Software Engineer, Biodiversity Platforms

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $117k - $130k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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American Bird Conservancy

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

American Bird Conservancy is dedicated to conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. With an emphasis on achieving results and working in partnership, they tackle significant problems facing birds today by utilizing scientific advancements to halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, and build capacity for bird conservation.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, deploy, and continuously improve the first production version of a cloud-based biodiversity monitoring platform • Design scalable, secure, maintainable, and cost-effective architecture for large acoustic datasets, automated biodiversity analyses, and future analytical products • Build backend services, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and web applications for biodiversity data and results • Develop cloud-native workflows for ingesting, organizing, processing, and analyzing passive acoustic monitoring data • Design data models and systems for ecological monitoring projects, users, deployments, recordings, species detections, metadata, and biodiversity measurements • Integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning models into automated biodiversity analysis pipelines • Develop infrastructure for wildlife sound-identification and other ecological analysis workflows • Evaluate and recommend cloud services, software frameworks, AI technologies, and technical approaches • Develop efficient methods for storing, processing, and accessing scientific and ecological datasets • Collaborate with conservation scientists, ecologists, GIS specialists, data scientists, and conservation practitioners • Establish technical priorities, milestones, and high-value capabilities with the BirdsPlus team • Prototype, test, and iterate functionality using pilot-user and conservation-partner feedback • Help define a product roadmap balancing immediate conservation needs with long-term platform scalability • Establish software engineering practices including version control, automated testing, documentation, security, and CI/CD • Develop and maintain deployment and monitoring infrastructure • Troubleshoot technical issues, diagnose failures, and optimize performance, reliability, and cost • Produce technical documentation and architectural records • Contribute to the long-term technical strategy for the BirdsPlus Index • Identify integration opportunities with conservation, ecological monitoring, GIS, and technology systems • Represent technical development with internal staff, collaborators, research institutions, conservation organizations, and other stakeholders • Perform other related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • 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 backend languages • Experience developing APIs, backend services, databases, and data-driven applications • Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform • Experience with version control, automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, and documentation • Ability to evaluate complex technical problems, make architectural decisions, and develop practical, maintainable solutions • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and move projects from concept to implementation • Strong communication and collaboration skills with multidisciplinary partners • Commitment to American Bird Conservancy's conservation mission • Stable, high-speed internet service prior to beginning work; ideal speeds are 30–40 Mbps download and 10–15 Mbps upload • May be required to use a personal cell phone to access ABC systems remotely • Authorized to work in the US or Permanent Resident • Occasional air and car travel may be required; air travel expected for distances over 350 miles • Background screening required • Preferred: experience building software platforms from the ground up • Preferred: experience managing large scientific, ecological, geospatial, acoustic, or complex datasets • Preferred: experience integrating machine learning or artificial intelligence models into production systems • Preferred: experience with distributed data processing, cloud-native data pipelines, or large-dataset processing systems • Preferred: experience developing geospatial applications or working with GIS and spatial data • Preferred: experience with passive acoustic monitoring, biodiversity monitoring, ecological research, conservation technology, or environmental data systems • Preferred: experience designing software products with non-technical users or domain experts • Preferred: enthusiasm, curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to learn

🏖️ Benefits

• Strong benefits package • 35-hour work week • Generous leave policies • Flexible, remote-friendly work arrangements • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Flexible spending accounts • Employer-matched retirement savings • Flexible schedule • Paid vacation days, starting at 15 days annually and increasing to 20 days after 1 year of employment • Paid holidays, including US holidays and additional ABC holidays • Sick leave • Lodging, meals, and transportation covered for work-related travel away from home where applicable • Rental vehicle or personal mileage reimbursement where applicable