Sr Fullstack Engineer

POSTED: September 27, 2024
BUSINESS: Rogo Ag
POSITION TYPE: Full-time
START DATE: Immediate Availability

We are:

Rogo, an Ag-tech company with HQ in Remington, IN.  We are innovating soil fertility and carbon sampling.  We use self-driving robots to eliminate human error and improve the accuracy of soil extraction to increase the quality of fertilizer application and carbon credits, while also making the sampling experience super easy for customers with digital & automation tools. See videos: rogoag.com.

We are looking for someone (core values fit):

• Who is Humble to learn from mistakes and receive coaching, Tough to navigate ambiguity and difficulty, Loving: respecting & valuing people with words and actions, Accountable to drive towards and achieve bottom-line results
• Fearless of carrying a lot of responsibility (2 developers first 6-12 months, then 3)
• Flexible/versatile mindset willing to learn/do anything to solve problems
• Prioritizes problem solving and business ROI over writing cool code (off the shelf if it fits)
• Highly autonomous - need to be able to figure stuff out on your own

What you get to do (the role):

• SR does NOT mean X years of experience. SR is about being ready to take full leadership of a section of the digital software (non-hardware) product at Rogo
• Goals: Develop cloud & app code to enable
  • our operators and robots to run fast and easy
  • our customers to interact with us seamlessly and
  • our ops team to optimize logistics at scale
• Types of Work: Geospatial, Data Transformation, UI, Backend/Frontend, APIs
• Project Examples:
• Continue to build out the operator field (robot control) app for ease & efficiency
• Expand “easy-button experience” on new (2024) customer portal - geospatial, notifications, etc
• Extend traceability data pipeline - to make end-to-end accountability easier
• Api integrations w/ partners for increased data accuracy
• Build on initial HQ logistics management platform to increase efficiency

You should be able to (Skills):

• Be an excellent problem solver: logic, math, CS concepts (data & objects, etc)
• Have a knack for good user-experience and design (but don’t need to be a designer)
• Be a great team-player, trust-builder and able to communicate clearly & efficiently
• Create high quality, on-time code. efficiently building right tech. reqs. to achieve business reqs.
• Manage trade offs effectively- navigating business vs technical requirements
• Don’t get bogged down with engineering process (still small eng team of 5 or less)
• (Bonus) Tech Stack to Navigate:
• Frontend: progressive web app, JS, TS, class-based react, functional react, indexeddb
• Backend: node JS, rest apis, aws serverless, python, SQL, DynamoDB, FastAPI
• Robot control app interface (limited for this role): networking, linux, ROS, python, C++

Start Date & Location

• Start as soon as agreed
• Partially remote, ideally on-site at least weekly or bi-weekly (depending on living location)

Compensation / Benefits

• Competitive Full-Time Salary (based on market, experience & skill)
• PTO - Flexible Vacation Plan (Self-managed as long as you get your work done)
• Company 401K

Fill out a super easy form HERE to share your contact info, why Rogo, and the most convenient version of your experience.  Don’t do forms? Email this info to careers@rogoag.com.