Open Earth Foundation · 1 day ago
Director of Technology: Leading Technology for Climate Solution Platforms
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$115K/yr - $135K/yrOpen Earth Foundation is a California-based nonprofit on a mission to create groundbreaking technology that helps combat the climate crisis. As the Director of Technology, you will lead a distributed engineering team, guide technical decisions, and shape the technical direction to support impactful climate solutions.
Business DevelopmentDigital MarketingInformation Technology
Hiring Manager
Melissa Hauser
Responsibilities
Lead and support a small, distributed engineering team across full-stack, data, and AI work
Help guide technical decisions that keep our platform stable, scalable and easy to evolve
Partner closely with product and leadership to turn real-world needs into shipped features
Strengthen development practices, documentation and collaboration across the team
Support thoughtful, responsible use of AI in both product development and internal workflows
Help shape technical direction and priorities, ensuring decisions support long-term sustainability and real-world impact
Contribute to an open, mission-driven culture focused on impact and clarity
Define and evolve a multi-year technical vision including digital infrastructure, climate data pipelines, AI-native modules and open knowledge ecosystems
Keep OEF at the frontier of how AI accelerates software development, modular product design, infrastructure automation and climate intelligence workflows
Act as a strategic technology partner to the Executive Director and Business Development team
Help guide the technical direction of our platforms so it remains stable, scalable and easy to evolve
Work closely with product and leadership to understand user needs and translate them into technical priorities
Support the team in designing, building and improving features that are used by real users
Strengthen development practices, documentation and collaboration across the engineering team
Support thoughtful and responsible use of AI in both product development and internal workflows
Help ensure our systems are reliable, well-structured and ready to grow over time
Communicates clearly and thoughtfully across technical and non-technical teams
Is comfortable working across time zones and coordinating with teammates in North America, South America, Europe and Africa
Brings curiosity, creativity and a problem-solving mindset to your work
Pays attention to detail while keeping the bigger picture in mind
Builds trust through clarity, follow-through and respect
Enjoys mentoring, supporting and learning alongside others
Qualification
Required
Experience leading or supporting engineering teams working on real-world products
Strong technical foundation across modern web systems, data workflows or backend platforms
Familiarity with technologies commonly used in our stack, such as TypeScript, Python, React, Next.js, FastAPI, or data pipelines
Interest in or experience using AI-powered tools to support product development, decision-making or engineering workflows
Experience helping bring products or features into production and supporting them over time
Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership and decision-making
Comfort working in distributed, multicultural teams
Interest in climate, civic tech, or mission-driven technology
Preferred
Availability to work with overlapping hours across U.S. and European time zones
Benefits
Fully remote role with overlap across U.S. and European time zones.
Occasional travel for team retreats and partner meetings.
Opportunity to contribute to meaningful, mission-driven work with global impact.
Commitment to equity, inclusion, openness and collaborative ways of working.
Company
Open Earth Foundation
Open Earth Foundation is a non-profit organization that develops open digital infrastructure to improve planetary resilience.
Founded in 2018
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.35MKey Investors
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
2023-12-20Grant· $0.35M
Leadership Team
Martin Wainstein
Executive Officer and Founder
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