Senior Platform Engineer — Edge AI for Smart Farming

AgZen; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) with employer matching

6 weeks PTO

Holidays and health insurance

Job summary

AgZen, a Somerville, MA‑based precision agriculture company, is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a multidisciplinary infrastructure team. You will build and maintain tools that connect firmware, ML systems, and user interfaces on sprayers deployed globally.

You will drive the design of scalable software for real‑time crop spraying insights, work with cloud and bare‑metal Linux stacks, and help advance edge computing in a field environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven skills architecting, implementing, and managing internal tools and platforms.
• Proficiency with Go, especially concurrent/distributed systems.
• Experience with Terraform, AWS, Docker and bare‑metal Linux.
• Familiarity with TypeScript (React and React Router).
• Willingness to learn new tools, dive into unfamiliar systems, and take ownership of real‑world problems.
• Alignment with our mission — sustainability and impact in agriculture.

Responsibilities

• Scale a growing network of computer vision systems embedded on sprayers around the world.
• Ship internal tools supporting manufacturing, maintenance, monitoring, development, and science.
• Work across the full stack, architecting the backbone of a system that connects firmware, machine learning systems, and user interfaces.
• Collaborate on features sparked by teammates, company leadership, and real customer needs—watch your work used in real time over live satellite connections.
• Test your work in a hardware‑equipped lab that simulates real‑world conditions.
• Push the limits of edge computing to power the most user‑friendly system in modern agriculture technology.

Skills

5+ years of software engineering

Ownership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Go

Terraform

AWS

Docker

TypeScript

React

Linux

Job description

AgZen, a Somerville, MA‑based precision agriculture company, is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a multidisciplinary infrastructure team. You will build and maintain tools that connect firmware, ML systems, and user interfaces on sprayers deployed globally.

You will drive the design of scalable software for real‑time crop spraying insights, work with cloud and bare‑metal Linux stacks, and help advance edge computing in a field environment.