Transforming how people experience and care for the natural world—making nature visible, knowable, and part of daily life.
Transforming how people experience and care for the natural world—making nature visible, knowable, and part of daily life.
Product: AI-powered smart bird feeder with detachable Nature Cam Pro (2K video, 5MP photos, HDR)
Founded / HQ: Founded 2020; origin in Ljubljana, Slovenia; headquarters registered in Wilmington, Delaware
Funding: Raised $8.5M seed (Dec 9, 2021) plus multiple crowdfunding campaigns
Team size (reported): 73 employees
Consumer IoT for nature observation, wildlife identification, and engagement
2020
Consumer hardware & software (IoT, wildlife tech)
$8.5M
Seed round announced Dec 9, 2021 with General Catalyst as co-investor
High-profile Kickstarter campaign in January 2021 that raised approximately $5M (reported)
“BACKED and General Catalyst participated in seed funding; presence of multiple crowdfunding and VC investors reported”
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Birdbuddy builds products that connect people with nature through smart hardware, computer vision, and beautifully designed software. Our ecosystem spans IoT devices, cloud infrastructure, machine learning pipelines, and consumer-facing mobile apps used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide.
We’re looking for a Senior Infrastructure & Backend Engineer who loves making systems reliable, secure, and cost-efficient, while also building and maintaining backend services on AWS.
This role is split roughly 50/50 between AWS infrastructure ownership and backend engineering. You’ll be a key owner of Birdbuddy’s cloud platform and will partner closely with product and engineering teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and development velocity.
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If this describes you, we invite you to submit your application to help us learn more about you and your potential contributions to our mission to connect people with nature through technology.
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