Senior Software Engineer, Climate Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Your mission
• As a Senior Engineer on this team, you own the full product loop. You don't implement specs handed to you. You're in discovery conversations, forming hypotheses, shipping, and measuring. High autonomy, high accountability.
• In the first 6 months, you will
• Ship and own features that help manufacturers assess and understand their environmental performance, from initial discovery to iterating on feedback
• Expand our LCA calculation and EPD generation to more product categories and regional markets
• Work closely with our LCA experts to translate environmental standards into clean software abstractions
• Improve how we build: invest in tooling, processes, and abstractions that multiply the team's output
• Take full ownership over complex, ambiguous projects: define requirements, navigate trade-offs, and drive delivery
• Identify problems others don't see, and turn them into actionable proposals
• Our Tech Stack:
• Languages: Python, TypeScript
• Backend: FastAPI, gRPC
• Frontend: React
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Kubernetes, OpenTofu, OTel, AWS, Azure
• CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, Docker, FluxCD
• Product Delivery: Linear
• What you should bring to this role
• Minimum requirements
• 8+ years of professional Software Engineering / Architect experience. Expertise in Python.
• Demonstrated experience working in an analytical capacity, or education in a related field (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics etc.) that allows you to approach unfamiliar domains with a structured approach, and communicate complex technical ideas clearly and concisely
• Experienced working in a high-paced environment (i.e., Demonstrated ability to take a feature from initial discovery and conceptualisation through development, deployment, and iterations with users
• Experienced in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate product development
• Business-Fluent English (written and verbal) for internal and external communication

Requirements

• Experience building software around complex domain specifications (e.g., financial regulation, medical standards)
• Domain knowledge or professional exposure to adjacent sectors, such as Climate/Sustainability, Construction Tech, or Manufacturing
• Hands-on familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., OpenTofu), container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and defining automated deployment pipelines
• How we support you
• Your manager / team lead will be
• Tom (Tech Lead, Climate Intelligence)
• You will work closely with
• Florian (CTO & Co-Founder)
• Alexandre (Software Engineer)
• Fabio (Software Engineer)
• Nils (Tech Lead, Digital Twin)
• Jona (Product Manager)
• Bene (Team Lead, LCA)
• Jonas (LCA Expert)
• Your mentors can be
• We have built up a strong network of supporters in the product and tech who want us to succeed with our software solution. You'll have access to product and tech experts from day 1, amongst them
• David Bellem (Co-Founder & prev. CTO @payworks)
• Nino Ulsamer (Co-Founder & CTO @StashAway)
• Renaud Visage (Co-Founder & prev. CTO @Eventbrite)
• Meet the rest of the team HERE
• See our full benefits HERE, including:
• 💸 Attractive compensation package including VSOP (for FTEs)
• 🏖️ 25 days of vacation days per year
• 💻 Any hardware you need to accomplish your work
• 📚 €2,000 Learning Budget
• Admin:
• Role type: Full-Time
• Location: Munich, Germany (or Remote)
• Office Requirement: Hybrid (Munich-based) or Remote
• Travel Required? No
• Relocation: Preference will be given to candidates who will join our office in Munich. However, we are open to remote candidates.

Benefits

Additional Information

👷🏻♀️ What we do 👷🏻♀️ At Emidat, we are building the first climate-native product management system for building material manufacturers. We aim to decarbonise building materials, making up 11% of global GHG emissions. We collect data from physical production processes, generate a digital product passport with verified environmental data and make it usable along the value chain. In short: One solution to assess, design, buy, sell and manage products - with environmental impact at the core. With this, we are building the digital infrastructure to make it faster, easier, and more sustainable to build the world around us. Find out more about us, the team and our values here.

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