Leafpress is hiring: Founding Engineer

About Leafpress

Leafpress automates utility data collection for large real estate firms. We do this by extracting data from millions of utility bills at once, automating reporting to sustainability regulators.

We’re backed by Y Combinator and General Catalyst and generate significant annual recurring revenue. We’re on a high-growth trajectory and are looking for a founding engineer to join our team.

If you’re looking to build a billion dollar climate-tech AI company directly with the founding team, keep reading:

Press on Leafpress

🌎 The Problem we’re solving

2023 was a record year for global temperatures, but also for climate regulatory pressure. More than two-thirds of global Fortune 500 companies have made significant climate pledges, and more than 10,000 companies are now required to file sustainability disclosures under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Unfortunately, with the tools we have today, sustainability teams spend upwards of 100M work hours annually sifting through utility data manually - on top of that, inaccurate data leads to millions in corporate fines.

🧑‍💻 How we’re solving this problem

Leafpress brings large language models to the fight against climate change. Our automated approach equips real estate companies with accurate data collected in minutes, not months.

📈 Why we’re hiring

Demand for Leafpress has greatly exceeded expectations and outpaced our ability to build the product. We’re looking for a founding engineer to join us as we apply the latest in AI technology to one of the most meaningful sectors in the world.

The People and Environment

❤️ The culture you’ll be working in:

We move fast, and ship faster. We move quickly and are looking for teammates who are problem solvers. Working at a startup means learning something new every day - we value teammates who support each other in learning, growing, and building product.

We prioritize the team. We’re a team on a mission to solve arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity. Truly great things are never done by one person - they are done by a team of people. We are looking for someone who is ready to be challenged and inspired everyday by a positive, supportive team.

We are customer-first. We’re always learning, growing, and building to solve hair-on-fire problems for our customers. We spend a lot of time with our customers, and are always looking for ways to 10x their user experience.

👋 The people you’ll be working with

Jianna (CTO & Co-founder): Jianna is a MIT alum who studied CS and has years of experience building software at Meta, DoorDash, and Nvidia. Jianna is lactose intolerant and loves matcha!

Devi (CEO & Co-founder): Devi is a Harvard alum who studied CS and has experience in carbon accounting at Sephora, Spotify, and P&G. Devi is originally from Indiana (go Hoosiers)!

🏗️ What you’ll be doing here:

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with building LLM prompting and workflows
Proficiency in TypeScript
Experience with SQL or similar
Familiarity with cloud services and deployment
Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the backend services of Leafpress.
Collaborate on feature requests, integrations, and documentation improvements.
Engage with our customers for product feedback and contributions.
Work closely with the product team to understand end-user requirements.

This role comes with significant responsibility, and we're seeking someone who embraces the opportunity to not only build customer-facing frontend and backend solutions but also to shape our core LLM workflows.

We are looking for someone who is eager to have responsibility and own their projects, which will include constructing frontend and backend solutions for our customers and influencing the development of our fundamental workflows. You will excel in this position if you aspire to collaborate closely with the founding team and make a significant impact in addressing the most critical challenge of our time. We’re excited to grow together!

Interested?

Reach out to either Devi or Jianna on Linkedin or email us!