Who we are
The problem: Every minute matters in fire response. As climate change amplifies the intensity of wildfires—with longer fire seasons, dryer fuels, and faster winds—new ignitions spread faster and put more communities at risk. Today, most wildfires are detected by bystanders and reported via 911, meaning it can take hours to detect a fire, verify its exact location and size, and dispatch first responders. Fire authorities need a faster way to detect, confirm, and pinpoint fires so that they can quickly respond—preventing small flare-ups from becoming devastating infernos.
About Pano: Pano is a venture-backed early-stage climate tech startup that is the leader in wildfire early detection, leveraging the latest advancements in IoT, AI, satellites, and SaaS software to deliver actionable intelligence to customers. Pano leverages mountaintop cameras and satellites to detect the first traces of smoke and put real-time fire images in the hands of asset owners and first responders to speed up containment. Pano is already partnering with major utilities, fire authorities, and government agencies in the USA and Australia. Recent media coverage includes being named one of the Top 10 most innovative companies in AI of 2023 by FastCompany and recipient of the Innovative Mobile Service and Application Award at Mobile World Congress through our partnership with T-Mobile.
Pano brings together a diverse team bridging frontline, wildland firefighting experience with best-in-class know-how in operations, logistics, artificial intelligence, and software. Our team is composed of experienced technology professionals from companies such as Apple, Cisco, Nest, DoorDash and Meta. Headquartered in San Francisco with an office and factory in the Mission District, our hybrid team works from locations around the world. Founded in mid-2020, we’ve raised over $40M from leading VC funds.
The Role
For this Software Engineer role, we’re looking for somebody who will drive major projects in unlocking new end-to-end capabilities for our users while building scalable, secure, and maintainable production systems. At Pano, team members take ownership of what they do, and our approach to problem-solving relies heavily upon creativity, communication, and collaboration.
The ideal candidate is humble, hungry, and people-smart. They have experience building backend solutions and a firm understanding of industry frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages, including Java and Python.
What you'll do:
- Work with your teammates to build highly scalable solutions that enable positive impact for our users and our business
- Develop new features as well as tools, frameworks, and workflows in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
- Drive new projects, from conceptualization to deployment
- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality, maintainability, security, and application design
- Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
- Participate in on-call rotation to respond to, triage, mitigate, and resolve production issues
- Create run-books, metrics, and dashboards
What you'll bring
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a backend Software Engineer
- 3+ years of professional experience in a fast-paced SaaS or a similar business environment
- Experience with server-side Java software development, with modern frameworks and methodologies, such as Spring
- Proficiency with SQL, RDBMS (ideally PostgreSQL), and familiarity with ORMs
- Ability to visualize a proposed system and be able to build it
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in complex systems
- Ability to communicate effectively within the team and across the organization while sharing insights and updates and collaborating to achieve project goals
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, such as GCP and AWS
- Familiarity working with Linux-based systems as well as containerization and orchestration tools, such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached, and Varnish
- Familiarity with common DevOps tools and practices, such as Git and CI/CDFamiliarity with SOC2 / ISO 27001 security frameworks
- Preference for someone who can work in the Pacific / Mountain time zones
Pano is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and supporting our team-members regardless of where they come from. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Top Skills
What We Do
Pano AI (Pano) is the leader in early wildfire detection and intelligence, providing government, utilities, insurers, and private landowners with advanced tools and up-to-the-minute intelligence to quickly mitigate wildfire threats while protecting lives, property, and the environment.
Pano combines advanced hardware, artificial intelligence, and software in a single integrated enterprise solution. Leveraging data and satellite feeds, as well as propriety imagery from a network of ultra-high-definition, 360-degree cameras atop high vantage points, Pano’s artificial intelligence model produces a real-time picture of threats in a geographic region and delivers immediate, actionable intelligence.
Pano is based in San Francisco with a team of experienced technology professionals–from companies including Cisco, Tesla, Apple, Salesforce, and Nest–who are on a mission to give firefighters advanced tools to safeguard lives, communities, and the environment. Recently, Pano has been featured on Fox Business News, the San Francisco Chronicle, Morning Brew, and T&D World Magazine. Learn more at https://www.pano.ai/.
