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title: 'Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Rainmaker Technology Corporation'
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# Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Rainmaker Technology Corporation

- **Company:** Rainmaker Technology Corporation
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA
- **Compensation:** $130k–$190k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/make-rain/91bdb036-ae7d-47e4-828b-fb7761665226

## Job description

Rainmaker builds systems to increase precipitation and improve water availability. We combine atmospheric science, autonomous aircraft, radar and satellite observations, weather modeling, and novel sensing technologies. Our software connects these systems, supports field operations, and turns each operation into data that improves the next one.

## The role

Rainmaker is hiring a Software Engineer to own our production infrastructure and security.

Your scope includes cloud infrastructure, deployments, observability, identity and access, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery. You will build remote systems that work 24/7 and accommodate lost comms. Storms do not wait for business hours.

## What you'll do

- Own production infrastructure end to end, setting the standards for how services get deployed, monitored, and recovered.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid agentic development.
- Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.
- Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.

## What we're looking for

- A software engineer with experience building production infrastructure.
- Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated.
- Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.
- Built and operated production systems. We care more about what you have shipped than your degree or years in the industry.
- Deep familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.
- Managed secrets and credential lifecycles in a fast-moving environment.
- Designed or maintained zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; we run almost everything on Tailscale.

What success looks like You will understand all of Rainmaker's critical systems, data flows, access model, and largest operational and security risks and have shipped at least one material improvement. Within your first year, critical services will be easier to deploy, observe, secure, and recover. Software capabilities should scale faster than requisite operational effort.

## About Rainmaker Technology Corporation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Rainmaker Technology Corporation uses drone-based cloud seeding to increase precipitation, restore ecosystems, and fight drought.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: RNK) – also described as privately held in some sources; likely a recent public listing with small revenue and high growth.
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Climate Technology Product Manufacturing / Weather Modification
- **Target customers**: Governments, water districts, agricultural operators, and environmental restoration organizations (B2G/B2B)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Make rain. Make snow. Make Earth habitable.” – ending water scarcity with next-generation cloud seeding.

## Products & Services
- **[Next-Generation Cloud Seeding System]**: Integrated system of advanced radar, unmanned aircraft (drones), and a cutting-edge weather awareness platform. Used to deliver moderate, predictable increases in precipitation. Aimed at restoring ecosystems, recharging aquifers, and reducing wildfire risk.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed; total funding of $31.3M (LinkedIn) or $73.9M (CB Insights) – conflicting reports. Last funding round: Series B of $41M (CB Insights) or Series A of $25M led by Lowercarbon Capital (LinkedIn).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $7.3M (LinkedIn); Total Funding $31.3M (LinkedIn) / $73.9M (CB Insights)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lowercarbon Capital, Starship Ventures, UP Partners, 1517 Fund, Long Journey Ventures, Garry Tan, and 18+ others (CB Insights).
- **Growth Signals**: 78 employees (+117.4% YoY); 15,285 LinkedIn followers (+148.5% YoY); active job postings: 35 (+337.5% YoY); first U.S. commercial cloud-seeding operation with measured proof of generated precipitation (19 million gallons in 3 hours with 2 drones, August 2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scientific Rigor**: Embedded research organization (Rainmaker Fellows) dedicated to validating results and transparency.
- **First-Mover Proof**: Demonstrated measurable, unambiguous precipitation increase in a commercial operation (USA Today coverage).
- **Integrated Technology**: Combines radar, drones, and weather platform – a modern, proprietary system vs. legacy cloud seeding methods.
- **Location**: Based in El Segundo, CA, part of a deep-tech ecosystem with strong engineering talent.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale operations**: Expanding into new geographies (Australia, Southern Europe, DACH, India, Middle East); hiring directors of business development for multiple regions.
- **Research & Development**: Launched Rainmaker Fellowship (3-month program) to advance atmospheric science and weather modification.
- **Regulatory & Public Trust**: Committed to transparency and public education about cloud seeding capabilities and limitations.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “an engineering organization and a microcosm of El Segundo's spirit” – iterate quickly, solve the most important problem of our age.
- **Work Environment**: On-site roles in El Segundo, CA, with seasonal field positions across the western U.S. (Utah, Nevada, etc.).
- **Growth**: Rapidly scaling headcount (117% YoY), high-visibility work with real-world environmental impact.
- **Perks**: Opportunity to work on “physical technology” in a deep-tech renaissance; hands-on with drones, radar, and weather systems.
- **Values**: Stewardship of the natural world, scientific rigor, and making freshwater available to all.

## Sources
1. [rainmaker.com](https://www.rainmaker.com/)
2. [jobs.lever.co/make-rain](https://jobs.lever.co/make-rain)
3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/rainmaker-technology-corporation)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/rainmaker-4)

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