Staff Software Engineer

Project Canary • Denver, CO

3d • $180,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Project Canary is a climate technology company offering an enterprise data platform that helps energy companies improve and report on their emissions footprint. Project Canary builds high-fidelity sensors, ingests data from various other technologies and sources, and leverages proprietary analytics and models to deliver insights that operators can act on to reduce emissions. The data-driven technology enables energy operators to stop leaks faster, reduce risk, streamline reporting, and differentiate their operations for key stakeholders.

We’re hiring a senior engineer who enjoys solving hard technical problems and wants meaningful ownership in a growing company.

This is a hybrid role based in downtown Denver, Colorado. We value in-person collaboration and build best when engineers spend meaningful time working side by side, whiteboarding, prototyping, and iterating together.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to reason through complex systems and make sound engineering decisions.
• Designing and shipping production systems
• Building products from 0 to 1 in ambiguous environments
• Research, open-source contributions, or other technically rigorous work
• Solving problems that required thoughtful system design, tradeoff analysis, or non-obvious technical decisions
• Comfortable reasoning from first principles, when necessary, rather than relying solely on established patterns.
• Thrive in environments with evolving structure
• Take ownership of learning new systems and domains
• Proactively identify next steps rather than waiting for assignments
• Stay anchored to business goals, not just technical elegance
• Clear reasoning behind architectural decisions
• Ability to articulate tradeoffs, not just best practices
• Awareness of business context when estimating timelines
• The discipline to meet commitments
• The judgment to increase intensity when the situation calls for it and to simplify when complexity is not justified
• Expanded their scope over time through new systems, domains, or increased responsibility
• Comfortable stepping slightly outside their core area when needed
• See product, customer impact, and technical design as interconnected

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to complex or real-world data problems is compelling, including: Systems interacting with physical processes, Geospatial or spatial data, Combining multiple data streams to infer meaningful signals, Problems requiring modeling, interpretation, or non-obvious conclusions
• Deep specialists are welcome, especially those with increased complexity and ownership within their domain.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of meaningful systems with real influence over technical direction
• Direct access to product and company leadership
• Fast feedback loops and fewer layers between idea and implementation
• A collaborative environment where ideas are debated openly and decisions move quickly
• Visible impact. Your work will shape the trajectory of the company

Benefits

• Salary range: $180,000-220,000 annual base
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with low deductibles and premiums paid by company 99% for self and 50% for dependents and/or spouse
• 401K with company match (no vesting period)
• Student loan assistance
• Unlimited PTO
• 6 days of sick time per year
• 11 paid company holidays per year
• Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed