Posted 4 months ago

Software Engineer

Los AngelesRemoteFull-time

AI Summary

A hands-on Software Engineer owns the front-end and user experience of Deep Sky’s Direct Air Capture platform, building React/TypeScript dashboards and APIs for operations, compliance, and external customers.

About this role

About Deep Sky: Deep Sky is on a mission to accelerate the world's transition to carbon removal by developing and operating direct air capture (DAC) facilities. Our state-of-the-art plant in Innisfail will play a crucial role in capturing CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, helping combat climate change on a global scale. Join us in this groundbreaking journey to achieve net-zero.

Job Overview: We are looking for a Software Engineer to be the hands-on owner of our Direct Air Capture (DAC) platform's user experience. You will use React/TypeScript and strong product intuition to design and deliver high-quality web applications for internal operations, compliance reporting, and critical external-facing dashboards used by carbon credit customers and the public.

Key Responsibilities

Front-End Development & Product Design

Design, develop, and maintain responsive web-based User Interfaces (UIs) and dashboards using React and TypeScript to visualize real-time sensor data, manage workflows, and facilitate data-driven control decisions.

Apply a strong sense of design and product intuition to translate complex data and system status into intuitive, high-quality user experiences (UI/UX).

System Integration & APIs

Develop and implement APIs (e.g., REST) that connect the front-end control interfaces and data dashboards with the backend systems.

Integrate test system software with the backend platform, ensuring effective communication for triggering tests and displaying results.

Infrastructure & Data Awareness (Collaboration/Context)

Collaborate with the infrastructure team on the CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment of front-end applications.

Contribute to the design of systems that read, manage, and efficiently serve large datasets from sensors to the front-end for visualization and analysis.

Data Collection & Management:

Write software to manage and read data from sensors on prototype units, ensuring accurate and efficient data collection for analysis.

Collaboration & Ownership:

Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure seamless integration between software interfaces and physical system requirements.

Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices for full-stack software development.

Demonstrate extreme ownership of product outcomes, from UI usability to data accuracy.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer, electrical, robotics, aerospace engineering or computer science, mathematics, physics or other related STEM discipline.

3+ years of professional experience with modern front-end development, specifically React and TypeScript.

Strong proficiency in designing and implementing APIs (REST) for system control and data access.

Experience writing software for managing or reading time series data (e.g., in an industrial or testing environment) and automating workflows.

Preferred Skills and Experience

A strong portfolio or demonstrated history of building user-centric technical applications that optimize complex data visualization or control workflows.

Excellent understanding of UI/UX principles and a drive to own the design and usability of technical products.

Modern backend data storage, processing techniques, and data pipeline architecture.

Familiarity with CI/CD tools and software deployment concepts.