Software Engineering Manager, Sofar Ocean
$180-215k
+ Equity
Ocean data monitoring
Open for applications
Ocean data monitoring
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$180-215k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's oceans to the people who depend on them (all of us).
Role
Who you are
- Passionate about building a product with a positive impact on the world
- A solid strong communicator and collaborator who can partner effectively with other engineering managers, designers, product managers, sales, scientists and customers
- Hands-on professional experience with a modern Typescript, React stack
- A considerate technical leader who can evaluate the tradeoffs between various engineering approaches and guide the team towards the best choice to suit the business needs
- Strong knowledge of how modern cloud applications and the web work
- Experience hiring for and leading teams at a fast-growing startup is a major plus
What the job involves
- Building a great product will require you to have a deep understanding of our customers, their workflows, and the data they work with every day
- You will collaborate with a top-notch team of engineers, ocean scientists and product designers to translate these user needs into high quality software that empowers our users with data to get their work done more efficiently
- This role calls for a capable people manager who will be responsible for recruiting, hiring, and retaining a team of passionate IC engineers
- The right candidate is able to evaluate the performance of engineers with various levels of experience, provide coaching and mentorship to help individuals level up their skills, have difficult conversations when team members are not meeting expectations, and work cross-functionally in a fast-moving startup environment
Our take
Drastically changing weather and climate is one of the foremost issues of our time. And as we work to limit the impact of the climate crisis, we need trustworthy banks of data on how these changes have manifested, and what trajectory our world is on. This is where Solar Ocean comes in, with its global network of ocean-monitoring buoys.
It is the largest network of its kind, with thousands of solar-powered ‘spotters’ across the world’s oceans delivering over 200,000 updates every day. Its product is used primarily by climate scientists, but also has important applications in shipping, weather forecasting and maritime research as well.
Sofar is the largest network of its kind, and even though its spotters aren’t as sophisticated as similar government-funded ones, the sheer scale of its data collection makes its forecasts far more accurate. The funding it has raised is supporting the further extension of its network and development of its data services.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$39.4m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental plan
- Volunteering program
- Home office stipend
- Hybrid work schedule (for most roles)
- Flexible time off (including World Oceans Day!)
- A strong internal community of ocean-lovers!
Company values
- Oceans First: We have one planet. If we have to choose between more profit or better oceans, we choose the ocean
- Grab an Oar: We pride ourselves on being proactive, taking responsibility, and always making things better
- Team Wins: We can only accomplish this mission together. Respect and help others, always
- Challenge with Heart: Vocal but open to others’ ideas. Listen, discuss, and commit
- Ship for Impact: Build for the mission, be pragmatic, and move fast. Ocean health can’t wait
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Evan Shapiro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founded Bad Rabbit Consulting, Spoondrift and Knit Health. At Knit Health they were also CTO, and at Spoondrift they worked as a Technical Architect.
Tim Janssen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Assistant Professor of Oceanography at San Francisco State University. They were a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School, and also worked as an Independent Research Scientist and Principal Investigator.
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