About us Climate X is a purpose-driven technology company, backed by GV (Google Ventures), Western Technologies (early investors in Meta, Google, Palantir), Commerz Ventures, Pale Blue Dot, Deloitte, and other world-class investors. We’re a wonderfully diverse, growing team with physical offices in London and New York City. Demand for Climate X is growing fast, and we need to build our team You’ll be at the front of a nascent industry, working as part of a fantastic and diverse team, doing things that you can be proud of. We’re excited to have the opportunity to speak with you during this process. Our mission To deepen the understanding of our changing planet and inspire meaningful action. What we do We’re helping the world become more resilient to the impacts of physical climate risks (including floods, fires, storms and more). In doing so, we help drive positive global impact aligned to many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Our team builds cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science (incorporating climate projections, remote sensing data) and translates that into financial impacts (to the value of assets or business disruption linked to failure of critical infrastructure) that our customers in the financial services industry use to identify, manage and mitigate those risks. Climate X’s customers include the world’s largest banks, asset managers and insurance companies including CBRE, Standard Chartered, Virgin Money and Federated Hermes, as well as a partnership ecosystem that includes Deloitte, Capgemini and AWS. Combined, they manage over $6.5 trillion of assets. Customer’s choose us thanks to our ecosystem of products that help solve real human problems, and drive tangible business benefits to our customers. They love our customer-centric mindset, as well as our pace of innovation in the market. The impact you’ll own As a Senior Backend & Platform Engineer in our Carta pod, you will work on systems that integrate with external customers and other internal systems to orchestrate the discovery and risk analysis of company asset datasets. You will work on modelling the corporate network, their asset portfolios and build robust APIs and workflows that orchestrate end-to-end business processes. You’ll also play a key role in developing and maintaining the infrastructure and monitoring solution within our cross-functional team to ensure reliable and scalable operations. Key Responsibilities Technical Implementation : Design and implement scalable backend services using TypeScript Build robust APIs and workflows that orchestrate end-to-end business processes Design and implement service-based architecture patterns Work with deployment services like Kubernetes for reliable application deployment Implement comprehensive error handling and monitoring solutions Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines Model corporate networks and asset portfolios Infrastructure & Platform : Assist in the design and implementation of Kubernetes infrastructure to support Carta and other product pods Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS Ensure high availability and reliability of services Implement and maintain logging and monitoring solutions Coordinate with the team on deployment strategies and system architecture Essential Skills Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern backend development Strong understanding of API design and RESTful services Experience with deployment services and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Knowledge of behavior-driven development (BDD) and testing strategies Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture Desirable Skills Experience with Python ETL development and geospatial data processing Experience with event-driven, orchestration, or message queuing systems Experience with the Temporal orchestration framework Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm) Benefits Contribute to a business making purposeful impact related to climate change Monthly training & conference budget to help you upskill and develop your career (£1,000 per year) 6 monthly appraisals and 12 monthly pay reviews Pension contribution scheme Flexible hours and hybrid working (3 days/week in office; core hours 10am-4pm) Mental Health and Wellbeing support via Oliva 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays, annual 3-day Christmas-closure, and half day on your birthday (36.5 days total) Optional quarterly socials, dinners, and fun nights out A fully stocked supply of snacks, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office Cycle to work scheme via gogeta Enhanced maternity and paternity Pawternity Dog friendly office (official residence of Alfie, Chief Mischief Officer) Equal Opportunities Climate X are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.