Ocean Advisor - Software Engineer

Come join us: a rare opportunity to join Ocean Advisor as one of our Founding Software Engineering positions - a mission-driven, high-impact role at the **intersection of AI, climate tech, and marine science.**

### **🎯 The Mission**

We’re building a platform to help the global fishing industry fish smarter, not harder, using predictive insights powered by geophysical data, satellite imagery, and machine learning. The goal? Dramatically boost yields *while* reducing environmental impact.

This isn’t theory -- we’re operating as a joint venture with a shareholding fishing company, ensuring our platform has real-world, high-stakes application from day one.

At Ocean Advisor, economics and sustainability are fundamentally aligned: every smarter fishing decision enhances both profitability and ecological resilience.

### **🌊 The Vision**

A world where every commercial fishing decision is data-backed, driving sustainability, profitability, and resilience across the oceans.

### **👩‍💻 The Role: Founding Engineer**

As the internal technical hire, you’ll work across our production platform—backend services, geospatial data systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure—helping shape technical architecture as we scale.

Building and scaling cloud-native data infrastructure, including storage, compute, orchestration, and secure service deployment.

**Your responsibilities will include:**

• Design, build, and evolve backend services that support production client workflows across analytics, geospatial intelligence, and operational decision systems
• Architect and improve cloud-native infrastructure, including deployment workflows, containerized services, storage systems, observability, and service reliability
• Work across multiple parts of the stack—including APIs, backend systems, infrastructure, and data services—depending on platform needs
• Translate scientific models and business requirements into scalable production software
• Help establish technical standards, engineering patterns, and development discipline as the team grows
• Contribute to secure, maintainable engineering practices across code, environments, and production operations

**We’re looking for:**

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with production experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript
• Experience building and maintaining cloud-based systems and modern backend infrastructure
• Familiarity with APIs, containerized services, infrastructure as code (IaC), and production deployment workflows
• Strong independent problem-solving ability and comfort operating in ambiguity
• Ability to move quickly, communicate clearly, and take ownership without heavy process
• Genuine curiosity about sustainability, ocean systems, or applying technology to physical industries

### **🛠 Work Setup & Culture**

• **Founder, Richard Wright:** Ph.D. in Geography + MBA from UCLA, created Ocean Adviser from Scratch
• **Team**:
• Flexible hybrid: ~2 days/week in **Laguna Niguel, CA**
• Comfortable with ambiguity, high velocity, and big bets
• Entrepreneurial mindset required—you’ll build, shape, and own
• Strong scientific curiosity is a bonus

### **💸 Compensation & Perks**

• **Salary: $100–170K**
• **Equity: not off the gate, exceptional - owner innovating & driving the value of the firm - its in the firms interest that you're an owner**
• **Health, dental, and vision** (same plan as the founder)
• ADP total source - better benefits relied on joined venture partner - meant for larger orgs)
• **Laptop provided**
• **Minimum 15 days off**, with **unlimited PTO** and monthly **Flexible Fridays**
• Mission-aligned team deeply focused on ocean sustainability

• If you're excited about building from 0 to 1 at the edge of AI and ocean tech—and you want your work to directly improve the sustainability of a $150B global industry—let’s talk.
• Looking forward to hearing from you.