Full Stack Software Engineer

Company Overview 

Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN®) is a pioneering digital marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network dedicated to empowering family farmers globally while promoting sustainable agriculture. With over 117,000 members, FBN's Farmers First® promise unites growers and ranchers in their quest to maximize profitability and increase food production. FBN leverages data, AI and direct-to-farm delivery to simplify the agricultural supply chain, boosting convenience and transparency, reducing farm input costs, enhancing access to financing and services, and providing personalized farm insights. Its Gradable® joint-venture helps thousands of farmers adopt and earn rewards for regenerative practices while simplifying the access of regenerative products for the world’s leading food companies and grain buyers.

Position Summary

In this role, you'll tackle the complexities of agriculture by building code and infrastructure to process and analyze vast datasets. You will develop cutting-edge full-stack solutions, creating dynamic user experiences, and building robust back-end services. These solutions will provide farmers with actionable insights from FBN’s unique data across financial, sustainability, and crop marketing services. You will collaborate with Data Science and other engineering teams. We seek a passionate engineer with strong CS fundamentals, a proven track record in building scalable backend systems with Python and intuitive web interfaces using React or JavaScript, and expertise in the broader web stack (HTTP, Docker, databases). A commitment to quality, testability, and correctness is key.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex, high-risk software projects involving multiple systems and developers, ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, independently designing technical specifications and advising on optimal solutions.
• Develop code for complex projects, architecting and implementing full-stack solutions, with a focus on React/JavaScript for front-end web experiences and Python for back-end systems, across our software  lifecycle.
• Own full feature sets and significant codebase portions.
• Collaborate with product, design, data science, and business teams.
• Perform unit testing, prepare project documentation, and provide development estimates.
• Continuously enhance engineering skills through challenging projects and collaboration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• 6+ years of programming experience with solid CS fundamentals.
• Strong proficiency in Python and a front end language (e.g., JavaScript, React, etc.)
• Solid experience with TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and build complex, scalable full-stack systems, leveraging Python for back-end development.
• Experience with database schema design (Postgres, MySQL).
• Understanding of the web stack (HTTP, caching, REST APIs, etc.).
• Proven testing/QA experience (unit, integration) and SDLC knowledge.
• Task ownership, goal-oriented, excellent communication, and adaptability.
• Experience with Docker, GitHub and AWS.
• Experience designing complex systems focusing on architecture, reliability and scaling. 
• Deeply familiar with security best practices. 

Preferred Qualifications

• 8-10 years of programming experience or an advanced CS/Engineering degree.
• Experience with Python frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI) is a plus.
• Passion for code quality, modern front-end best practices, and developer productivity.

Characteristics

The successful applicant will be:

• Critical thinking, distilling concepts, clear communication (verbal and written).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to write clear, concise documents quickly.
• Self-directed with a sense of urgency.
• Builds bridges and resolves conflict successfully.
• Proactively anticipates and identifies issues.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.

  The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $135,900-$166,000. This salary range may vary based on geography and the higher cost of labor in some metropolitan areas.    Beyond Base Pay, FBN also offers all full-time/permanent employees competitive total compensation packages that include equity compensation (dependent upon job level), incentive/bonus plans (dependent upon position), paid holidays plus an additional floating