Software Engineer, Biodiversity Platforms

The role

American Bird Conservancy is seeking a Software Engineer to design and build a cloud-based biodiversity monitoring platform that will support conservation projects around the world. The role involves developing backend services, APIs, databases, and web applications for managing biodiversity data and delivering results to users.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, deploy, and continuously improve the first production version of a cloud-based biodiversity monitoring platform
• Design scalable, secure, maintainable, and cost-effective software architecture capable of supporting large acoustic datasets, automated biodiversity analyses, and future analytical products
• Build production-quality backend services, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and web applications for managing biodiversity data and delivering results to users
• Develop cloud-native workflows for ingesting, organizing, processing, and analyzing large volumes of passive acoustic monitoring data
• Design data models and software systems that support long-term ecological monitoring, including projects, users, deployments, recordings, species detections, metadata, and biodiversity measurements

What it takes

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related, science-focused field
• Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining production software applications
• Demonstrated experience designing software architecture and building cloud-based applications from concept through production
• Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages, such as Python or comparable languages used for backend software development
• Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with modern software development and deployment practices, including version control, automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, and documentation

What you'll bring

How we treat you

Excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, flexible spending accounts, and employer-matched retirement savings, flexible schedule, etc. Paid vacation days (starting at 15 days annually and increasing to 20 days after 1 year of employment), paid holidays (including both US holidays and additional ABC holidays) and sick leave. Lodging, meals, and transportation covered for work-related travel away from home where applicable. Rental vehicle or personal mileage reimbursement where applicable.

How to apply

Apply directly on American Bird Conservancy's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.

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