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As a Software Engineer at Beck’s, you will build complex applications using Python to process farm data acquired by on-board tractors/field equipment. Your work will support FARMserver, Beck’s public facing farm support system. You will work with a small team to design and implement systems to provide phenomenal user experiences for corn and soybean farmers. You will work with large geospatial data sets, which will require ingenuity and skill to efficiently process. You will build systems to transform data into well structured entity models, aggregated statistics, and visual products (maps!) to communicate actionable and accurate information.
As a member of the Beck’s Family of employees, all full-time employees are eligible for a generous benefits package:
Health benefits including two medical plan options and company HSA contributions, dental, vision, employer paid life/AD&D for you and your dependents, disability insurance, and access to an onsite Nurse Practitioner
401k plan match & company sponsored pension plan and access to a Financial Advisor to help you manage your retirement savings
Paid time off, Paid Holidays, Wellness Programs, & Corporate Discounts
Company Christmas Party, $200 Merchandise Allowance, & Much More
Who You Are:
You enjoy applying your software engineering skills towards solving challenging problems. You thrive in open, creative environments, working with smart, approachable people where ideas are freely exchanged and challenged in order to arrive at well-architected solutions. You have broad technical interests and abilities. You are a self-starter and pragmatic in your approach to solving problems. You understand that it takes focus and determination to come up with simple solutions to complex problems and relish the challenge. Your code is clean, easy to reason about, modular and testable.
About FARMserver:
FARMserver is a premier farm support system. We aspire to be the most connected farm management platform available by enabling farmers to integrate many sources of data into a single platform for easy consumption. Once a farmer’s data is co-located in FARMserver, we present the best in-season and data-based agronomic recommendations that empower farmers to make the most profitable and efficient decisions for their operation.
FARMserver is built in Typescript using React and Node.js for the web client and public api. Our interactive client maps are built using Mapbox. The core database is MS SQL Server plus additional NoSQL data stores, including MongoDB and Redis, being used. Much of our data is geospatial; for processing and presenting this spatial data we use open source tools such as: flask, celery, SQLAlchemy, rasterio, GDAL, shapely, geopandas, PostgreSQL, and PostGIS.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Understand business requirements, work with other team members, and develop solid software solutions
Enable access to third-party tools and services to strengthen our value to the business and their partners
Engage in code and design reviews to ensure consistency and quality
Serve as a voice for the technology department in business requirement discussions to ensure the needs of the entire organization are well understood
Be responsible for features all the way from initial concepts to production deployment
Show commitment to maintaining and improving functionality on an ongoing basis
Partner with other members of the team to help them craft great software
Perform other duties as may be required by supervisor.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.S. in computer science or related field is preferred.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and insurable driving record as determined by Beck’s automobile insurance policy.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Familiar with Python 3.x for software development
Experience writing web APIs with Python frameworks such as Flask, Django, FastAPI etc.
Experience managing background workloads with job queue packages such as RabbitMQ, Celery, etc.
Experience processing and manipulating data with Python
Experience with SQL RDBMS and NoSQL concepts
Demonstrated ability to write clean, modular and testable software
Experience integrating third-party APIs
Experience with a variety of data formats, and familiarity with data ETL concepts
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
Ability to quickly dissect complex problems and provide comprehensive technical solutions
Adept at identifying pragmatic solutions
Effective communication at all levels of technical understanding
EXPERIENCE
Two (2) years’ plus professional software development experience
Nice skillsets to have:
Familiar with working with geospatial/GIS data processing and storage
Knowledge and passion for the farming industry
