and TypeScript and can work across a backend using Python or Node, databases, and cloud infrastructure
• You have good product judgment and can create useful interfaces without a complete specification or finished design
• You have built software for complex, technical, or data‑intensive workflows
• You work well with users and can distinguish the underlying problem from the first requested feature
• You communicate technical ideas clearly to people with different backgrounds

130000 - 190000 USD a year

Benefits:

• Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early‑stage company
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
• Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave for both parents
• Lunch provided when working in‑office and a fully stocked kitchenette
• Free EV charging at the HQ