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Make Snow. Make Earth Habitable.\nRainmaker builds and deploys audacious technologies that work with nature to create an abundant, habitable planet. We are modernizing proven cloud-seeding science with weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing and validation systems, and sustainable seeding technologies. We are building an integrated system to make more freshwater available to farms, ecosystems, and communities.\nOur ambition is bold, but we pursue it with humility. We take on difficult problems in the real world with technical rigor, grit, integrity, and an openness to learning and course-correcting. We are hiring individuals with evidence of exceptional ability. If you want to build systems that endure, restore and deliver the future we were promised, we want to hear from you.\nRainmaker builds systems to make it rain. Our autonomous drone fleets and weather modification platform operate worldwide, expanding freshwater supplies, protecting agriculture, and proving that cloud seeding works at scale.\nWe need a product engineer to build software across Rainmaker.\nContext\nRainmaker is about 120 people, and the software team is small. Our work combines autonomous aircraft, atmospheric science, field operations, data analysis, and customer delivery. Product engineers work across those areas and take meaningful ownership of what Rainmaker builds.\nThe role\nRainmaker's software supports campaign planning, field operations, weather analysis, aircraft operations, and customer delivery. You will build across that system, including internal tools, our operational platform, data products, and customer-facing software.\nYou will work directly with operators, scientists, engineers, and business teams. You will find important problems, decide what software should do, and own the solution from the first prototype through production.\nThis is a hands-on, full-stack role on a small software team. The work is not tied to one product or department. You will go where better software can have the most impact.\n\nWhat you'll do\n\nBuild internal tools that replace manual workflows and help teams coordinate\n\nDevelop the operational platform used to plan, monitor, and review campaigns\n\nMake weather, geospatial, flight, and campaign data useful to the people making decisions\n\nBuild customer-facing products when the problem calls for them\n\nWork with users to understand problems, test ideas, and improve what you ship\n\nOwn products through deployment, maintenance, and continued development\n\nImprove the shared components and technical patterns behind Rainmaker's software\n\nWhat we're looking for\n\nYou have owned software from an ambiguous problem through a maintained production product\n\nYou are strong with React and TypeScript and can work across a backend using Python or Node, databases, and cloud infrastructure\n\nYou have good product judgment and can create useful interfaces without a complete specification or finished design\n\nYou have built software for complex, technical, or data-intensive workflows\n\nYou work well with users and can distinguish the underlying problem from the first requested feature\n\nYou communicate technical ideas clearly to people with different backgrounds\n\nSupporting the Rainmakers behind the mission\nMaking earth more habitable is ambitious work and we want the people doing it to feel supported:\nA stake in what we build: Meaningful stock options and the opportunity to help shape Rainmaker as an early member of the team.\n\nSupport for your health: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.\n\nAn investment in your future: A 401(k) with employer matching to help you build long-term savings.\n\nTime to recharge: Unlimited PTO for rest, exploration, and the people and pursuits that matter to you plus a generous paid holiday schedule.\n\nTime for a growing family: Paid parental leave for both parents to welcome a child and spend time together.\n\nLunch together: Daily lunch provided at our El Segundo headquarters, giving Rainmakers a chance to share a meal and connect with teammates.\n\nHelp making the move: Relocation assistance for eligible roles to support your transition to Rainmaker.\n\nRainmaker Is An Equal Opportunity Employer\nEmployment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.\nRainmaker provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for other protected reasons as required by law. If you need accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, contact . Requests for accommodation will be handled confidentially to the extent reasonably possible.\nData Privacy\nCalifornia applicants can review our California Applicant Privacy Notice. The notice explains the personal information we collect, how we use it, how long we retain it, and the privacy rights that may be available.\nE-Verify\nRainmaker participates in E-Verify for U.S. Employees. 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