Ecometrica is hiring! We are looking for bright developers, job posting below.

Ecometrica is a company of specialists and experts in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, ecosystem services, climate change policy, remote sensing and web based programming. We have unrivalled experience in the development and application of the major standards for greenhouse gas accounting and ecosystem change measurement.

Our mission is to make accounting for GHG emissions and ecosystem changes accessible to all organisations, including business and government, through web-based services that distill our knowledge and experience.

To get a feel for the kind of technical work we do, you can watch my presentation at Montréal-Python 24.

We are presently on the lookout for a senior developer position, based preferably in Montréal (Canada), but potentially in Edinburgh (Scotland) if the right candidate is located there. This is an immediate opening.

Ideally, you are very-well versed in at least some of:

• - Python (e.g., you know how metaclasses work, or how a large list will allocate memory upon the next append)
• - Backend Django development (e.g., you know querysets inside out – how and when they query the database, how their internals caches work)
• - Linux Infrastructure (deployment, security, etc.)
• - Cloud environments (we’re on AWS)
• - Frontend development (you can do magic with javascript, HTML and CSS)
• - Testing, both frontend (using e.g. windmill) and backend (python unittests)
• - Frontend design (usability, visual design)

We’re not expecting you to be an expert in all of this, but if you have a few of those points and are very smart, please apply!!!

You *must*:

• - have a good sense of humor
• - work well in geographically disconnected teams
• - have good communications skills in english
• - deal well with receiving a vague problem description, and take matters in your own hands to make sure it gets solved to everybody’s satisfaction with limited resources

The challenges are numerous and great, in all areas – infrastructure, backend, algorithms, database scaling (we have billions of rows in our ecosystem databases), frontend design and implementation, etc. We really need you!

In terms of perks, Ecometrica is a great place to work at. Schedules are completely flexible – i want you to get things done, and if you’re not feeling it one morning, go for a bike ride and work later! If you’ve got deadlines one week and really crunch it, go skying for a couple of days the next week! How you work and solve problems is also flexible, and you’ll get a Mac or Linux laptop, your choice (I’m assuming you won’t be choosing Windows).

We provide a nice open office, unlimited coffee, tea and snacks, once-a-week team breakfast or lunch, and we’ll often open a beer or two on friday afternoon while finishing the week’s work. You’ll get to visit the other office from time to time.  Good options package. And of course full health coverage. It’s like working for a startup, but a startup which is already in the black and has lots of paying clients, so much less stress – we’re here for the long run but you get to join while the company is still relatively small (less than 10 in Montréal, 25 total). Salary and vacations will depend on your experience, but will be competitive.

The team is great, too. You won’t be simply working in a dev team, you’ll also be working with amazing, fun, very bright scientists both in Montréal and in Edinburgh. The 3 co-founders are all scientists, there are simply no PHB around to ruin your day!

You can send your CV to jobs@ecometrica.ca. But even better, send us links to sites you’ve built, projects you’ve completed, repos on github or bitbucket where you’ve contributed or are the lead developer, your twitter stream, or anything else that makes sense.