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Staff Product Engineer

at Nova Labs

Lead the technical direction of products that turn planetary data into clear, useful decisions.

Published

July 8, 2026

  • Americas
  • Remote
  • Full-time
  • $175k–$215k + equity

Your mission

You will shape the systems behind Nova’s climate intelligence platform and work directly with product, design, and earth-science teams. This is a high-agency role for an engineer who cares equally about architecture and the experience at the edge of it.

What you’ll do

  • Set technical direction for a core product area and make pragmatic architecture decisions.
  • Turn complex scientific workflows into resilient, approachable product experiences.
  • Raise the quality bar through thoughtful reviews, mentoring, and operational ownership.
  • Partner with customers and domain experts to understand where software can create leverage.

What you bring

  • Deep experience shipping and operating modern web applications.
  • Strong product judgment and a habit of making tradeoffs explicit.
  • Clear communication across engineering, design, and non-technical disciplines.
  • Comfort leading through influence in a distributed environment.

Benefits

Meaningful equity, flexible paid time off, home-office support, healthcare, a $2,500 learning budget, and two company gatherings each year.

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