Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Full-Stack Developer (TypeScript)

at The Upright Project

🏢 About The Upright Project

The Upright Project is unique in quantifying net company impact for climate-conscious decision-making, directly influencing investment and corporate strategies across Europe and North America. Working here means contributing to a platform that powers fact-based decisions for over 1,000 institutional organizations, making tangible environmental impact through technology.

About This Role

As a Senior Full-Stack Developer on Upright's Platform Team, you'll implement new features and enhance existing functionality for their data analytics platform that serves investment organizations and corporations. This role is impactful because you'll directly shape tools that translate complex impact data into actionable insights for climate-conscious decision-making across major institutions.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day involves collaborating with the Platform Team to implement new features for Upright's data analytics platform, working across the TypeScript/Node backend and React frontend to enhance data processing and visualization capabilities. You'll balance developing customer-facing features with maintaining internal tools, ensuring seamless data insights for institutional clients making climate-conscious decisions.

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🎯 Who The Upright Project Is Looking For

  • Has 5+ years building distributed, data-intensive applications with TypeScript/JavaScript, Node, and React
  • Demonstrates experience across the entire software lifecycle from design through deployment and operations
  • Can work autonomously while collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Has practical experience with PostgreSQL and understands data-intensive system architecture

📝 Tips for Applying to The Upright Project

1

Highlight specific experience with data-intensive applications, not just general full-stack development

2

Demonstrate understanding of how technical work translates to business impact in the sustainability/investment space

3

Show examples of working with both customer-facing features and internal tools in previous roles

4

Mention any experience with platforms serving institutional or corporate clients

5

Explain how your technical decisions consider operational implications in a distributed system environment

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience with data-intensive software products and how it applies to impact quantification', 'Examples of working across the full software lifecycle from design to operations', "How you've collaborated with non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions", "Why you're specifically interested in applying your skills to climate-conscious decision-making platforms"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore Upright's platform at uprightplatform.com to understand their product and user experience
  • → Research their methodology for quantifying net company impact and how it's applied in investment decisions
  • → Understand the types of institutional clients they serve (investment organizations and corporations)
  • → Review their public materials on climate-conscious decision-making and impact quantification

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Technical deep-dive on distributed system architecture for data-intensive applications
2 Scenario questions about handling large datasets in PostgreSQL with TypeScript/Node backend
3 Discussion of your experience with React frontends for complex data visualization
4 Questions about working with institutional clients or corporate stakeholders
5 How you approach balancing feature development with system reliability and operations
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on frontend or backend experience without demonstrating full-stack capability
  • Generic application that doesn't address the specific data-intensive and impact-focused nature of their work
  • Failing to show understanding of how technical work connects to business impact in the sustainability sector

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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