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