The role blends hands-on backend engineering with team leadership building reliable, high‑performance services while helping guide standards, architecture, and team development.
**Key focus areas:**
- Designing and maintaining backend services in Go and Kotlin
- Building secure, distributed, scalable systems
- Driving improvements in testing, CI/CD, automation, and observability
- Collaborating closely with Product, Design, Frontend, and Data
- Contributing to architectural decisions and tech direction
- Mentoring engineers and supporting team growth
**Ideal background:**
- 8+ years in backend/platform engineering
- Strong experience with Go/Kotlin & distributed systems
- Deep understanding of scalability and performance
- Experience in SaaS/product environments
- Comfortable in AWS
- Enjoys balancing hands-on coding with guiding team practices
**Why it’s exciting:**
- Modern, interesting tech stack
- High ownership and real technical influence
- Mission-driven work contributing to sustainable agriculture
- Strong culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continual improvement
If this sounds interesting (or you know someone who’d thrive in this space), happy to chat!