# Climate data scientist, sustainability at Watershed

- Company: Watershed
- What the company does: Watershed is the complete solution for biological data analysis, discovery, and collaboration. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://www.watershed.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $194K to $202K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/watershed/febe4576-02de-420f-b668-0897b229465a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/watershed-climate-data-scientist-sustainability/

## About the role

Domain expertise in the science of sustainability is the foundation upon which Watershed is built. On the Methodology team, we work at the nexus of corporate sustainability, sustainability science, data, and software — developing the methods that turn raw business data into auditable sustainability data and actionable sustainability insight.

## What they're looking for

- Have a Master’s or PhD in climate science, environmental science, sustainability, industrial ecology, or another relevant quantitative field
- Have 5+ years of experience in corporate sustainability, sustainability consulting, carbon accounting, climate strategy, or a related field — ideally working with large, complex organizations
- Are a systems thinker who can zoom out to understand interconnected sustainability and business systems, then zoom in to identify high‑leverage technical solutions and anticipate unintended impacts
- Able to work in a Python codebase. This is not a software engineering role, but you should be comfortable reading code, reasoning about implementation details, and making contributions to the codebase
- Can communicate complex ideas clearly to a wide range of audiences, including scientific experts, academics, verifiers, auditors, customers, internal business stakeholders, software engineers, and data scientists

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