Climate tech hiring is spread across specialist boards, communities, and general job sites. These are the places I'd check as a software engineer.
Dedicated climate job boards
| Board | What it's good for |
|---|---|
| Climatebase | Large climate job board, plus a fellowship programme |
| ClimateTechList | Curated list of climate tech companies and roles |
| Terra.do | Job board alongside climate courses and community |
| 80,000 Hours job board | Impact-focused roles including climate, often policy and research |
Communities with job channels
- Work on Climate: a large Slack community with active job channels
- Climate-focused Discords and Slacks in your region or specialty
- Open-source climate projects: contributors often hear about roles first
General boards, filtered
LinkedIn, Wellfound (startups), and remote boards, searched with keywords like climate, carbon, sustainability, energy, earth observation, and ESG.
Using them well
- Pick a lane: energy, carbon accounting, earth observation, agriculture, adaptation. Specialising beats spraying.
- Read the "location" field carefully: "remote" often means "remote within a region" (working for EU companies).
- Show climate interest concretely: a project or post (climate networking).
- Go direct: find the company on a board, then message an engineer there.
- Tailor your resume with climate-relevant framing (student projects).