Co-Founder / Head of Engineering

Company Description

climate-intelligent agriculture ecosystem

Our ecosystem consists of four layers:

• HarvestHQ

  — Agri + Climate OS for soil, crop, land & supply intelligence (IoT, AI, computer vision, satellite, disease prediction).

• O-Points

  — our regeneration & climate scoring engine that evaluates soil, carbon, biodiversity, water retention, and resilience.

• Marketplace

  — demand engine for verified horticulture & regenerative produce.

• Living Hubs

  — offline experience layer for consumer trust, farmer advisory & fresh produce retail.

pre-seed, pre-product

Cropsphere’s long-term vision:

Build the operating system that powers India’s climate-resilient agriculture for the next 25 years.

Role:

As the Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, you will lead all technical development across the ecosystem.

first working prototype

You will work directly with the Founder on:

• Designing the complete product architecture (IoT + AI + mobile + cloud + data).
• Building Version 0.1 of the HarvestHQ engine.
• Instrumentation for soil, crop, disease & land measurements.
• Integrating satellite + IoT + field-level data sources.
• Developing the early scoring model of O-Points.
• Setting the engineering culture, standards & documentation.
• Hiring the initial engineering team as we scale post-funding.
• Ensuring the platform is scalable, modular, secure & future-proof.

true co-founder role

Qualifications:

We are looking for someone who is:

Technical Background:

• Strong experience in

  full-stack development

  (backend + mobile/web).
• Hands-on experience with:
• Python / NodeJS
• Cloud architecture (AWS/GCP)
• Data pipelines & APIs
• Exposure to

  AI/ML

  , computer vision or sensor-data processing.
• Experience building

  IoT systems

  , hardware integrations or real-time data systems is a huge plus.

Mindset & Leadership:

• Builder mentality — enjoys prototypes, 0→1, scrappy execution.
• Systems thinker — capable of designing scalable, modular architecture.
• Founder mindset — ownership, resilience, long-term commitment.
• Ability to lead engineering decisions from first principles.

Bonus - Not Mandatory :

• Experience in agritech, climate tech, or sustainability.
• Experience with GIS, satellite imaging, or agronomy data.
• Prior startup experience.
  

Compensation:

equity-only at the start

co-founder salary + ESOP expansion + leadership benefits

You will own a significant part of the company and build the entire technological backbone of Cropsphere.