Smart Farming Software Engineer

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Birmingham

Equity in the business

Learning and development budget

Flexible hours

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK is looking for a Smart Farming Software Engineer in Birmingham to help build scalable software that turns field sensor data into actionable farmer insights. You’ll influence architecture and tooling as the product grows, collaborating with agronomists and farmers to deliver end-to-end features.

Expect a hybrid setup from Birmingham, a learning budget, and equity in the business alongside a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• A few years of commercial software engineering experience, ideally with backend or full-stack work.
• Comfort with cloud infrastructure and handling data at scale.
• Some exposure to IoT devices, sensor data, or hardware integration is a strong plus.
• The ability to work independently and make sound calls without waiting for permission.
• Genuine curiosity about agriculture, even if you've never worked in it before.
• Clear communication. You'll be talking to farmers and agronomists as often as engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software that processes live data from field sensors and farm machinery
• Design APIs that connect hardware in the field to dashboards farmers check every morning
• Write clean, tested code across the stack, from data pipelines to user-facing tools
• Work directly with agronomists to translate farming problems into working features
• Debug issues that show up in real conditions, not just on a test bench
• Take part in decisions about architecture and tooling as the platform grows

Skills

Software engineering

Backend design

Cloud infrastructure

IoT exposure

Independent worker

Agriculture interest

Communication skills

Job description

Step into this Smart Farming Software Engineer role and build something that matters in AgriTech.

Farms are running on sensor data now, not just soil and instinct. This AgriTech startup builds the software that turns field data into decisions farmers actually use, and it's grown fast enough that the next hire will shape how the platform scales. A Smart Farming Software Engineer joining now gets in while the codebase is still small enough to influence.

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Build and maintain software that processes live data from field sensors and farm machinery
• Design APIs that connect hardware in the field to dashboards farmers check every morning
• Write clean, tested code across the stack, from data pipelines to user-facing tools
• Work directly with agronomists to translate farming problems into working features
• Debug issues that show up in real conditions, not just on a test bench
• Take part in decisions about architecture and tooling as the platform grows

Here are the skills you'll need:

• A few years of commercial software engineering experience, ideally with backend or full-stack work
• Comfort with cloud infrastructure and handling data at scale
• Some exposure to IoT devices, sensor data, or hardware integration is a strong plus
• The ability to work independently and make sound calls without waiting for permission
• Genuine curiosity about agriculture, even if you've never worked in it before
• Clear communication. You'll be talking to farmers and agronomists as often as engineers

Key perks and benefits:

• £38,000 to £50,000, depending on experience
• Hybrid working from Birmingham, with real flexibility on when you're in
• Equity in the business, not just a salary
• A proper learning and development budget you're expected to use
• Flexible hours and a genuinely remote-friendly culture when you need it

Why pursue a career in AgriTech?

AgriTech is one of the few sectors where software has to work in the real world, not just on a screen, and that's what makes it interesting. Birmingham has quietly become a strong base for AgriTech companies, with good transport links to the farming regions this kind of software actually serves. Get in as a Smart Farming Software Engineer at this stage and you're not just writing code. You're helping decide how a growing platform gets built.

This Smart Farming Software Engineer opportunity in Birmingham is brought to you by The Opportunity Hub UK.