Senior Software Engineer, Blue River Technology
Data Platform
$142-250k
+ Bonus
Agriculture machinery company
Open for applications
Agriculture machinery company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$142-250k
+ Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create intelligent machinery that solves monumental challenges for our customers.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is an experienced data platform builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up
- The Engineer should be comfortable with MLOps approach and technologies and be able to design and implement pipelines
- They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products
- We would be interested in hearing from you if you are a driven Software Engineer with a solid background in data and a desire to develop effective and scalable data solutions
- 10+ years of experience building data platforms/data backends
- 5+ years of experience working with Python
- Experience building and optimizing ‘big data’ data pipelines using Spark, architectures, and data sets
- Familiar with best practices in building CVML pipelines
- Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets
- Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
- They should also have experience using the following software/tools:
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB
- Experience with data pipeline and orchestration platforms such as Airflow
- Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, RDS DBs
- Experience with Terraform
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex data-related issues
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality, well-documented code
Desirable
- Experience with image processing and labeling platforms
- Can understand some C++ or Go, or talk with people that do
- Prior experience in the autonomy and robotics space is a huge plus
- Experience with image processing pipelines
- Familiarity with robotics logs
- Knows how to use git and/or other versioning systems
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Sr Software Engineer to join our Data/CVML platform team at Blue River.
- The hire will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture/infrastructure, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams.
- The Engineer will support our software developers, data analysts, data scientists, and ML Engineers on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects.
- The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even redesigning our company’s data platform to support our next generation of products and data initiatives.
- The ideal candidate will be passionate about creating rapid proof-of-concepts and iterating with stakeholders until the best solution is found.
- Create and maintain optimal data platforms for ingesting machine logs, image data, and various other types of datasets
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using Python, SQL, Databricks Spark, and AWS ‘big data’ technologies
- Build and enhance CVML pipelines, and integrate data within Kubeflow and Databricks using pyTorch and its ecosystem
- Work with stakeholders including the Product, Data, and Infra teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
- Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing their workflows
- Triage and fix support issues related to data anomalies
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, software engineers, and product managers, to understand data requirements and deliver data solutions that align with business goals
- Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including data flow diagrams, architecture designs, and standard operating procedures
- Technology Evaluation: Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to data engineering, recommending and implementing new tools and frameworks as appropriate
Our take
The global farming market is rigorously growing to keep up with demand. Blue River Technology is a farming equipment maker using computer vision, machine learning, robotics and product management to develop machines that optimise chemical usage and reimagining routine processes within farming.
Acquired by one of the largest names in agriculture - John Deere - Blue River commits to remaining independent in ways of working and culture. The company is also stepping into new-world territory working with AI to combat invasive weeds and other large-scale farming issues. It’s impressive what has been developed by Blue River Technology for an industry that is so heavily relied upon, yet has been slower to digitize. It will be exciting to see how the company develops its idea of autonomous farming into the future picture of the farming industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2015
$17m
SERIES B
Mar 2014
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $30.1m
Company benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave and an Adoption Benefit
- Subsidized lunches
- Flexible work hours
- Collaborative and supportive environment
- Operating as “mostly remote"
Company values
- Innovative - We embrace a challenge that has never been solved before. We innovate with a “first-of-its-kind” mindset
- Collaborative - Two is ten times better than one
- Customer Obsessed - Our customers are at the core of all we do
- Scrappy - We do big things without letting formality get in our way. We stay nimble, have “fire in our belly” and we never give up
- Accountable - We focus on the right things and we own our part in delivering quality results
- Integrity - We will do what is right. Always
Company HQ
Sunnyvale West, Sunnyvale, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jorge Heraud
(CEO)Previously worked through several roles at Trimble Navigation most recently as a Business Unit Manager and Director of Business Development. Is also VP Automation & Autonomy at John Deere.
Lee Redden
(Chief Scientist)Also Chief Scientist of the Intelligent Solutions Group at John Deere. Worked as an Engineering Intern at NASA and in the Robotics Academy as Team Lead at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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