Lead Developer (Remote)

Location: Australia, Remote or Hybrid-working

About us

The Climate Risk Group is a company committed to quantifying and communicating the costs of climate change. Our mission is to influence decision-makers – large and small – towards action that directs global capital away from climate change-related activities and towards a net-zero carbon, high-resilience economy.

With 50 team members across Australia and Europe, the Climate Risk Group brings together XDI, with its finance and business focus, and Climate Valuation, which provides household-level insights into the costs of climate change. Our work leverages physical climate risk data, influence with global financial players, and grassroots momentum to create a compelling case for change.

If this interests you, please apply now by submitting your CV and a cover letter addressing all the capabilities and experience criteria and why you’d like to work for The Climate Risk Group/XDI. Applications will be reviewed from mid-January 2025.

The Role

As Lead Developer within our newly created Model Owners product team, you’ll work closely with Scientists, Software Engineers, and a Product Manager to build and maintain world-class climate risk models, methodologies and metrics.

You will be responsible for the technical (code) quality of our products, serve as the go-to person for all engineering-related queries, and identify and mitigate risks by focusing on technology and implementation. As a secondary focus, you will also apply your statistical experience to supporting scientific model development.

Collaborating closely with the CTO, Head of Product and other Lead Developers, you will influence architectural decisions, technology stack, and coding standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the SDLC of the team within our ISO27001 environment, designing, building, and maintaining the CI/CD pipeline to enable rapid iteration and continuous delivery.
• Through technical leadership, mentoring, and support, elevate team excellence and guide Software Engineers to realise their full potential and further the organisation’s goals.
• Design, build, and maintain internal platform tooling to unblock and smooth the development experience of software and science team members, including providing guidance and troubleshooting
• Model and teach software development behaviours, including software development lifecycle
• Together with other Software Engineers, produce maintainable and high-quality code continuously tested for pre-deployment quality assurance and designed for scalable architecture and performance.
• Collaborate with the CTO and Product Manager to define the technical direction and architecture of the analysis ecosystem and APIs.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Data Product Specialists and stakeholders to enhance user experience and align technical developments with our product roadmap.

Capabilities and Experience Sought After

Technical

• Solid engineering experience in a commercial SDLC environment
• Strong statistical foundation
• Strong knowledge of software development best practices, CI/CD, and security principles.
• Tool familiarity isn’t that important to us, but for your reference, the core application is in Python and is deployed on Kubernetes.

Leadership

• Proven experience in leading teams to design complex systems while advancing your own tech knowledge and supporting others.
• Experienced in leading technical decision-making by involving all team members and key stakeholders for optimal outcomes.
• Capable of identifying architectural and process issues, implementing proactive changes to enhance engineering delivery.
• Focused on future-building conversations with other leads to strategise architecture and long-term technical choices.
• Able to spot opportunities to “shift the dial on climate change” across collaborations, products, messaging, research, or any other vehicle supporting the organisation’s vision and values.

Why work with us?

Want to know more about us and our work? Visit our Newsroom and check our latest Climate Risk Report https://xdi.systems/news

We are a mission-led organisation, a team of passionate, like-minded, curious individuals who want to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in climate change.

We value everyone’s contribution and offer a friendly, diverse culture with a range of generous employment conditions.

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid or remote working
• Fortnightly Wellbeing Days while remaining on full-time pay
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Company-funded paid parental leave
• Empowered cross-functional teams
• Continuous feedback and recognition

If this sounds like you, please apply now by submitting your CV and a cover letter addressing all the criteria and why you’d like to work for The Climate Risk Group/XDI. Shortlisting for this position will commence in mid-January 2025. We can only accept applications from candidates with the right to work in Australia.