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Last seen by MeritLog September 12, 2026Source: AshbySource version: ashby-public-job-posting-v1

MeritLog read this listing from Terranova's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.

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Job details

Work model: On-site
Salary: $20 – $28 per hour
Location: Berkeley
Company website: plan.terranova.inc

Hiring context

How this role compares at Terranova

Terranova has 16 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 4 job families, and 9 of them are in engineering. 6 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 38%.

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What the role asks for

What you'd do

Design and implement performant, maintainable web apps powered by Vue / Nuxt / TypeScript, and backends written in NestJS, Rust, or Go.
Build and operate distributed backends with Postgres, TimescaleDB, and a desire to work with serverless constraints.
Implement CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident-response workflows, a'la Sentry or DataDog.
Collaborate with product and robotics teams to integrate data, telemetry, and control interfaces.
Build customer facing and internal tools
Full stack application development
Comfortable with the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life
Working towards a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
U.S. permanent residency required
Ability to be on-site part-time required

What they're asking for

History of making stuff - hobby projects, industry experienceSkillPreferred
NestJS/Rust/GoSkillPreferred
Postgres/TimescaleDB/queuesSkillPreferred
GitHub Actions/ArgoSkillPreferred
OpenTelemetry/DataDog/SentrySkillPreferred
iOS and Android app development, with a focus on cross-platform programmingSkillPreferred

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Job description

Company Description Backed by leading climate and American dynamism investors, Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods and sea-level rise. Our mission is to preserve the built environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance. Our work supports climate resilience, disaster recovery, and defense across the United States and beyond. We’re assembling a world-class team that wants to work on something real, physical, and civilization-scale. If you want your work to reshape the world (literally), this is the place to do it. What to to Expect We are seeking a software engineering intern who can design and maintain modern, scalable applications while owning our cloud and infrastructure layer. You’ll build responsive user interfaces, develop backend APIs, and architect deployments that can scale globally. You’ll thrive if you’ve worked on platform or infra teams (Cloudflare, Vercel, AWS) or as a product engineer at performance-oriented orgs (Stripe, Notion, etc.). Check out plan.terranova.inc http://plan.terranova.inc for an idea of some of the web dev stuff you'll need to develop. What You’ll Do - Design and implement performant, maintainable web apps powered by Vue / Nuxt / TypeScript, and backends written in NestJS, Rust, or Go. - Build and operate distributed backends with Postgres, TimescaleDB, and a desire to work with serverless constraints. - Implement CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident-response workflows, a'la Sentry or DataDog. - Collaborate with product and robotics teams to integrate data, telemetry, and control interfaces. - Build customer facing and internal tools - Full stack application development - Comfortable with the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life - Working towards a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field - U.S. permanent residency required - Ability to be on-site part-time required Preferred Skills and Experience - History of making stuff - hobby projects, industry experience - TypeScript - Vue/Nuxt.js - NestJS/Rust/Go - Postgres/TimescaleDB/queues - GitHub Actions/Argo - OpenTelemetry/DataDog/Sentry - iOS and Android app development, with a focus on cross-platform programming Compensation and Timeline - $20-28/hr + relocation + company perks - Fall internship from September- December depending on your schedule

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