Staff software engineer, front end

Watershed; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Watershed is seeking a skilled software engineer to join their team in New York, focusing on UI/UX for their climate program platform. Candidates should have at least 6 years of experience in software engineering and a strong background in designing complex user interfaces.

The position involves coding, frontend architecture ownership, and collaboration with design teams. Applicants must be willing to work from the office 4 days per week.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering experience is required.
• Specialism in building UI/UX for complex applications.
• Frontend expertise with ability to handle full-stack tasks.

Responsibilities

• Write performant, well-crafted, tested, and maintainable code.
• Own frontend architecture to enable fast development.
• Collaborate with design teams to ensure quality customer experiences.
• Lead UI/UX topics and mentor team members.

Skills

Software engineering

UI/UX design

Collaborative teamwork

Job description

About Watershed

Watershed is the enterprise sustainability platform. Companies like Airbnb, Carlyle Group, FedEx, Visa, and Dr. Martens use Watershed to manage climate and ESG data, produce audit-ready metrics for voluntary and regulatory reporting including CSRD, and drive real decarbonization. We are looking for team members who love product-building, want to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and will collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team.

The role

Watershed is a software platform for running a world-class climate program. We measure our success in the carbon reduction achievements of our customers. We are looking for team members to join our team focused on delivering outcomes for our Financial Institution customers.

The Financial Institutions team customizes the Watershed platform for the specific needs of Asset Managers, Banks, Portfolio Companies and others. This involves modeling finance specific entities like portfolios, assets and holdings - calculating data quality metrics like PCAF scores - and supporting customer report on Financial Regulations like SFDR.

In this role you will:

• Write performant, well-crafted, tested, and maintainable code across our technical stack
• Own our frontend architecture, planning ahead to enable the team to build quickly without compromising on quality
• Collaborate with our Design and Design Engineering teams to give our customers beautiful, clear and consistent experiences
• Lead the team on UI/UX topics supporting others to build their skills in your areas of expertise
• Champion our design principles like “smart defaults but you decide” and “connected and familiar”

You might be a good fit if you have:

• We’re looking for 6+ years in software engineering
• Specialism in building UI/UX for complex applications
• A true frontend specialist but who will go full-stack when needed
• A track record of raising the bar on frontend quality by mentoring others and leading by example

Must be willing to work from an office 4 days per week (except for remote roles)