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Hey there!
Are you interested in Yard Stick, but none of the roles fit? We’d still love to hear from you!
Please drop us a line introducing yourself. We keep all applicants on file. If we open a role and we think you’re a good match, we’ll be in touch.
Roles We’re Likely To be Hiring For
All things software
All things hardware
All things data science
Marketing
Sales
Soil Carbon Specialists (aka the field team)
… and more
A Bit More About the Company
Yard Stick is a remote-first, seed-phase company, with founders based in Boston, Oakland, and Chicago. Alongside our scientific collaborators, we were recently awarded a $3.6M grant from the DOE ARPA-E Smartfarm program. For more background, check out some recent coverage in TechCrunch or Treehugger.
We’ve also raised money from top climate VCs, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures (Bill Gates’ climate fund), Lowercarbon Capital (Chris and Crystal Sacca’s climate fund), MCJ Collective, and others. It’s not announced, because that can feel a bit cart before the horse, but we’re happy to share more details about our financing when we chat.
Our Commitment to Equitable Hiring + Culture
Yard Stick’s impact goals go well beyond climate science. Why? Our company operates primarily in the US agricultural sector, which is predicated on centuries of mass land theft and disenfranchisement of Native and Black people. This harm continues today. If we’re going to work in this sector, we need to actively work to make it better.
Consistent with our core value of “Pursue Justice,” we speak up about these issues, and we support emerging solutions and relevant policy efforts such as H.R.40 and S.300. We also publicly highlight the risk of further racial discrimination in emerging agricultural legislation like the Growing Climate Solutions Act.
Regarding hiring and culture, we work to create a work environment where everyone feels confident sharing their ideas, problem-solving happens openly and collaboratively, and mistake-making is welcomed. We also standardize our interview process and questions to reduce “likeability” bias. We benchmark salaries against industry databases to reduce negotiation bias. Climate change is arguably the most complex challenge ever faced by humanity – we need all of humanity activated to fight back, and that motivates us to build a diverse team.