Senior Software Engineer, Sightline

£100-150k

React

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Django

dbt

Senior and Expert level

London

1-5 days a week in office

Market intelligence for clients to compete and win in the climate transition

Be an early applicant

Market intelligence for clients to compete and win in the climate transition

21-100 employees

B2BEnergyMarket researchBusiness IntelligenceSaaS

Be an early applicant

£100-150k

React

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Django

dbt

Senior and Expert level

London

1-5 days a week in office

21-100 employees

B2BEnergyMarket researchBusiness IntelligenceSaaS

Company mission

To bring clarity to the new climate economy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years experience as a Software Engineer or equivalent
Deep expertise in Python development
Proven history developing and maintaining production-grade software
Interest in working for a fast-moving startup with a small, international team
A MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other relevant field

Desirable

Experience using Django, AWS, React and dbt
Experience working with Linear / Agile framework
Experience using Github Actions
Working understanding of climate tech sectors
Experience in using AI to extract data from PDFs

What the job involves

You’ll be working across the front-end (React, TypeScript, CSS), the back-end (Python, Django) and doing basic infrastructure (AWS) too
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role in a scale-up environment
We believe in thorough automated testing - every PR must have the appropriate E2E and unit tests

Application process

Video call with hiring manager (20min)
Short take-home exercise
In-person / video pair session with team (120min)
In-person / video call with co-founders
References and offer

Salary benchmarks

Our take

The climate tech sector is rapidly growing as the world focuses on sustainable energy solutions. Clean energy technologies are attracting increasing investment, especially in areas like powering data centers and AI.

Sightline is an AI-powered market intelligence platform that provides data and insights into emerging climate technologies. Essentially, it helps investors, corporations, and governments navigate the transition economy, offering a "climate-first" approach that accelerates the deployment of clean energy solutions across sectors like energy, transport, and industry.

With hefty funding under its belt, Sightline is now planning to expand its research capabilities and sector coverage. The rise in energy investment presents a great opportunity for the company to provide deeper analytics and tools to help stakeholders make more informed decisions.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Jan 2025

$5.5m

SEED

Aug 2024

$7.3m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $12.8m

Company benefits

Generous stock options
Competitive PTO + bank/federal holidays

Company HQ

Scarsdale, Scarsdale, NY

Leadership

Kim Zou

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Prior to Sightline, they worked in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan and as a Managing Partner at A-Level Capital.

Mark Taylor

(Co-Founder & CPO)

Previously the VP of Product at Kayrros. They also spent 14 years at BloombergNEF as a Lead Analyst, Product Owner, and then Head of Product.

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