Senior Software Engineer

Number of employees

380

Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Posted on: 2022-09-23

Category: food

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

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About the company:

At Bowery Farming, we dream of a world where agriculture gives back to the people and the planet more than it takes. But to achieve this, we need more than incremental change. 

We need to reimagine farming from the ground up. 

Everyday, Bowery’s purpose-driven team works toward this mission. Right outside of cities, we build indoor farms that grow wildly flavorful produce that’s defiantly free from pollutants, all while using less finite resources like space and water. Our smart farms are powered by our proprietary farm operating system, BoweryOS, creating a simplified, agile food system that’s focused on flavor, freshness, and safety. 

At Bowery, we’re farming efficiently so we can feed effectively, democratizing access to fresh, local food in our communities. Join us: https://boweryfarming.com/careers/


Founded in 2015, Bowery Farming is on a mission to democratize access to high-quality, local, safe and sustainable produce. We build smart indoor farms near cities, growing fresher, pesticide-free Protected Produce with bold flavor in precisely controlled environments, 365 days a year. At the heart of each farm is the proprietary BoweryOS, which integrates software, hardware, sensors, AI, computer vision systems, machine learning models, and robotics to orchestrate and automate the entirety of its operations. As a result, each farm creates far less waste and uses a fraction of the water and land compared to traditional agriculture. For more insight on our culture, our teams, and all the things that make us so unique, check out The Roots: Bowery Farming's People Podcast.


Telecommuting may be permitted. When not telecommuting, must report to Bowery Farming Inc., 1250 Alderwood Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94089. Domestic travel required 10% of the time to company sites within the U.S. research Company needs and/or deploy, test, or maintain agricultural robotic systems. 

Based in New York City, Bowery is the largest vertical farming company in the United States, serving major e-commerce platforms and more than 850 grocery stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, including Albertsons Companies (Safeway and Acme), Amazon Fresh, Giant Food, Walmart, Weis, Whole Foods Market, and specialty grocers, with produce that's harvested year-round at peak freshness, delivered within days of harvest. To date, we have raised $472 million from leading investors, including Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, Temasek, GV (formerly Google Ventures), General Catalyst, GGV Capital, First Round Capital, and individuals including Henry Kravis, Jeff Wilke, as well as some of the foremost thought leaders in food, including Tom Colicchio, José Andrés and David Barber of Blue Hill.

We celebrate unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures that enrich the workplace. Join us in creating an inclusive work environment that is free of bias and discrimination, where everyone can be their authentic self.  We strongly encourage people from all walks of life and underrepresented backgrounds to apply and join the Bowery Farming team. We are an equal opportunity employer.

What You'll Do:

  • Develop full-stack software to enable various functionalities of our agricultural robotic systems to support our farming operations.
  • Incorporate functionality with regards to structure of specific crop plants, permitting software to computer optimal approach paths based on that structure.
  • Improve accuracy, speed and precision of robotic system’s neural networks that detect ripe produce.
  • Improve accuracy of computer vision software that detects crop position despite occlusions, sensor noise and incomplete scene data.
  • Develop robotics software to detect and compensate for the motion of the robot relative to the ground to enable picking while moving.
  • Analyze current robotics sensor suite and determine which sensors should be added or changed.
  • Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to collaborate closely with mechanical engineers during each phase of the development process to deploy, test and maintain agricultural robotic systems.
  • Review various reports including metrics and trends from field deployment to identify areas of improvement for new robotics capabilities.
  • What You Have:

  • Master’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Robotics Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related field plus 3 years of professional developing software for robotics application (including designing, deploying, testing, and implementing) and improving functionality with mechanical counterparts.
  • 3 years of professional experience writing code for robotic platforms (including C++ or Python).
  • 3 years of professional experience working with design patterns and data structures to determine the software needs of robotic platforms.
  • 3 years of professional experience developing full-stack software to enable functionalities with robotics applications (including perception and planning).
  • 2 years of professional experience with AI or neural networks.
  • Who We Are:

  • Bowery is a place where everyone is welcome, included and empowered to reach their full potential 
  • We live our shared values every day in both big and small ways: opt-in, think wildly different, break barriers together & be kind to the core 
  • We are a mission-driven team of unconventional thinkers, problem-solvers, optimists and activators 
  • We share a passion for giving back more to the planet than we take, growing deliciously abundant food without abundant harm
  • We are excited to hear from you!
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