Software Engineer IV

No visa or Greencard sponsorship at this time.

This position is fully remote, ideally sitting in the Minneapolis, MN or Austin, TX or surrounding areas.

An idea was born.

Out of the box thinking. Not the norm. Changing the way things have always been done. Those are just some ideas that started on the back of a napkin, but they didn’t stay there. Our CEO, Joe Wolfel, a former Navy SEAL, saw an idea of how to disrupt the way the world looks at the ocean and voila, Terradepth was born.

The ocean is our swim lane.

We are increasing human interaction with the ocean by collecting comprehensive, high-resolution ocean data to empower society with information and knowledge crucial to the sustainable advancement of a variety of key industries. Interested? Great! Immerse yourself and see if you have the fins to swim in our pool.

Our Crew.

We are ocean enthusiasts, technologists, problem solvers, and makers dedicated to advancing ocean exploration. We are pioneers and made up of, to name a few…road bikers, chess players, dog lovers, world travelers, military veterans, and an array of individuals with diverse technical backgrounds. We have family people, single people and people who refer people. And if we’re being totally honest…we like each other.

Why “fit” matters.

It’s not going to matter how smart or competent you are if you’re not a good cultural fit. We demand that our people adhere to our values: Speed, Discipline, and Collaboration. We also expect team cohesion while avoiding groupthink – which is a difficult balance to maintain. Before we get into the details of the day-to-day duties, let’s get down to the ocean floor. What you do, How you do it, and Why you want to work here matters.

What about you?

We are in need of a Software Engineer IV (SEIV) to focus on Absolute Ocean (AO) technology.As an SEIV, you will act as a specialist in complex technical and business matters, taking a whole system approach to developing features and solving problems, writing strong code either from experience or through solid fundamentals and quick learning when working in new areas (front-end with React components or 3D front end, and back-end with Python microservices). Work is highly independent in nature.

In addition, teamwork, accountability, partnership, and leadership are key traits we look for.As team-members we strive to be humble enough to learn but confident enough to execute. We love curiosity without distraction. As leaders in our organization and threaded into our day-to-day activities is our commitment to support, invest in and stretch our employees to help them achieve their ultimate career goals.

Still interested? Let’s wrap this up with what else you need to know.

Essential Functions

• Assist with the design and architecture for Terradepth’s Absolute Ocean Data Application.
• Write clean front-end User Interfaces.
• Good verbal and written communication
• Write scalable backend services that will run in event-based cloud environment, such as Docker or Kubernetes containerized environment
• Work with complex data models, with an emphasis on Geospatial data
• Participate in the application lifecycle, standards, interface protocols, and software components and tools.
• Engage with the technical team to ensure success and contribute to requirements documents and solutions.
• Create Unit, Integration and other tests to support the reliable development of new features
• Work with automated tooling for CI/CD pipelines.
• Security-first coding practices.
• Agile méthodologies. Collaborative pair programming.
• May assume a team lead role (as needed) for the work group.

Minimum Requirements

• BS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Seven (7)+ years of related experience
• Solid experience in SaaS and cloud web applications and services development (Python, Javascript, Typescript, and React) on GCP or AWS, using event-based and microservice architectures.
• Experience working with a relational databases (including schema design), Postgres preferred
• Familiarity with Docker Containers and Linux command line
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Follow good development practices: design, development, automated testing, code review, and documentation.
• Desire to work on a high-performing agile team, reviewing and collaborating on code and designs
• Experience as a team-lead responsible for driving architectural decisions and mentoring junior engineers
• Security-first coding practices

Preferred Requirements

• Experience coding in other environments and languages (Java, mobile or C/C++)
• Experience collaborating on CI/CD and DevOps.
• Test Framework Experience (PyTest, Jest, Selenium or other)
• Geospatial experience with some of the related tools (e.g. CesiumJS, GDAL)

If we piqued your interest, we hope you pique ours and follow the prompts to apply.