Company Overview

Plantix is India’s leading digital ecosystem connecting farmers, local retailers and agri-input producers. It is the world’s most downloaded app for farmers - combining artificial intelligence and the expertise of leading research institutions around the globe. Millions of customers use the Plantix Crop Doctor to diagnose crop problems, get recommendations about treatments and the best suited products at their local store.

For the first time in their farming life, many are now able to obtain an accurate diagnosis and the right treatment. On top of this, we provide detailed advice on how to avoid crop loss and to minimize pesticide and fertilizer use. With Plantix, we are able to make a meaningful impact in farmers’ lives.

We have also built India’s largest digital B2B platform, the Plantix Partner App for agri-inputs - connecting tens of thousand local retailers. The company has over 1000 products listed in the product catalog, offers transparent pricing, easy payment and business management.

What’s exciting in Plantix

• Working for a growing, mission-driven company that cares about its employees, a great work climate and of course pain reliefs for small farmers

• Modern and well-equipped office in the center of Berlin with a creative and inspiring environment

• Flexible working hours and remote working

Snippets about Backend Team Leads

At Plantix, we solve interesting and challenging problems. You will join a department of software, machine learning and devops engineers, working on the Plantix core backend infrastructure. Our distributed services process, label and store tens of thousands of plant images each day, helping farmers diagnose plant diseases in seconds.

As a lead engineer, you will be a role model for the developers in our backend team. Together with them, you will architect, design, code and deploy clean, testable, tested and scalable microservices as part of our fleet, and work on making existing infrastructure more resilient. You will lead the planning sessions for your team, drive design discussions, write and review design docs, review code, mentor junior engineers and establish good practices.

Our tech stack currently includes AWS, Python, TypeScript, Flask, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Jenkins and Docker, but this is not set in stone. We treat languages and frameworks as tools, and we believe strong engineers are able to choose and learn technologies quickly.

We have two backend teams, and you will lead one of them. There is also an Engineering Manager in our team, who will make your life easier.

Requirements

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Backend Team Lead, you will be responsible for …

• …leading a team of backend developers and ensuring the delivery of high-quality code.

• …collaborating with cross-functional teams in order to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• …designing and developing scalable, high-performance, and secure systems.

• …mentoring and training junior team members on best practices and technologies.

• …setting technical direction and making architectural decisions.

• …ensuring software is delivered on time and meets requirements.

Skills

• Strong computer science fundamentals - basic data structures, algorithms, complexity (no formal training required, just great problem-solving skills)

• SOLID software engineering fundamentals - object-oriented or functional design, relational data modeling, API design, clean code and unit-testing

• 6+ years of software engineering experience and mastery of at least one modern programming language - Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Scala, C#, C++ or similar

• Growth mindset towards learning Python and choosing the right language, library or tool for the job

• Mindset towards building robust, tested and maintainable services, clean architecture, technical excellence, observability and scalability

• Strong bias for action. You thrive when you have clear goals, not just tasks. You can lead the way and motivate others to follow and execute on your mission

• You treat everybody with