or apply directly on Carbon Direct's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Carbon Direct's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 67% of Carbon Direct's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Carbon Direct
- high 4 stale, 0 reposted of 6 open
- Hiring momentum
- 7 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Carbon Direct's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Carbon Direct.
About this role
As a Staff Backend Engineer at Carbon Direct, you will design, build, and deploy backend services and data pipelines while ensuring the reliability and scalability of the platform. You will take ownership of the entire data flow from ingestion to API exposure, make architectural decisions, and support a developer-friendly environment. Additionally, you will mentor other engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate their needs into technical solutions.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Carbon Direct as an employer.
What you need
- Extensive professional experience as a backend engineer
- Track record of operating at staff level and setting technical direction with minimal oversight
- Vertical ownership from database schema through API and integration tests to production monitoring
- Ability to ship high-risk changes with rollback paths and test plans
- Infrastructure fluency including infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, and incident response experience
- Experience deploying AI-augmented software systems to production
Nice to have
- Genuine interest in carbon, climate strategy, and energy
- Experience building or operating in a regulated environment (ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar)
- Depth in production AI-augmented systems, including durable execution for long-running agents and defense against prompt injection
What you get
- Comprehensive nationwide medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays
- Annual winter break between Christmas and New Year's
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement
- Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats
- Reimbursement for work-from-home setup and monthly work-from-home stipend
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided ($184,000-$225,000)
- Role involves significant responsibility and technical ownership
- Work in a mission-driven company focused on climate action
Summarised from Carbon Direct's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Carbon Direct on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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