About Us

Green River is a software engineering company deeply committed to creating solutions that promote public health, social justice, and environmental protection.

We are looking for experienced engineers to help develop and support data-centric web-based platforms that create meaningful positive change in the world. Our projects require data pipelines, warehouses, scalable analytics, and highly usable human interfaces. Your work will involve collaboration with other disciplines to develop innovative solutions that maximize impact while minimizing financial costs.

Our Culture

We maintain a collaborative, goal-oriented environment where teams have the autonomy to innovate. We emphasize professional development, continuous process improvement, and creative technical problem-solving with measurable results. Our remote-first team spans the Americas but maintains a strong sense of community and camaraderie through our shared work.

About the Position

We are looking for a team member who will:

● Design and develop secure, stable, and performant backend services.
● Work closely with other engineers to write maintainable, well-tested code.
● Collaborate on quality assurance and deployment pipelines to ensure reliable software delivery.
● Participate in code reviews, and technical decisions, and contribute to our strong engineering culture.
● Create API endpoints with REST, GraphQL, or similar.
● Uphold high privacy and security standards for all development.
● Communicate effectively across disciplines such as with technical project managers, other software engineers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, data engineers, privacy and security officers, and business development staff.

We require:

● A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
● 3 years minimum of software engineering experience with an emphasis on backend system design.
● Significant experience with server-side web frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Django, Express, Symfony, Laravel, or equivalent.
● A willingness to learn Ruby on Rails if not already conversant.
● Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
● Strong problem-solving and design skills, both when working independently and when collaborating with teammates.
● Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
We would be excited to see, but do not require, one or more of the following:
● Experience working in small, collaborative team environments.
● Experience with automated integration of disparate data sources including validation, normalization, joining, and deduplication techniques.
● Familiarity with cloud data engineering tools (e.g. Redshift, Spark, Airflow, Python) and business intelligence tools (e.g. Superset, Quicksight, PowerBI).
● Experience supporting CI/CD processes within AWS infrastructure.
● Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
● Experience with frontend technologies such as React, TypeScript, or related libraries and frameworks.
● Experience with or interest in technical leadership, strategic thinking, or product ownership.
● Experience working or volunteering for mission-driven organizations.

 

The salary range for this position is $108,000 ($52/hr) to $135,000 ($64.90/hr). Our compensation package also includes health (for you and your family), dental, vision, and life insurance; paid holidays, sick leave, and paid time off. We work reasonable hours and get paid 1.5 times our normal rate when we do clock overtime. We have a flexible, fully remote work culture and support professional development through conferences, courses, and more. We also offer paid family leave, retirement benefits, remote work allowances, and a variety of additional benefits and services. We are fully employee-owned, giving all staff the ability to share in the success of the company. See Working at an ESOP for more information.

To be considered for this position, please submit your cover letter and résumé.
Green River is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

In accordance with our beliefs and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Green River will not discriminate against job candidates, employees, or clients based on race, creed, color, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, age, or disability.