Sr. Software Engineer

The company

Parq delivers the world's fastest, highest-quality Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), transforming the complex environmental reporting ecosystem. Through cutting-edge AI and large language models, we empower manufacturers to reduce their environmental impact and create a sustainable future.

Our founder created Parq after experiencing the EPD process firsthand. Frustrated by its lengthy duration, exorbitant consulting fees, and complex stakeholder requirements, he witnessed how manufacturing companies—the very builders of our world—were being underserved. This inspired him to revolutionize the process.

The opportunity is massive : in 2024, over $400 billion in construction projects required environmental product declarations. Since our founding in 2023, Parq has gained significant traction with ten recurring customers—and over 20 pilots and early-stage engagements.

We blend in-person collaboration at our Austin, TX office with flexible 3–5 day work weeks, nurturing a culture where freedom, gratitude, and integrity drive meaningful impact.

Your team

You'll be joining a small, high-impact team that includes the founder, an experienced engineering leader, and domain experts who bring deep technical and industry knowledge. We believe in bottom-up leadership, where everyone has a voice in shaping our direction. We're excited to see how you'll contribute to our future!

Your role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Parq, you'll help revolutionize environmental certification through AI and state-of-the-art data retrieval and processing technologies. You will work with our technical projects team to build scalable solutions, implement sophisticated machine learning models, and create APIs for our automated EPD & HPD generation system. Join us in making environmental impact assessment faster and more accessible for manufacturers worldwide.

What will this role involve?

• Technical Ecosystems & Scalability :
• Design, build, and maintain robust technical ecosystems for new product lines, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Scale and tune vector search engines, implementing semantic reranking and optimizing cosine similarity searches to power advanced data retrieval.
• Advanced AI & Data Retrieval :
• Develop and integrate bleeding-edge LLM solutions, leveraging agentic workflows to automate and enhance decision-making processes.
• Design and implement RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) engines, to provide real-time, contextually relevant insights.
• Build chat bot systems capable of handling inquiries, product analyses, and comparative analysis—integrating modern natural language processing techniques with data analytics.
• Product Development :
• Develop SaaS platform integrations, data analytics, and operational reporting tools to support product operations.
• Contribute to the evolution of Hazel Brooks, Parq’s AI sustainability assistant, by enhancing her capabilities and embedding her within our products and services.
• Environmental Modeling Tools :
• Create tools to support environmental experts in efficiently designing, analyzing, and modeling environmental impacts.
• Prototyping & Innovation :
• Design, prototype, and test new solutions with customers, iterating based on their feedback.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration :
• Partner with business and technical teams to translate specifications into actionable tasks.
• Enhancing Existing Products & Services :
• Enhance current software tools for real-time environmental data reporting.
• Reduce research and modeling time for internal experts by creating user-friendly, state-of-the-art solutions.
• Develop world-class environmental impact models and real-time reporting tools that integrate multiple data sources seamlessly.

What will it take to be successful in this role?

Your interests & background

Core values

Our founder aspires to fish with his great-grandchildren in rivers where his grandfather taught him. To achieve this, we need solutions to help businesses identify and reduce their environmental impact for future generations.

Though our team is small, we aim high. We've established core principles that we believe will build a great company.

To learn more about Parq, please visit us on LinkedIn or at www.parqhq.com .

Salary : Top-of-market competitive

Equity : Included

Relocation Bonus : Available if moving from a different city

Premium health, dental, and vision insurance.

Unlimited vacation; mandatory 10 days per year, 5 days must be consecutive.