Backend Engineer
Cambio
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
Vacancy posted 5 days ago
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