Lead Engineer, API & Real Time Systems at Scope3 PBC

At Scope3, we are on a mission to tackle one of the most urgent challenges of our time: the climate crisis. By mapping the complex digital advertising supply chain, we empower brands to measure and slash digital waste, effectively reducing carbon emissions while boosting investment performance. We are a rapidly growing, well-funded team of 100 people distributed across the globe, backed by major investors like GV. If you are looking to build meaningful technology alongside a group of industry veterans who helped shape the modern digital advertising landscape, you have found your next home.

Role at a glance

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to join our platform team on a full-time basis. This is a remote position open to candidates based in the US, Canada, UK, France, or Germany. You will serve as an individual contributor, taking the helm of our core emissions measurement API and our high-performance real-time systems to drive our technical vision forward.

Your impact

• Shape the technical architecture and long-term vision for our core emissions measurement API, which serves as the backbone for our customer-facing products.
• Lead the development of our real-time data systems, ensuring they can handle massive global scale while maintaining sub-5ms latency.
• Establish high engineering standards across the organization, with a specific focus on writing maintainable, performant, and scalable Golang code.

What you'll need

We are looking for a seasoned engineer who thrives in high-throughput environments and communicates effectively in English. You should bring the following to the table:

• At least 8 years of professional experience building real-time, low-latency, and high-throughput systems.
• A minimum of 4 years of experience serving in a technical lead capacity.
• Expert-level proficiency in Golang.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure, specifically Google Cloud Platform or AWS.
• Bonus points if you have experience with TypeScript, a background in ad-tech or climate tech, or a history of success within globally distributed remote startups.

Perks and compensation

We believe in hiring great people and supporting them with a flexible, modern work environment. Our benefits include:

• A fully remote work environment.
• Flexible working hours to accommodate our distributed team.
• The opportunity to work within a truly global, asynchronous culture.