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Backend Engineer

Cambio

San Francisco, CA, USAFull-timePosted 6 days agoStill listed 5 days ago

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Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Full-time
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Job overview

Cambio seeks a Backend Engineer to develop Django backend services, optimize performance, reduce tech debt, and collaborate closely with teammates. The role emphasizes outcome‑driven work, rapid iteration, and in‑person teamwork across offices in Kitchener‑Waterloo, New York, or San Francisco, supporting the company’s AI‑driven real‑estate decarbonization platform.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Web DevelopmentKubernetesRedisGithubNext.jsTailwind CSSDebuggingProblem SolvingPython Web DevelopmentDjangoDjango RESTNinjaCeleryAWSPostgreSQLSQSCDKRetoolTypeScriptReactAWS BedrockOpenAIClaudeProblem SimplificationResearch & DebuggingTechnical Trade‑Off Evaluation

Qualifications

Authorized to Work in the US or CanadaIn‑Person Role Based in Kitchener‑Waterloo, New York, or San Francisco

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Cambio is a software platform for real estate decarbonization. We help commercial real estate owners bring their portfolios to net-zero with an AI-driven sustainability, asset, and investment management platform. We're backed by Y Combinator, Google, and Stanford — and we're the fastest-growing startup in our category.

The role We're looking for a Backend Engineer to build, help teammates do their best work, and have fun doing it.

What you'll be doing

  • Launch customer-facing features by building Django backend services

  • Improve the customer experience through performance optimizations

  • Improve the eng team's quality of life by committing to tech debt reduction

  • Support and collaborate with your teammates

Who you are

  • An A-player: low ego, curious, and serious about your craft

  • You are outcome driven

  • Work isn't in opposition to life for you - it's part of your life because you genuinely enjoy it

  • You ship through obstacles — roadblocks are part of the problem to solve

  • You move with urgency and close the week with visible impact

  • You're relentlessly curious and treat truth-seeking as a discipline

  • You believe iteration speed is quality - the way to build great things is to build fast and learn faster

  • You show up for your teammates, in person. You unblock before being asked and never let someone stay stuck

  • You own your work end-to-end - proactive about visibility, proud of your progress, and you over-communicate until everyone is fully aligned

What you bring

  • Independent problem simplification skills

  • Experienced in Python web development (Django & Ninja is a bonus)

  • Solid grasp of computer science and algorithm fundamentals

  • Exceptional research & debugging skills

  • Understanding of technical trade-offs and the YAGNI principle

Our tech stack

  • Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, PostgreSQL, SQS, CDK, GitHub, Retool

  • Backend: Django REST/Ninja, Celery

  • Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS

  • LLM: AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Claude

Logistics

  • Work authorization: authorized to work in the US or Canada, and able to travel to both

  • This is an in-person role based in Kitchener-Waterloo, New York, or San Francisco

What we offer

  • Competitive compensation and startup equity

  • Flexible time off

  • $1,200 annual learning budget

  • Catered lunch

  • Best workstation in a beautiful office in Uptown Waterloo

  • Office gym

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