Staff Data Platform Engineer - ESG & Sustainability

Watershed; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Watershed in San Francisco seeks a Staff Software Engineer to design and scale backend systems for sustainability data, building robust data models, pipelines, and production-grade services that ingest global datasets. Collaborate with climate scientists and engineers to ensure data integrity and performance.

The role requires 6+ years of backend experience, fluency in Python and SQL, and strong systems design craft. On-site office four days a week in SF with global impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Fluent in Python and SQL with data-pipelining experience
• Ability to design scalable backend systems for data storage, processing, and retrieval

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend platform for sustainability impact assessments
• Architect robust data models and scalable data pipelines
• Collaborate with climate scientists and data scientists to translate methodologies into platform capabilities
• Ensure data integrity, validation, and monitoring of customer-facing data

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Job description

Watershed in San Francisco seeks a Staff Software Engineer to design and scale backend systems for sustainability data, building robust data models, pipelines, and production-grade services that ingest global datasets. Collaborate with climate scientists and engineers to ensure data integrity and performance.

The role requires 6+ years of backend experience, fluency in Python and SQL, and strong systems design craft. On-site office four days a week in SF with global impact.