Senior Software Engineer

About Loam:

At Loam, we have the earth in our hands. As a team of scientists, farmers, and entrepreneurs, we are on a mission to improve the world's farmland and address climate change. By developing microbial technology, we aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and build carbon in agricultural soils. Our goal is to help farming businesses prosper by boosting yield, enhancing soil health, and enabling access to carbon markets.

As a fast-paced and multidimensional startup, Loam offers a supportive and diverse workplace where every team member is encouraged to learn and grow beyond their area of expertise. Regardless of the role, everyone at Loam shares one job: to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it stably in farmer's soils.

This is more than just a job — this is our life’s work.

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a core member of the Data & Technology team who are responsible for the delivery of software and data across Loam Bio. This is a new team so you will help inform the culture, practices and technologies we use going forward. 

You will have the opportunity to work across a diverse and exciting range of projects across all of Loam, in different technology stacks and platforms, allowing you to expand your skills across engineering, data and cloud.

Being a startup, there’s a huge amount we need to build. You’ll contribute to the design and development of greenfield systems, while maintaining and scaling what currently exists.

• Working on a wide range of projects across Loam Bio, involving various technology stacks and platforms, enhancing skills in engineering, data management, and cloud technologies
• Translating business and user requirements into technical designs
• Leading end to end delivery of work - from idea into production
• Designing simple solutions and developing these with high quality code
• Utilising modern engineering practices like test automation, CI/CD, IaC
• Ensuring quality, security and performance are built into our work
• Actively participating in team ceremonies and practices
• Delighting our customers and accelerating our business objectives with technology

Requirements

• Passionate about tackling climate change or regenerative agriculture
• Self-starter able to solve complex problems with simple solutions
• Strong communicator who prioritises well and executes independently
• Comfortable developing across the stack and interested in learning new technologies
• Experience building and running modern, scalable, developer friendly APIs
• Experience deploying and operating cloud services - bonus points for GCP
• An interest in contributing to a modern data platform

Benefits

• Brand new ​MacBook for you to do your best work

• Fast growing start-up with opportunity to accelerate your career
• Work alongside leading scientists and innovators in a global organisation
• Inclusive and supportive culture
• Hybrid work environment with flexible schedule
• Competitive salary based on experience

Why you should join us

We're tackling some of the most challenging issues of our time, and we're doing it with a team that's passionate about making a difference. If you're looking for a role where you can use your skills to contribute to a mission that matters, we'd love to hear from you.

Loam Bio is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic.