Senior Full Stack Engineer / Tech Lead for agritech startup

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We’re building a productivity platform for plantation agriculture—starting with the tea industry. Our software will bring together human-entered and IoT-derived data (e.g. weather, geofencing, pest detection, factory sensors), layered with global market intelligence and domain-specific research.

This is a rare opportunity to build a deeply impactful SaaS product in a legacy industry using modern technology. We're well-capitalized and backed by a legacy tea group—but building this as an independent tech-first startup.

The Role

We are looking for a Founding Team Software Engineer to work directly with the founder (MBA Columbia, CS undergrad, ex-operator) and lead the development of our MVP. You’ll help shape the product, choose the stack, write clean modular code, and iterate based on real user feedback from working plantations.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to build a product end-to-end, own architecture and quality, and grow into a tech leadership role.

What You Will Do

• Architect new modules and core backend services
• Refactor & stabilize existing codebase
• Set coding standards, file structure, naming conventions
• Design APIs, data models, and DB schema
• Build front-end dashboards & workflows
• Integrate mobile → backend → dashboard pipelines
• Work directly with founder to plan product roadmap
• Guide junior devs and conduct code reviews
• Build a scalable system that can serve 20+ estates over time

Who You Should Be

We are looking for someone who:

• Has

  strong fundamentals

  — not a “hacky coder”
• Enjoys

  architecting

  , not just writing functions
• Writes

  clean, modular

  code (and hates messy code)
• Owns features end-to-end
• Thinks in terms of

  design, structure, maintainability

• Is comfortable leading technical decisions
• Wants to create a real product, not just follow tasks
• Is ambitious and wants responsibility from Day 1
• Is honest, reliable, and high-integrity

Tech Stack

You must be strong in:

• Node.js (Express or Nest)
• SQL databases (Postgres preferred)
• React / Next.js
• Clean architecture, OOP, MVC, modular design
• AWS basics (EC2, S3, RDS)
• Git, code reviews, PR discipline

Bonus:

• TypeScript
• Docker
• DevOps basics
• Mobile backend integration
• Knowledge of agri/field operations

What You Get

• Work directly with the founder
• Ownership of the full engineering charter
• Zero bureaucracy
• Opportunity to become

  Founding Team Engineer / Engineering Lead

• The chance to build a real product for real operations — not abstract apps
• Fast growth, fast learning, high responsibility