Software Engineer, Data Platform - Fully Remote… at Glacier · Buenos…

This role is FULLY REMOTE from Latin America - Pacific Time zone

Hey, we're Glacier! A Series A startup based in San Francisco tackling one of the world's most pressing problems: trash. Did you know that in the US, we send over half of our recyclables to the landfill? We're working to fix that. In doing so, we'll also be reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption, and depletion of natural resources.

Glacier builds custom sorting robots designed to sort apart recyclables as well as AI-powered business analytics that enable recyclers to superpower their plants and improve our society's circularity.

From major CPG companies like Colgate and Amazon to municipal recycling facilities, our clients trust us to turn recycling data into actionable insights. Our technology has been recognized as one ofTIME's Best Inventions andfeatured in a TIME documentary,TechCrunch,Fortune, andCBS.

Here's where your expertise comes into play:

We are looking for a talented software engineer to help us build and scale our image capture and analysis platform. You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining the software across our edge devices, on-premise and cloud servers, and customer-facing web applications.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software for our edge devices, server infrastructure, and web applications.
• Build and improve the APIs connecting our system components (edge, server, web).
• Design and improve the user interfaces that customers use in our web application.
• Implement, manage, and optimize data processing and machine learning inference pipelines on our servers.
• Troubleshoot problems across the hardware/software stack, from edge devices through the server to the web frontend.
• Collaborate with the team to design new features and solve technical challenges.

What You Bring:

• 3+ years of work experience with relevant programming languages (e.g., Python for backend/edge, JavaScript/TypeScript for frontend).
• 1+ years developing or consuming APIs (e.g., RESTful APIs).
• Solid experience with backend web frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Django, Flask).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities.
• English Proficiency as you will be working with a US based team (C1 or higher)

Nice to have:

• Cloud platforms (AWS)
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Database systems (SQL or NoSQL, e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch).
• Experience working with US companies or clients is a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• $2,000-$4,500 USD per month/depending on your location and skills/experience
• 15 Days Paid Time Off + your National Holidays
• $500 for your remote set up + $100/mo for your wellness

Why Join Us?

• Mission-Driven Work – Be part of a company dedicated to sustainability and ending waste.
• Cross-Functional Impact – Work closely with product, engineering, field operations, and customer success to solve complex problems with meaningful outcomes.
• Backed to Succeed – Our founders bring experience from Facebook and Bain, and we’re supported by top-tier investors with deep technical and industry expertise.