Software Engineer
Full-time · Engineering · Campbell, CA · Hartford, CT
About Tend:
We hold a vision of building tools that enable anyone, anywhere, at any scale to grow good quality
food. To that end, we’ve embarked on a mission to be the number-one tool at helping small scale farm
managers streamline their farming operations, from planning through sales. You’ll be joining a young
company with a passionate team that strives to have a long-term major positive impact on the food
system.
Tend is a brand of Spiraledge, Inc.
Position Summary:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated engineer with strong experience in designing
and building systems that are scalable and have strong service-oriented architectures. You’ll
be working alongside product managers that are also farmers to help design and implement new
features on Tend. If you want to join a team that loves living at the intersection of technology and
farming, you need to join our team!
Responsibilities:
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Participate in product and technology design sessions
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Design, document and communicate new services and features that are scalable and extendable
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Collaborate with Product Managers, designers, and other technical development resources
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Write awesome, well performing, easy to maintain code
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Participate in project and sprint planning for the development of new product and service
features
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Ability to work independently solving technical problems
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Desire to work in a small team in a startup-up like environment
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Perform other duties as requested
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Maintain a positive work atmosphere that strengthens the team
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Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures and instructions
Requirements:
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Experience in the following:
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Web: Java, Spring IO, Hibernate, Tomcat, and JUnit, Cactus, JSON, REST,
GitHub, Jenkins
- Databases: Mysql, non-sql database technologies
- Design: strong experience with MVP designs
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Software development lifecycle / Agile methodologies
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Familiar with building micro-services architecture.
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Expertise in the development of multi-language applications and related
internationalization aspects
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A clear passion for building tools to support sustainable high quality foods systems
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Experience in Agile/SCRUM and Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development
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Knowledge of Google Cloud services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL and
MySQL
Desired (not required):
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BS or MS in Computer Science
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Experience in building or contributing to open source
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Mobile development with Android or iOS (swift)
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Performance assessment and tuning
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Physical Demands:
Physical Demands:
The employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear frequently; use hands and fingers to type,
write; reach with hands and arms for tasks such as keyboarding, opening filing cabinets, and some
light lifting as necessary to function in an office environment.
