Location: Australia, Hybrid-working, shared office space in Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne.

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 40 team members across Australia and the UK, 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. Together, our work leverages physical climate risk data, influence with global financial players, and grassroots momentum to create a compelling case for change.

Within our Web Services team, we're building a portal that will combine all of our products and capabilities into one big, self-service platform. We’re putting a bunch of our eggs in this basket, and have already sold it to one of the world’s largest financial regulators.

We're continuing to build our diverse and equal teams. 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. People from traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

THE ROLE

Our Web Services product team owns the design and development of our self-service portal (Hub) that enables our resellers and commercial customers to access human-readable results, to scale the volume of sales, and provide sector-relevant insights with reliable climate risk information, empowering users to make climate-forward decisions for the planet.

As a Developer, you will bring your passion for building and designing web-based services, solving important problems, and your desire to influence technology choices and team culture.

You will be a critical member of the development team responsible for building, maintaining, and optimising Web Services applications. You will work closely with the team’s Product Manager to implement product designs efficiently and effectively. You will be responsible for building scalable products capable of supporting future growth plans, not only developing software solutions but also managing the technical roadmap, ensuring product performance and security, and collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver a seamless user experience.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Build and maintain Web Services applications, following design direction and product development timelines.
• Create new features and functionality, ensuring they align with the overall product goals.
• Develop and manage the technical roadmap, aligning it with the product's strategic vision and goals.
• Ensure that technical advancements and enhancements are integrated into the roadmap.
• Review and approve functionality and design decisions, assessing them against technical capabilities and best practices.
• Ensure that the chosen technology stack supports the product's objectives.
• Produce maintainable code that meets quality standards and performance requirements.
• Design robust architecture to support the product's long-term scalability and stability.
• Maintain the CI/CD pipeline to enable rapid iteration and continuous delivery.
• Implement automated testing alongside features to maintain product quality.
• Conduct technical quality assurance of new features and functionality before deployment to production.
• Address and resolve technical issues and bugs in a timely manner.
• Ensure product performance and security from a technical perspective, implementing best practices for data protection and system optimisation.
• Provide recommendations and insights on technology choices and integration of software components and third-party programs.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Verify and deploy programs and systems, ensuring successful implementation.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software to maintain reliability and functionality.
• Collaborate with the Product Marketing Manager and Data Product Specialists to optimize the user experience and align technical developments with user needs and market trends.

CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE SOUGHT AFTER

• Experience in web application development, including designing and building scalable systems.
• Strong knowledge of software development best practices, CI/CD, and security principles.
• Familiarity with front-end and back-end development.
• Tool familiarity isn’t that important to us, but for your reference, we write Typescript in Next.js/React and back it onto Supabase (Postgres).
• Exceptional collaboration skills, working with others and with other functions (sales, science, project, analytics) to increase productivity, share ideas, develop solutions to achieve a common goal, and maintain healthy relationships.
• Outstanding (written and oral) communication skills and an ability to lead productive, positive, and outcome-driven discussions
• Natural aptitude for thinking laterally and forward, solving problems through a creative and indirect approach, and providing options while looking beyond immediate tasks to consider long-term impact.
• 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 here / here.

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 working
• Fortnightly Wellbeing Days while remaining on full-time pay
• Training/mentoring opportunities in climate science or any of our other technologies inc. Rust, Python, Kubernetes
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Company-funded paid parental leave
• Empowered cross-functional teams
• Continuous feedback and recognition

Please click Apply Now to submit your application.