Carnelian is hiring three new team members to refine Compass, Carnelian's proprietary impact analysis tool.
These team members will play a key role in strengthening Compass, Carnelian's impact analysis software. This tool streamlines impact data, empowering purpose-driven capital allocators with the information they need to maximize intention into impact.
Compass is a flagship conduit in the new wave of the impact economy. If you resonate with our mission, our vision, and our plan to action, we look forward to seeing your application.
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Full-Stack Software Engineer
Role Overview
We are looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to build and maintain modern web applications, backend services, APIs, and data-processing systems.
30 hrs/week | Start: mid-September | Location: Mexico or India | Hire type: 5+ years of experience
Responsibilities
- Develop frontend and backend application features.
- Build and maintain APIs, databases, and data-processing workflows.
- Implement responsive and reliable user interfaces.
- Integrate internal and third-party services.
- Work with AI-enabled services and applications.
- Write automated tests and troubleshoot application issues.
- Contribute to architecture, documentation, deployment, and code reviews.
Preferred Skills
- Python and Django/FastAPI
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- React/Next.js
- PostgreSQL and REST APIs
- Docker and cloud platforms such as AWS
- Git, testing, and CI/CD
- General familiarity with AI, LLMs, and AI-enabled applications
Data & QA Analyst — Impact Investing
Role Overview
We are looking for a Data & QA Analyst with a background or strong interest in impact investing, ESG, sustainability, and related financial or social-impact research.
The role will focus on data quality, research validation, analytical consistency, and quality assurance across data-driven products and processes.
30 hrs/week | Start: mid-September | Location: U.S. or Europe
Responsibilities
- Review and validate financial, ESG, impact, and organizational data.
- Assess the quality, completeness, and consistency of collected information.
- Support the development and testing of analytical and scoring methodologies.
- Identify data issues, inconsistencies, edge cases, and areas requiring further research.
- Perform quality assurance on analytical outputs, reports, and datasets.
- Develop test cases and benchmark examples for validating data and analytical processes.
- Support ongoing improvements to data standards and quality-control procedures.
- Work closely with research and technical teams to investigate and resolve data-quality issues.
- Document findings, assumptions, and quality-control results.
Preferred Background
- Impact investing
- ESG or sustainability
- Responsible or sustainable investing
- Financial research
- Philanthropy or nonprofit analysis
- Social-impact measurement
- Economics, finance, public policy, or related fields
Experience with spreadsheets and data analysis is expected. Familiarity with SQL, Python, or statistical tools is a plus.
Technical Project Manager / Operations & Administrative Support
Role Overview
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager / Operations team member to coordinate software development, research, testing, and product-related activities, while also supporting day-to-day administrative operations for the team.
The role will help organize priorities, maintain clear processes, and ensure that work moves efficiently across technical and non-technical teams – combining hands-on project management with light administrative support.
35-40 hrs/week | Start: ASAP | Location: Mexico
Responsibilities
Project & Operations Management
- Coordinate project priorities and sprint planning.
- Manage project backlogs, tasks, timelines, and deliverables.
- Translate business and product requirements into clear technical tasks and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate work across engineering, research, QA, and other stakeholders.
- Track milestones, blockers, risks, and dependencies.
- Coordinate testing, releases, and follow-up activities.
- Maintain project and process documentation.
- Track bugs, open questions, and key technical or product decisions.
- Support communication between technical and non-technical team members.
- Help establish and improve internal development and project-management processes.
Administrative Support
- Manage email correspondence and support ongoing communications.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings across internal and external stakeholders.
- Support the coordination of internal processes and day-to-day team logistics.
Preferred Skills
- Technical project management or product operations
- Agile and Scrum development processes
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Monday.com, Miro, Linear, or similar platforms
- Writing requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Software QA and release processes
- Strong documentation and organizational skills
- Basic understanding of software development, APIs, databases, cloud systems, and AI-enabled applications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable managing email and scheduling logistics.