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Altrac creates amazing tools to help growers. What started as one man’s efforts to assist his family farm has branched into an international business.
We can be found out in the field every week developing new products or working directly with growers. We are a hands-on group of makers and doers, and Altrac is our take on the future of growing. We enable farmers to become ‘Ironman’ with our hightech tools: control equipment, predict the future and unlock new senses.
Open Positions
Altrac is growing rapidly and is always on the hunt for great talent. If there are no roles available for your skill set and you want to become part of the team drop us a note at support@altrac.io or give us a call (510) 248-4141.
Full Stack Web Engineer
WHO WE ARE:
Altrac creates automation tools that help farmers unlock productivity and gain peace of mind. Our products allow customers to remotely monitor and control their farm equipment through their smartphone or computer. We are a small group of makers and doers that have been applying our skills to shape the future of farming since 2014. This is a great opportunity to join an agricultural technology startup at a pivotal time in its growth phase.
THE JOB:
As a full stack web engineer, you will be responsible for the front and back end aspects of all of Altrac’s web applications. This will include the Altrac web application, IoT data ingestion pipeline, admin portal, as well as automated alerting systems and emails. You will work closely with the development team and the larger Altrac team to develop new products and features for these systems. For each of the production systems we expect you to own development, testing, deployment and issue response.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years working experience with Node.js and JavaScript for API and data processing use cases
- 3+ years working experience with SQL databases, bonus points for familiarity with Postgres
- 1+ years working experience with AWS services, including DynamoDB, Lambda, EC2, RDS, SNS, SQS
- Professional experience with a data ingestion pipeline and relevant concepts
- Collaboration experience using Git, Github and other standard team collaboration tools
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills
- Experience working remotely or examples of situations where you worked independently on a day-to-day basis
- Experience deploying web applications and managing multiple development environments
- Unit and integration testing experience
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience and/or passion for working on problems that affect farming and food production
- Familiarity with IoT devices and concepts behind how they are managed by users and operators
- Experience delivering data for charting libraries such as HighCharts and Google Charts
- Experience with Postmark, Hubspot and other email delivery tools
- Comfortable working with Mac, Linux and Windows operating systems
To apply, email support@altrac.io