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About the Company:
UN reports estimate the world will not have enough food by 2050 due to increased population and land limitations. The food and agriculture industries are adjusting and trying to become more efficient and increase yield. But it all starts with the seeds.
At Seed-X, we are using deep learning and computer vision, and building seed sorting platforms in order to revolutionize the seed/plant breeding industry, which is in a never ending pursuit of developing new superior varieties, and the seed production industry which is obligated to perform destructive QA tests to seeds.
After completing a vast amount of experiments and breakthroughs and establishing collaborations with leading seed companies, our R&D team is expanding and we are looking for strong candidates to join us.
About the Position:
As a full-stack developer, you will act as a tech lead and be a major contributor to the efforts of developing our platform and tools. You will be setting technological standards, making architecture choices, and affecting the product definition and development roadmap. This is a core team position.
Responsibilities:
- End-to-end development of Seed-X products and features - spec to client.
- Integrating with diverse systems ranging from big data pipelines to distributed system to and edge devices built by Seed-X and its vendors.
- Own microservices end-to-end.
- Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, and peers to deliver amazing products.
- Maintain and develop our Data tagging and Biological Experiments Management tools and systems.
- Analyze and improve precision, scale, and stability of Seed-X products, environments, and tools.
- Continuously learn and evaluate new technologies in an ongoing effort to discover and evolve better solutions and infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience for a SaaS company
- 4+ years of strong experience with Python (back-end)
- 3+ years experience working with ORMs (preferably Django)
- 3+ years developing modern web apps with Vue.js (front-end) stack and Typescript
- Experience working on cloud-based infrastructure (i.e. AWS)
- Experience developing modular user interfaces, and familiarity with modern CSS frameworks, tools, and workflow
- Familiarity with relational and document data modeling
- Experience building production APIs
- Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documents, modularity)
- B.Sc in CS/Engineering etc. (or industry equivalent experience)
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