Title:
Principal software engineer, carbon
Description:
Does fighting climate change through regenerative farming practices at a scale sound interesting to you?
Indigo develops biological and digital technologies that improve grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer healthCarbon by indigo is a scientifically backed program that provides growers with a new revenue stream in the form of verified agricultural carbon creditsIncreased soil organic matter or reduced greenhouse gas emissions from practices, such as adding cover crops or reducing tillage, can generate verified carbon credits, which are increasingly in demand by buyersThese credits can then be sold for profit by growersAs a principal software engineer, it is your job to lead the design and development of indigo services and systems powering our web and mobile applications.
Our mission is unique, and therefore our teams are tooFrom multigenerational farming e to product experience experts to cutting-edge technologists, our uniqueness can be owed to the individuals who make up our teamsConnected by a common vision and empowered by diversity, we aren’t an ordinary company, and neither are youJoin indigo in cultivating a healthier planet.
Responsibilities:
Design scalable, reusable apis for both indigo engineers, partners and end users
Achieve consensus with engineering leads and cross-functional key stakeholders to identify and gain sign-off for api features and enhancements
Evolve and improve the current aws microservices architecture
Ensure that all business critical apis are fully tested in an automated framework, including functional, integration and performance tests
Design and support observable and reliable platform systems at scale
Competencies:
Understands how to build high-throughput apis and data processing pipelines
Understands how to design apis and client libraries that are easy for users to use, while protecting the slas of the backend system
Understands how to build reliable and maintainable systems in a cloud environment
Able to research and propose new technologies or software patterns to make improvements
Evangelizes modern software engineering practices, and can speak to the pros and cons of approaches such as microservices vsMonoliths, mono vsShared repos, containers vsVms
Passion for indigo’s mission and values
Can confidently share their technical opinion amongst peers and engineering leadership as well as constructively challenge the opinions of others
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Thrives in a fast-paced environment
Deep commitment to quality, reliability, scalability and maintainability
Ability and passion to quickly learn new technologies and industries, staying up-to-date with technology and best practice trends
Results oriented, demonstrating a passion to release software, while not compromising on quality and being sensitive to the specific needs for the customer and the application’s usability
Experience implementing complex algorithms at scale
Qualifications:
You’ve been building backend software professionally for 7+ years with a focus on developing internal and/or external apis
You have deep experience in two or more modern programming languages (we work primarily in python and javascript, but alternate experience is acceptable)
Deep understanding of api design, including versioning, isolation and microservices (e.gRest, graphql)
Demonstrated expertise implementing a variety of datastores at scale (e.gRelational, key/value, graph, document)
Experience implementing monitoring, logging and profiling best practices for distributed systems
Experience designing and documenting internal and external apis leveraging a documentation framework (e.gApiary, swagger)
Experience with deployments to cloud environments (e.gAws, google cloud, azure)
Experience with containerization (e.gDocker)
Experience with version control (e.gGit, gitlab)
Can create fast, reliable, testable and documented code that others can understand
Can effectively manage expectations of both srEngineering leadership and carbon key stakeholders
You can lead technical architecture discussions and can achieve timely consensus regarding technical decisions within your team and across the carbon organization
You bring a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and self awareness
About indigo
We’re building the technology to feed the world and fight climate changeWe believe that through teamwork we can achieve more to benefit all of agriculture: from farmers to consumers to the planet.
Game changers don`t fit in a boxThe requirements listed above are examples of what we think enables success in this role, but we recognize the impossibility of fully capturing a singularly perfect description, and we believe in the power of diversified and creative displays of skills and qualificationsWe embrace the unconventionalWe embrace creativityWe embrace a challenge to the status quoIf the specifications in the list above aren’t an exact match… great! apply, be you, and be proud that you aren’t ordinary (we certainly aren’t!).
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our companyWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Generous time off
Parental leave
A remote-first organization with flexible work hours
Catered lunches
Commuter benefits
401(k) plan
