Senior Software Engineer

PickTrace; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in agriculture is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to create impactful software solutions. You will learn the business needs of customers and advocate for best practices in development and deployment. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of web software experience, is comfortable with various programming languages, and actively utilizes AI tools. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as you'll work cross-functionally and mentor other engineers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building web-based software.
• Hands-on experience with high-level programming languages.
• Ability to use AI coding assistants regularly.

Responsibilities

• Learn agriculture workflow to enhance user experience.
• Advocate for best practices in development and deployment.
• Utilize AI tools to enhance coding and documentation.

Skills

Web-based software development

Languages: Go, Kotlin, C#, Python, Java

Front end technologies: HTML, CSS, Typescript, React

AI-assisted workflows

Containerized apps (Docker)

Job description

You could leverage your passion for technology to create solutions that will directly impact our food supply chain? The agriculture industry is facing numerous challenges including coordinating workforces in a rapidly shifting environment and increasing costs, yet it is one of the least digitized industries in the world. At PickTrace, we’re working to solve these problems and deliver products our customers love. That is why we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who not only builds great software, but knows how to harness AI as a force multiplier to help build the SaaS farm management operating system of the future.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Learn agriculture and become well-versed in the workflow and business needs of PickTrace customers in order to craft an elegant, high-performance user experience
• Help advocate for best practices for development processes and deployment, including the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows
• Use AI tools as a force multiplier — applying AI assistants to accelerate coding, research, debugging, and documentation across the stack
• Help build and maintain a collaborative culture that fosters collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement
• Work full stack across the back end and front end
• Write efficient, scalable, and easily testable APIs
• Write reusable frontend components
• Mentor other engineers
• Contribute to maintainable code by performing code reviews and writing tests

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• You have 4+ years of experience building web based software
• High level languages similar to Go, Kotlin, C#, Python, Java
• Front end languages similar to HTML, CSS, Typescript, and React
• Experience with containerized apps (Docker) is a plus
• Cloud - experienced in setting up, architecting, and deploying services
• Experience with AI-assisted workflows
• Actively uses AI coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude) as a core part of daily development
• Comfortable running agentic coding workflows where AI tools autonomously handle multi-step tasks
• Able to critically evaluate, test, and take full ownership of AI-generated code — understanding its limitations and knowing when not to trust it
• You are an innovative, big picture thinker and pragmatic with technical details
• You have a knack for simplifying, breaking down, and honing in on the core elements of problems to drive towards iterative solutions
• You have strong communication skills and can work effectively with a cross-functional team (including with non-technical colleagues)

If this sounds like you, we would absolutely love to meet you!