Software Engineer

6 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Aerobotics Full time R600 000 - R1 200 000 per year

About Aerobotics

Our mission is to provide intelligent tools to feed the world. We do this by delivering actionable tree and fruit insights to growers across 18 countries, powered by imagery and advanced computer vision.

To date, we've analysed over 340 million trees and 100 million fruit, helping farmers make critical operational and agricultural decisions that maximise yield and efficiency. Our global team of 50+ professionals is headquartered in Cape Town, with commercial offices in the USA, Australia, Portugal, Spain, and South America.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who loves building new products in an iterative and fast-moving environment. In this role you will be bringing our state-of-the-art AI models to farming operations around the world. Our users include growers, packhouse managers, fruit exporters and business decision makers.

You will collaborate closely with our product team to gain a deep understanding of our users - to bring them the features they want the most.  You will play a key role in our effort to deliver technology that solves some of agriculture's hardest problems.

What you'll do

  • Build and scale the platform (web, mobile and our external api) to handle Aerobotics's growth and ambitious mission.
  • Own the development of new customer-facing features and product experiences end-to-end
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, designers, and agronomists to release well-rounded products which add value to our customers.
  • Contribute to the long term technical strategy of our products and system.

What you'll need

  • 3+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech and product-driven companies
  • Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies
  • Proficiency with some backend language (we use Python)
  • Some experience with relational databases like Postgres/MySQL
  • Some experience with cross-platform mobile frameworks like React Native
  • Interest in the agricultural industry (direct experience not required)
  • Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines

Application Process

  • Submit your CV and a brief motivation for the role at Aerobotics
  • Preliminary virtual interview with our Head of People
  • Technical assessment
  • Technical interview with our Tech team
  • References and background checks.

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