Role overview

Cambio is a software platform for real estate decarbonization. We help commercial real estate owners bring their portfolios to net-zero with an AI-driven sustainability, asset, and investment management platform. We're backed by Y Combinator, Google, and Stanford — and we're the fastest-growing startup in our category.

The role

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to build, help teammates do their best work, and have fun doing it.

What you'll be doing

Launch customer-facing features by building Django backend services

Improve the customer experience through performance optimizations

Improve the eng team's quality of life by committing to tech debt reduction

Support and collaborate with your teammates

Who you are

An A-player: low ego, curious, and serious about your craft

You are outcome driven

Work isn't in opposition to life for you - it's part of your life because you genuinely enjoy it

You ship through obstacles — roadblocks are part of the problem to solve

You move with urgency and close the week with visible impact

You're relentlessly curious and treat truth-seeking as a discipline

You believe iteration speed is quality - the way to build great things is to build fast and learn faster

You show up for your teammates, in person. You unblock before being asked and never let someone stay stuck

You own your work end-to-end - proactive about visibility, proud of your progress, and you over-communicate until everyone is fully aligned

What you bring

Independent problem simplification skills

Experienced in Python web development (Django & Ninja is a bonus)

Solid grasp of computer science and algorithm fundamentals

Exceptional research & debugging skills

Understanding of technical trade-offs and the YAGNI principle

Our tech stack

Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, PostgreSQL, SQS, CDK, GitHub, Retool

Backend: Django REST/Ninja, Celery

Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS

LLM: AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Claude

Logistics

Work authorization: authorized to work in the US or Canada, and able to travel to both

This is an in-person role based in Kitchener-Waterloo, New York, or San Francisco

What we offer

Competitive compensation and startup equity

Flexible time off

$1,200 annual learning budget

Catered lunch

Best workstation in a beautiful office in Uptown Waterloo

Office gym