Aclima, Inc.
Measuring air, everywhere.
Frontend Engineering Lead
Location
California
Posted
147 days ago
Salary
$160K - $190K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudJava ScriptPythonReactType Script
Job Description
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and high performance.
• Define the technical roadmap and architecture for our user-facing applications, emphasizing scalability and performance for large-scale geospatial data.
• Serve as the primary technical expert on the integration and utilization of the CARTO platform (APIs, Builder, Analytics Toolbox) within Aclima's product suite.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, deployment, and performance using modern technologies like React, TypeScript, and WebGL-based visualization frameworks.
• Design and implement highly performant, custom interactive map visualizations to display block-by-block air quality data, AI-modeled insights, and climate-changing emissions.
• Expertly utilize and customize CARTO's visualization libraries (especially deck.gl and MapLibre GL JS) to render high-resolution data layers (e.g., heatmaps, aggregated zones) efficiently.
• Partner closely with Data Science and AI/ML teams to translate complex model outputs (e.g., pollutant source identification, forecasts) into meaningful visual stories and actionable user workflows.
• Ensure a seamless, highly-responsive user experience across all our data exploration and reporting tools.
• Drive the strategic use of CARTO's spatial data capabilities to power our application frontend, optimizing data fetching and rendering of billions of sensor measurements.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate community, government, and enterprise needs into intuitive interfaces that facilitate data-driven decision-making.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering, with at least 2+ years in a Lead, Principal, or Staff role, including direct mentorship or technical management.
- Expert proficiency with modern JavaScript frameworks, particularly React and TypeScript.
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages used in data science pipelines.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Deep, hands-on experience with the CARTO Platform, including its APIs, integration patterns, and ecosystem tools.
- Proven expertise in geospatial data visualization using high-performance libraries like deck.gl, MapLibre GL JS, or similar WebGL-based technologies.
- Demonstrable experience building visualizations and user interfaces for data science, business intelligence, or AI/ML applications, specifically focused on data exploration and analysis.
- Solid understanding of architectural patterns for large-scale data applications (state management, performance optimization, data throttling).
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision/Life/AD&D/LTD
- 401K
- commuter and wellness credits
- company events
- extraordinary culture