Sofar Ocean

Staff Software Engineer

San Francisco · Staff+

H1B sponsorship available$175k-$222kDetected 105 days ago

TypeScriptReactExpressPostgreSQLLLMsHardware DesignResearchMentoring

About the role

Our Wayfinder product runs on board the largest shipping vessels in the world, providing critical decision making context for sea captains as they navigate the world's oceans.
You'll need a deep understanding of our customers, their workflows, and critical data they need to operate.
Our tech stack includes Typescript and React on the frontend with backend APIs written using Typescript, Express, & Postgres, along with some data processing services written in Python.

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.
You will own features across the stack and should be comfortable architecting solutions from data storage layer to UIs.
You'll also help work across Sofar's software engineering teams to simplify our stack and build for the future.
Applying: Write your own first draft - we want to hear your voice and understand your real experience.
Complete these on your own unless we've explicitly said otherwise.
Passionate about building a product with a positive impact on the world
Comfortable building in the frontend and backend
Owns the full lifecycle of features from conception, development, testing, release, & adoption

Can rapidly acquire new technical skills and knowledge in a fast-paced, high-delivery environment

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, and equity package.

We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences "... have traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments", thereby limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the space. (Johri et al., 2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, and are often excluded from decision-making that directly address their interests and needs.
We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to apply.
We are looking for a product-driven Staff Software Engineer to join our team as we build a new software product for the maritime transport industry.
Excited to be be a part of a small but growing startup team

We do sponsor visas and retain an immigration lawyer to support the process.
While we can't guarantee sponsorship for every role or situation, if we make you an offer, we'll make every reasonable effort to make it work.

This listing is sourced directly from Sofar Ocean's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.