Funga · 8 hours ago
Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$90K/yr - $120K/yr
3+ years expFunga is a public benefit corporation focused on harnessing forest fungal networks to combat the climate crisis. They are seeking a Data Engineer to manage large-scale genomic, ecological, and geospatial datasets, ensuring data accessibility and integrity while driving tangible climate progress.
Environmental EngineeringForestry
Responsibilities
Engineer Data Delivery & Modeling
Use SQL and Python to build the transformation layers (dbt) that turn raw datasets into clean, versioned, and performant models ready for analysis. Your work here will supercharge our modeling efforts
Lead the implementation of internal data apps (Streamlit or similar). You'll build the windows into Funga's data, ensuring Growth and Land teams have high-visibility into carbon and biodiversity metrics, accelerating our sales, operations, and growth
Geospatial Workflows: Architect workflows to manage the flow of complex vector and raster data, from QA/QC of messy field-collected boundary files to integrating high-resolution drone imagery to supporting mapping solutions for field teams
Scale Quality & Operations
Automated QA/QC: Engineer the automated validation pipelines that catch inconsistencies in genomic, geospatial, and tabular data before they reach downstream systems, with an eye toward continuous, measurable improvement
Build and maintain containerized connectors (scripts, APIs, and services) that pull data from third-party applications like Survey123, ArcGIS, and Asana into our core infrastructure
Act as a solutions architect for internal teams, ensuring that data is synced correctly across our ecosystem and that the data they see is accurate, timely and useful
Cloud Engineering & Fundamental Data Infrastructure
Build, deploy, and monitor your pipelines and apps using Docker and cloud-native services (AWS/GCP)
Serve as a peer-partner to the Data Infrastructure Engineer, collaborating on core database architecture and schema evolution to ensure seamless downstream integration
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, Solutions Architect, or similar experience, with strong experience with backend systems
Advanced SQL proficiency. You know how to structure and utilize complex datasets for both performance and clarity
Demonstrated ability to independently navigate cloud environments (AWS/GCP) and to deploy services and manage resources (S3, Lambda, ECS) while maintaining alignment with core infrastructure standards
You write clean Python for data manipulation, automation, and internal tooling
You treat internal teams as your customers. You are driven to build data-rich workflows and applications that solve real problems. You aren't a designer, but you take pride in building functional, reliable interfaces and data products that meet teams where they are and accelerate their work with clear insights
Preferred
Familiarity with geospatial data storage, and management tools and concepts (e.g. PostGIS, GDAL) is a major plus
Familiarity with genomic sequence or ecological data management and modeling is a plus
Pragmatic: You prefer simple, mature, and composable tools over heavy, managed platforms. You have a bias for creating value now versus perfection later
Benefits
Equity in our fast-growing startup
A flexible time off policy
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
A wellness reimbursement program
Company
Funga
Funga uses the forest fungal microbiome to improve forestry outcomes and address the climate crisis.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$9.1MKey Investors
Azolla Ventures
2024-12-05Undisclosed· $5.06M
2024-03-01Series Unknown
2023-01-05Seed· $4.04M
Leadership Team
Colin Averill
Founder and CEO
Lauren Serota
Co-Founder & Advisor
Recent News
2025-02-17
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