IMPORTANT: At the moment we are only considering candidates located in Latin America. Please do not apply if you are not located in Latin America.
About Empirical
Empirical empowers early and growth stage tech companies to create the right products in the right way by providing two pivotal services:
- Product & Technology Leadership: Our clients entrust critical decisions to our network of top-tier US-based CTOs and CPOs. We provide fractional, project, or advisory based support, combining highly experienced talent with a flexible approach.
- Product Development Teams: We provide our clients with high performing, senior product development talent through a scalable staff augmentation model and ongoing support. We focus on Latin America to find exceptional talent, with time zone and cultural compatibility.
We are proud to be a people first company, where we prioritize building meaningful, long lasting human connections with clients and team members alike, while embracing diversity and uniqueness. With this foundation and our focus on talent, we help create great products that people love.
Our values
- Care about people first
- Strive to add value always
- Lead with integrity
- Have fun every step of the way
The Opportunity
Join our client's team in building an innovative Carbon Planning platform that helps global enterprises power emissions reduction. This platform serves Fortune 500 companies, helping them reduce risks, save costs, and manage emissions aligned with business objectives.
What you'll be doing
- Drive development of core systems for Planning, Scenario Modeling, and Analytics
- Build and optimize intra-system interoperability
- Execute full software development lifecycle
- Identify and implement large-scale technological improvements
- Work across subsystems to deliver customer value
- Become SME in travel/expense data and planning systems
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews and documentation
- Develop scalable backend services using Java/Spring Boot
- Design and optimize BigQuery queries for large-scale analysis
- Build and manage OLAP systems
- Create performant RESTful APIs
- Collaborate on ETL processes and data pipelines
Your qualifications and experience
Must haves
- 8+ years Java backend development experience
- Strong Spring Boot expertise
- BigQuery and SQL optimization experience
- OLAP systems and multidimensional data modeling
- Experience with data-intensive, distributed systems
- AWS expertise (S3, RDS, EC2, IAM, Fargate)
- Experience building/using FP&A systems
- Experience going from 0 to 1
- Strong debugging skills across full stack
- Global enterprise SaaS development background
Nice-to-haves
- TypeScript
- Auth0 or similar identity providers
- Python
- Apache Airflow
- Service Oriented Architecture patterns
- Data Warehousing and ETL pipeline development
- Data Science expertise
What we expect from you
- 100% alignment with our core values!
- Ability to work independently while being a highly collaborative team player
- Comfortable working with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking skills and a pragmatic approach towards solving problems
- Ability to work independently and get things done with minimal direction
- Drive projects from start to finish in a fast-paced environment
- Strong documentation and verbal/written communication skills.
- Detail-oriented and highly collaborative team player
What we offer
- Remote/flexible work
- Highly competitive compensation in US dollars
- Opportunities for personal and professional development; mentorship, coaching and training as needed
- Ongoing, 40 hours per week dedication
- The opportunity to be part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts
Why work with us?
- We pride ourselves on our core values and have proven that putting people first creates a thriving and collaborative work environment.
- We seek to accommodate and balance individual needs with client needs, understanding each one of us is unique.
- We offer benefits such as remote/flexible work, selective paid training, mentorship programs, referral programs and more.
- We are selective in the projects we take on to ensure our teams are engaged in challenging, meaningful, enjoyable opportunities that will provoke creativity, innovation and growth!