Climate research nonprofit bridging science, policy, and community action
Woodwell Climate is a research-focused nonprofit (51–200 staff) operating a dual technical and fundraising operation. The tech stack reveals active cloud infrastructure work—GCP, AWS, Azure, Terraform, BigQuery—paired with scientific computing languages (Python, R, C++), suggesting an organization managing both large-scale environmental datasets and donor/operational systems. Hiring skews research-heavy (6 roles) with meaningful engineering capacity (4 roles), and the pain-point list flags cloud security, cost optimization, and workflow efficiency as live operational challenges.
Woodwell Climate conducts climate research at the intersection of environmental science, policy, and social equity. Founded in 1985 (originally as the Woods Hole Research Center), the organization operates field research stations, partnerships with global communities, and evidence-gathering efforts to inform climate action and adaptation. The organization runs research programs in water systems, carbon cycling, and ecosystem resilience, supported by fundraising and donor engagement operations. Headquarters in Falmouth, MA; hiring active in the United States and Thailand.
Woodwell uses GCP, AWS, and Azure for cloud infrastructure; BigQuery for data warehousing; Terraform for IaC; Python, R, and C++ for scientific computing; and Raiser's Edge for donor/nonprofit operations management.
Falmouth, Massachusetts. The organization also hires internationally, with active roles in Thailand.
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