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Software Engineer, Geospatial Systems

Paces· Engineering
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Hybrid (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY)$150k - $220kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer role focused on building and scaling the geospatial engine for renewable infrastructure development, with emphasis on large-scale spatial search, computation, and production-ready backend systems.

Responsibilities

  • Research, prototype, and ship core parts of the geospatial engine at the heart of Paces — large-scale spatial search and analysis that energy developers depend on.
  • Take open-ended, hard problems in computational geometry and performance — over tens of millions of parcels and nationwide infrastructure data — from prototype to production.
  • Work across the full spatial stack: DuckDB, Arrow/GeoArrow, file-based spatial indexing, and a OLTP-backed data lake.
  • Explore the frontier of geospatial computation — for example geospatial embeddings and foundation models (e.g. Clay) — and decide what's worth bringing into the product.
  • Set the bar for correctness and performance on a system where wrong or slow answers carry real cost.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience building data intensive software in a similar role
  • Strong computer-science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, graph theory, and a feel for where time and memory go.
  • Fluency in a systems/backend language.
  • A track record of building performant, correct backend systems — you can reason about a hot path and read a query plan.
  • Experience with DuckDB, Apache Arrow, or comparable columnar/analytical data systems.
  • A research mindset: comfort with open-ended problems, prototyping to learn, and knowing when to harden a prototype into a production system.
  • Comfort owning ambiguous problems end-to-end and communicating tradeoffs clearly in writing.

Skills

Required:Data structures, algorithms, graph theorySystems/backend programmingDuckDB
Nice to have:Geo tools

Benefits

  • Compensation: $150K - $220K annual compensation
  • Competitive equity compensation
  • 401(k) matching
  • Health, Dental and Vision insurance
  • Paid company holidays & PTO
  • Hybrid work in the office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ~3x per week
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Agentic AI for Power Projects and AI Infrastructure

Energy demand is skyrocketing, and renewable energy is the most scalable path forward. But today’s development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals. Paces exists to change that. We are building software and services to accelerate renewable energy deployment and lower costs - unlocking one of the greatest opportunities of our time: transforming how infrastructure gets built and ensuring it’s built with renewable energy. Paces automates early-stage due diligence and provides the expertise to accelerate late-stage diligence, fast-tracking projects from siting to construction-ready. Our platform supports renewable energy and data center developers, real estate firms, and more by streamlining siting, interconnection, and permitting. With Paces, teams can de-risk decisions, shorten timelines, and get more renewable energy projects built.

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