Climate Data Scientist, Sustainability

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve built-in sustainability methodologies by translating sustainability science, GHG accounting standards, and regulatory requirements into robust product logic.
• Partner with software engineers, data scientists, and product managers to design scientifically rigorous, auditable, scalable, and intuitive methodology features.
• Review methodology implementations, write technical specifications, contribute configuration or logic, and help build tests for scientific correctness.
• Interpret evolving standards and guidance, including the GHG Protocol, sustainability reporting frameworks, and sector-specific methodologies.
• Investigate complex questions involving sustainability science, data quality, accounting rules, and business context.
• Build pragmatic approaches for messy business data while balancing rigor, usability, auditability, and customer impact.
• Explain methodology choices to customers, auditors, and other stakeholders.
• Document decisions, review methodology changes, and contribute to internal methodology standards.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in climate science, environmental science, sustainability, industrial ecology, or another relevant quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience in corporate sustainability, sustainability consulting, carbon accounting, climate strategy, or a related field.
• Deep knowledge of GHG accounting standards and sustainability reporting frameworks, including the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Scope 3 Standard.
• Ability to work in a Python codebase, read code, reason about implementation details, and contribute to software.
• Strong systems-thinking and communication skills across scientific, technical, business, customer, and audit audiences.
• Willingness to work from an office 4 days per week, except for roles specifically designated as remote.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance and updated ESRS.
• Experience building or maintaining carbon accounting methodologies, emissions factor datasets, LCA models, or sustainability software.
• Familiarity with assurance or audit processes for GHG inventories or sustainability disclosures.
• Experience working with Python, SQL, or TypeScript.
• Experience translating standards or scientific methods into operational guidance, technical specifications, or product requirements.
• Experience translating scientific methods into tested, production-grade software with engineers.

Compensation

• Annual salary: $193,500–$202,100.