We are seeking candidates in the NYC-to-Philadelphia area. We are open to remote workbut want toconnect in person at HQ at least once a week.

Take a world-changing job. Play a pivotal role in a dedicated and successful team working at the intersection of climate change, digital media, scientific computing and interactive data visualization. We are looking for an energetic, multi-talented software engineer fluent in JavaScript and Python who can also tackle a wide array of other technologies to support back-end web applications, scientific computing and front-end UI development. The engineer will take lead responsibilityto advance a new generationof high-impact, high-profileweb tools and visualizations under Climate Central’s sea level rise program.

Climate Central’s sea level program is a recognized leader in both climate science and communication in the US and globally. Program research and web applications have repeatedly been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Associated Press, as well as on NBC, CBS and PBS national evening news programs, NPR, and many hundreds more online, print, TV and radio outlets in 89 countries. We have testified in the U.S. Senate, and our tools are being used in practical ways at local through federal levels and internationally.

Climate Central is a non-profit organization with an entrepreneurial atmosphere. We are home to leading scientists and communicators researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impacts and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Advance a new generation of sealevel risemapsandtools, on back and front ends

• Lead cloud migration effort and improve research-to-product pipeline

• Create webvisualizations to supplement scientificresearch publications

• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• B. S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years

• Strong Linux experience

• Experience with cloud computing services (Amazon Web Services, or similar)

• Programming languages: JavaScript (ES2015), Python 2.7, SQL

• Web technologies: HTML5/CSS, React, Nodejs, D3, Flask

• Database experience: PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar (we use Postgres)

• You are highly self-motivated, work well independently and in a small team, and have the reliability and maturity tohold top technical responsibility for externally facing assetsvital to our organization

• You are attentive to detail, constantly curious, and opento tacklingtasks large and small

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Functional programming enthusiasm, and experience with map-reduce computing methodology and associated tools

• Experience with mapping software and tools such as Mapnik and GIS

• A good touch with UI design and/or data visualization for broad audiences

• Data analysis or scientific computing experience, esp. using the SciPy stack

Diversity

Climate Central strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and as such do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.