Backend Engineer

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