In a world increasingly impacted by climate change, pollution, and population growth, conventional production of fresh/fruiting vegetables is unsustainable. Compared to field production, greenhouse hydroponic methods use 90% less water, increase yields, reduce food waste, use fewer pesticides, eliminate fertilizer runoff, and allow crops to be grown locally. However, greenhouse producers make up only a small part of today’s market due to high capital/labor costs and operational complexity. To close this gap, Hippo Harvest uses new methods of hydroponics, robotics, and machine intelligence to re-imagine greenhouses and build the sustainable, economical, and scalable production systems of the future.

You Will

• Own significant parts of Hippo’s backend systems, particularly those around storing and reading data
• Work closely with our front-end engineers, and occasionally flex into front-end engineering, particularly for data-heavy projects
• Be a thought partner for our infrastructure/dev-ops team, particularly around data infrastructure, testing, and deploying back-end systems
• Collaborate with the robotics engineers, particularly around data-driven decision-making systems, and systems that require user input or interaction
• Partner with our plant science, machine learning, commercial, and operational teams, particularly around data use cases

You Have

• 5+ years of experience working with complex, data-centric backend systems
• Experience designing and implementing backend APIs (REST, GraphQL)
• Substantial experience with React (or similar frontend framework) and TypeScript, with experience deploying and maintaining Node.js backends
• Expertise in both SQL and ORM methods of database interaction, as well as database architecture, schema management, and administration
• Proficiency in Python and at least one compiled language (bonus points if that includes Rust)
• Nice-to-haves include experience with one or more of FastAPI, Pydantic, Kubernetes / Microservice Design, ArgoCD, MLOps, or GitHub actions (or similar CI/CD systems)
• Robotics and/or machine learning experience is useful, but not necessary

We Offer

• An exciting and fun work environment where your contributions will make a true difference
• A hybrid work environment, with 1 day a week in person at our Pescadero facility, and 4 days a week working from home
• Competitive salary from $150,000 - $195,000 based on level
• Full benefits package including six weeks of paid vacation, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, twelve weeks of paid parental leave, 401k with company match, company stock options