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.
About the Role:
This is an opportunity to join a growing team and make a substantial impact at Bowery. We’re looking for an early career Software Engineer that can demonstrate the ability to learn, adapt and roll with a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and who isn’t afraid of uncertainty.
Software Engineering at Bowery involves developing software systems that power a modern farm. This includes building out work management systems, data collection, visualization, control systems, and farm automation. You’ll be part of idea generation, design, prototyping, planning, and the execution of new software components of all aspects of our farms.
The software stack at Bowery consists of a few, focused Elixir services running in AWS, Phoenix +Vue.js / React on the front-end, and Elixir (Nerves) running on thousands of in-house built devices on-premise in our farms. We're utilizing an event-driven architecture, remote procedure calling, and Channels/WebSockets to pass data throughout our services and real-time UI's.
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:
Work with and learn from a team of software engineers across many different levels of experienceCreate innovative automation solutions and advance the state of indoor farming alongside mechanical engineers, agricultural scientists, and the farm operations teamBuild responsive, mobile-first web applications to support the demands of farm operations and agricultural science teamsDevelop systems to collect, process, and visualize data related to plant health and growing environment characteristicsOptimize crop cycles and workflow schedules to improve yields and make the best use of time in the farmScale systems to handle more farms, more sensors, more crops, and more operatorsWho You Are:
You have production level experience in Javascript, Ruby, Python, Go, or Elixir. You have exposure to developing web applications using MVC frameworks like Rails, Node or Phoenix. You’ve built user interfaces using JavaScript frameworks like Vue.js, React, or AngularYou strive to proactively mitigate issues through test-driven development, continuous deployment, and thoughtful monitoring and alerting.You have knowledge or interest in distributed systemsYou are able to establish the scope of assigned tasks, execute on them, and independently communicate status updatesYou participate in code reviews and give constructive feedback to peersYou believe that teams succeed and fail together and take responsibility for ensuring the success and safety of your teammatesYou have the ability to collaborate on and eventually own a project from beginning to end, and you are willing to grow into that responsibility You’re excited about how advancements in machine learning and IoT can work in harmony to improve the state of the planetWho 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 harmWe are excited to hear from you!