Impact Careers Full-time

Senior Software Engineer

Heirloom

Posted

Jan 30, 2026

Location

USA

Type

Full-time

Compensation

$145000 - $145000

Mission

What you will drive

As a Senior Software Engineer at Heirloom, you will:

  • Build, operate, and maintain software systems to support effective carbon removal at scale, including orchestrating and controlling the accelerated looping process
  • Contribute to building sustainable and maintainable systems that will serve the company for years to come
  • Apply principles of automation, integration, and continuous improvement to ensure software systems generate and apply insights needed to learn and scale efficiently
  • Design, develop, test, debug, deploy, and maintain software supporting R&D activities and DAC facilities

Impact

The difference you'll make

Your work directly moves the needle on Heirloom's core technology to enable low-cost, scalable, and reliable carbon removal, contributing to the goal of removing 1 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere and fighting climate change.

Profile

What makes you a great fit

Required qualifications and skills:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or related discipline
  • Minimum 6-8 years of experience in software engineering
  • Experience developing software for hardware and/or industrial applications
  • Proficiency in Golang, Linux/Unix platforms, Git, messaging systems (NATS, MQTT, Apache Kafka), and SQL
  • Experience in design, testing, debugging, monitoring, and production deployment
  • Familiarity with test-driven development and ability to operate at both architectural and implementation levels

Benefits

What's in it for you

Compensation and benefits include:

  • Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Heirloom with FSA option
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave for all employees
  • Generous stock options
  • Unlimited PTO for salaried employees & 120 hours for hourly employees
  • 401(k)
  • Monthly health and wellness reimbursement
  • Annual education and conference budget

About

Inside Heirloom

Harnessing natural processes to capture 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2035.