Lead Data Engineer, EcoCart
$180-200k
+ Series A Equity
Carbon offsetting for eCommerce
Job no longer available
Carbon offsetting for eCommerce
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$180-200k
+ Series A Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make fighting climate change simple, cost-effective, and accessible for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- The right candidate will have strong analytical skills and the ability to combine data from different sources
- You should have prior experience in leading, coaching, and determining priorities for a team, and should be comfortable translating engineering terminology into a language stakeholders can understand
- You should also be familiar with several programming languages (ideally Python) and have knowledge of machine learning methods. If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet you!
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role
- 1+ year of direct leadership experience
- Experience with ETL/ELT tools (e.g. AWS Glue, Fivetran, SSIS)
- Technical expertise with data models, data mining, and segmentation techniques
- Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. Java and Python)
- Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL database design
- Experience with DynamoDB, Lambda, and Redshift. Sigma
- Great numerical and analytical skills
- A collaborative individual who enjoys working on a team building things together
Desirable
- Experience programming in Python
- Experience in Machine Learning and/or Statistics
- Startup experience
- Ecommerce experience
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to lead our Data team (Currently 3, and growing!) in transforming and analyzing the data that matters most to our business
- Take the lead in developing a strong, organized, and trustworthy source of data for the company
- Provide guidance and direction to team members in partnership with the VP of Engineering
- Analyze and organize raw data
- Build data systems and pipelines within the AWS Ecosystem
- Develop Python code to enable data migrations and ETLs across the company
- Evaluate business needs and objectives
- Interpret trends and patterns
- Conduct complex data analysis and report on results
- Prepare data for prescriptive and predictive modeling
- Build algorithms and prototypes
- Combine raw information from different sources
- Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability
- Identify opportunities for data acquisition
- Develop analytical tools and programs
- Leverage AI and ML as part of our product and business development strategy
- Collaborate the engineering team and company at large on special projects
Our take
The voluntary market for offsets - purchases intended to compensate for the emission of carbon dioxide - is expected to explode this decade to tens of billions in value as institutions commit to net-zero targets and as climate conscious consumers grow in wealth.
EcoCart is providing those consumers with the opportunity to obtain carbon offsets at the point of purchase. The startup works with thousands of online vendors through direct partnerships or affiliate programs to allow consumers to offset their baskets with single click. Vendors pay for the customer acquisition, which EcoCart then uses for the offsets and revenue.
The startup is one of a few companies in the space, but unlike most, EcoCart has fully developed a business-to-business integration that allows vendors to offset purchases directly in the checkout flow. It is this part of the business it is now focused on growing.
Perhaps the largest challenge for EcoCart, also a Shopify app, will come from platform-risk. In 2022, Shopify announced that all its stores could use ‘Planet’ to offer one-click carbon neutral shipping to their users. If the ecommerce giant continues to launch similar products to this, EcoCart will have to expand its features to avoid its appeal being diluted.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2022
$14.2m
SERIES A
Apr 2021
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $17.2m
Company benefits
- Series A Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible hours (work when you want)
- Remote first (work where you want)
- Carbon Neutral life
- Periodic days of rest
- Wide variety of the best-of-the-best choices for Medical, dental, vision 🇺🇸
- 401(k) 🇺🇸
- Mental health benefits 🇺🇸
- Life insurance 🇺🇸
Company HQ
Northern Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dane Baker
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously worked in Private Equity for StepStone Group as well as working as. Venture Scout for the University Growth Fund - the largest student-run VC fund in the U.S.
Peter Twomey
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in Technology M&A at an investment bank, Moelis & Company.
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