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Sr Software Engineer

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Summary

Senior Software Engineer builds and scales AI-powered tools for farmers using full-stack development, mentors engineers, and optimizes platform performance in a startup environment.

Barn2Door is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help us build next-generation products and services for farmers, leveraging AI to deliver powerful outcomes. You will architect, design, develop, and test solutions while mentoring others and balancing complex technical priorities.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Create high-quality, maintainable, and performant code with the assistance of AI tooling, while mentoring team members to do the same
  • Advocate for the customer perspective and experience in all technical decisions
  • Coach the team through code reviews, testing, and documentation
  • Stay current with and adapt to new technologies, tools, methods, and processes
  • Optimize our platform for performance, maintainability, ease-of-use, and scalability
  • Collaborate with product owners to define the scope of work for upcoming releases
  • Build and improve testing tools, frameworks, and methodologies for both small and large scale systems
  • Engage in self-driven learning and team problem-solving daily
  • Cultivate a broad set of technical and non-technical skills in a startup culture
  • Participate in the full product lifecycle, including design, development, code reviews, patent creation, testing, documentation, deployment, and maintenance

You’re a great fit if you:

  • Are comfortable mentoring and collaborating with other engineers across a distributed team
  • Are excited about using AI tools and coaching others in their use
  • Can independently decide next actions and know when to seek management sign-off
  • Thrive in a dynamic, startup work environment and are comfortable with ambiguity
  • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Are always on the lookout for top engineering talent to help build the team

You have:

  • BS in Computer Science or a comparable degree
  • 6+ years of experience in full stack development using an object-oriented language
  • 2+ years of experience building responsive UIs with modern JS frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
  • 3+ years leading technical design and implementation of scalable systems
  • 3+ years mentoring developers and driving engineering maturity
  • 1+ years of experience with AI-assisted development using tools such as Claude Code, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, or similar
  • Hands-on experience integrating AI into customer-facing applications (RAG, MCP, Vector DBs, etc.) is a strong plus
  • Experience maintaining and updating large codebases
  • A passion for solving complex software engineering challenges in a dynamic environment
  • Deep understanding of software design principles, algorithms, data structures, and asynchronous concepts
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience optimizing queries, service architecture, caching, and database sharding
  • Experience with performance, security, privacy, accessibility, and localization/globalization testing
  • Sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiation, and decision-making skills
  • Experience with NodeJs, React, AWS, Terraform
  • Bonus experience: Stripe, Redis, Postgres, large-scale data analytics, and failure analysis

Total Compensation

Annual salary DOE plus stock options.

Additional benefits include:

  • 10 days PTO, 5 days Sick Leave, and 11 Paid Holidays
  • 100% premium coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision, and AD&D (Employee-only)
  • Real experience in a high-profile startup company entering a growth phase
  • Close collaboration with all team members, including executives
  • Ongoing training and professional development
  • Opportunity for significant exposure and career growth
  • End-to-end engineering influence and responsibilities

We are looking for individuals who are Hardy, Hungry, Helpful, Humble, and bring Humor to their work. If you have the drive, grit, creativity, and passion for local food, game-changing software, and disrupting the food industry, Barn2Door may be right for you.

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