Lead Software Engineer, Data Sovereignty

Conservation Metrics·Hacker News
RemotePosted Jul 1, 2026
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Conservation Metrics | Lead Software Engineer, Data Sovereignty | REMOTE (US) | $124-150k with 4-day 38-hr workweek

Indigenous People around the world are working tirelessly to protect and manage their territories under mounting external threats. Conservation Metrics is a small, mission-driven company co-creating an open-source data platform designed to support territorial monitoring and Indigenous data sovereignty. It combines remote sensing products (maps, alerts, and change detection), mobile data collection tools, secure data warehousing, and governed data access to allow Indigenous communities to explore, analyze, and summarize their information.

Lead position: You will own architecture and data infrastructure. You will work across engineering and partner-facing teams to build systems that support Indigenous data sovereignty, secure collaboration, and long-term stewardship of community data. We are looking for someone who can work through hard technical trade-offs and commit. In addition, Leads at Conservation Metrics are hands-on, writing production code and reviewing PRs to stay close to the system.

Tech: PostgreSQL, Identity Systems (Auth0), Docker deployments on single-tenant stacks.

See link for example projects and how to apply: https://conservationmetrics.com/careers/lead-data-platform-e...

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