[ES_JOBS_NET] Open Source Lead at CarbonPlan, Remote

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CarbonPlan has a new FT remote job opening for our *Open Source Lead*!

CarbonPlan is a nonprofit research organization working on improving the
transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions with open data
and tools. Our team analyzes the design and implementation of climate
programs across the public and private sector. Our work focuses on three
program areas: carbon offsets, carbon removal, and climate risks. In all
three areas, we create public resources on climate solutions based on the
best available science and data. You can read more about our work on our
website <https://carbonplan.org/>.
Job announcement

The Open Source team at CarbonPlan uses software and data to advance
climate action goals. The team lead's primary responsibility is to design
and implement open source software engineering and data science solutions
that support the organization’s program and policy work. The lead oversees
our software development environment, plays a key role in setting our
priorities for open source software, and establishes best practices for
data management, data sharing, licensing, and reproducibility. This role
also includes making contributions to climate-related open source
ecosystems, through both existing grant-funded projects and, if interested,
through pursuing new opportunities. The Open Source Lead reports to the
Deputy Director and works closely with our Product team and researchers. If
you are passionate about open source software, data engineering, and
working on climate change, please apply!
You will:

   - Provide technical leadership and hands-on collaboration to ensure all
   team members can execute on both simple and more ambitious projects
   involving data and software (browse our research work
   <https://carbonplan.org/research>, data releases
   <https://carbonplan.org/data>, and software documentation
   <https://docs.carbonplan.org/> for examples).
   - Design and manage best practices for a software stack built around
   scientific Python, cloud computing, cloud data storage (currently on Azure,
   AWS, and Google), and the Pangeo tool ecosystem (e.g., Jupyter, Zarr,
   Xarray, etc.); and for software that supports our web tools, including
   databases and REST APIs.
   - Manage and mentor a small team of software and data engineers.
   - Communicate, with support from our editorial team, our approaches to
   open source software through blog posts, podcasts, op-eds, etc., and act as
   a leader in the community advocating for open science practices.
   - Identify opportunities for creating and contributing to the
   development of open source tools that are useful for our program work and
   also useful to the broader open source and climate research community (see,
   for example, our work on web-based mapping tools
   <https://carbonplan.org/blog/maps-library-release>).
   - Manage software development projects built in collaboration with
   external partners.
   - As interest and time allows, identify and help pursue new grant-funded
   opportunities to contribute to open source and open science efforts
   relevant to climate research or the earth sciences (e.g., new libraries,
   formats, standards, etc.).

You should have:

   - Passion for our mission.
   - 6+ years using scientific computing or related tools (in either a
   research or software setting).
   - Experience using scientific Python, managing cloud computing
   infrastructure, building databases and REST APIs, and using and
   contributing to open source ecosystems.
   - A portfolio of relevant open source software projects, publications,
   etc.
   - Experience as a project and people manager.
   - Experience as a leader in open source communities.
   - Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
   - Enthusiasm for hands-on coding and implementation work, as well as for
   leadership and management.
   - Experience working in highly collaborative and cross-functional
   environments.

You’ll be an especially good fit if you have:

   - Scientific training and knowledge (especially if related to climate
   sciences, geospatial analysis, earth sciences, or a related domain).
   - Experience in academic research environments or experience
   collaborating with researchers.
   - Experience and/or interest in applying for and securing grant funding
   for open source software development.
   - Experience with technical writing.
   - Experience with privacy, cybersecurity, and licensing policies.

You should include in your application:

   - A link to your portfolio (GitHub, website, technical blog, etc.),
   - Your Resume / CV, and
   - Please provide answers to each of the following questions:
      - What excites you about working at CarbonPlan, and about this
      specific position?
      - Discuss relevant experience working with open source software,
      Python, database and REST API design, and cloud infrastructure.
      - Discuss relevant experience with project and people management.
      - We believe that collaboration among diverse perspectives,
      backgrounds, and lived experience is essential to developing real climate
      solutions. With this in mind, what are some of the life experiences and
      perspectives you would contribute to our team?

CarbonPlan is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to
building an inclusive and diverse workplace. If you are interested in this
role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification
exactly as listed. All applications will be considered. And if you need
accommodations during the application process, please let us know.
Benefits

We are committed to providing competitive compensation and comprehensive
benefits to our employees. We offer fixed salary levels based on experience
and role to minimize biases in compensation and to ensure team members are
paid the same for doing the same work. Employees are eligible for promotion
every six months at the time of their performance review.

This is a regular, full-time position, with an annual salary of $165,000.
In addition to salary, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits to all
full-time employees:

   - Health insurance (99% of costs covered for employees, 75% for
   dependents)
   - Dental insurance
   - Vision insurance
   - Flexible health spending accounts
   - Dependent care spending accounts
   - Life insurance
   - 401(k) retirement fund with employer contribution
   - Generous paid time off policy
   - 16 weeks paid parental leave
   - Remote work expense reimbursements

We are not currently able to sponsor a visa for this position, and
therefore can only consider applications from people who are already
authorized to work in the United States. We work remotely. The hiring
manager for this role is in New York City. Remote work from any location in
the US works for us.

*How to apply*

Apply at https://apply.workable.com/carbonplan/
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