As a Senior Software Engineer at Pano, you will build scalable backend solutions, develop features and tools, and ensure application performance while collaborating with your team in a fast-paced environment.
Who we are
The problem: Every minute matters in fire response. As climate change amplifies the intensity of wildfires—with longer fire seasons, dryer fuels, and faster winds—new ignitions spread faster and put more communities at risk. Today, most wildfires are detected by bystanders and reported via 911, meaning it can take hours to detect a fire, verify its exact location and size, and dispatch first responders. Fire authorities need a faster way to detect, confirm, and pinpoint fires so that they can quickly respond—preventing small flare-ups from becoming devastating infernos.
About Pano: Pano AI is a 90-person growth stage start-up, headquartered in San Francisco, that is the leader in early wildfire detection and intelligence, helping fire professionals respond to fires faster and more safely—with the right equipment, timely information, and enhanced coordination—so that they can stop a new ignition before it grows. Pano AI combines advanced hardware, software, and artificial intelligence into an easy-to-use, web-based platform. Leveraging a network of ultra-high-definition, 360-degree cameras atop high vantage points, as well as satellite and other data feeds, Pano AI produces a real-time picture of threats in a geographic region and delivers immediate, actionable intelligence.
Fast Company named Pano AI one of the Top 10 most innovative companies in AI of 2023. Pano AI has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC News, and a national TV commercial produced by strategic partner T-Mobile. With dozens of government and enterprise customers, its reach extends across 10 states in the U.S., five states in Australia, and BC, Canada, helping protect more than 20 million acres of land. Backed by $45M in venture capital funding, investors include Congruent Ventures, Initialized Capital, Salesforce Ventures, T-Mobile Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners. Learn more at https://www.pano.ai/.
The Role
For this Software Engineer role, we’re looking for somebody who will drive major projects in unlocking new end-to-end capabilities for our users while building scalable, secure, and maintainable production systems. At Pano, team members take ownership of what they do, and our approach to problem-solving relies heavily upon creativity, communication, and collaboration.
The ideal candidate is humble, hungry, and people-smart. They have experience building backend solutions and a firm understanding of industry frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages, including Java and Python.
What you’ll do
- Work with your teammates to build highly scalable solutions that enable positive impact for our users and our business
- Develop new features as well as tools, frameworks, and workflows in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
- Drive new projects, from conceptualization to deployment
- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality, maintainability, security, and application design
- Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
- Participate in on-call rotation to respond to, triage, mitigate, and resolve production issues
- Create run-books, metrics, and dashboards
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a backend Software Engineer
- 3+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced SaaS or a similar business environment
- Experience with server-side Java and Python software development, with modern frameworks and methodologies, such as Spring and Django
- Proficiency with SQL, RDBMS (ideally PostgreSQL), and familiarity with ORMs
- Ability to visualize a proposed system and be able to build it
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in complex systems
- Ability to communicate effectively within the team and across the organization while sharing insights and updates and collaborating to achieve project goals
Preferred skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, such as GCP and AWS
- Familiarity working with Linux-based systems as well as containerization and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached, and Varnish
- Familiarity with common DevOps tools and practices, such as Git and CI/CD
- Familiarity with SOC2 / ISO 27001 security frameworks
- Preference for someone who can work in the Pacific / Mountain time zones
Pano is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and supporting our team-members regardless of where they come from. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Top Skills
AWS
Ci/Cd
Django
Docker
GCP
Git
Java
Kubernetes
Memcached
Postgres
Python
Redis
Spring
SQL
Varnish
Pano San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, CA, United States
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