Software Engineer, Apollo Agriculture

• Are excited about the mission of transforming the livelihoods of smallholder farmers
• Are a creative problem solver, and are excited to innovate where technology doesn’t work as usual. Our challenges include poor or non-existent cell phone coverage, limited quality mobile phone hardware, and so on
• Have a solid background in writing software at scale, preferably using Scala or another high-level, statically typed language. This typically means you have 5+ years of professional software development experience at a fast growing technology company
• Have knowledge of cloud computing fundamentals, preferably AWS
• Have production experience with SQL databases including data modeling, writing performant queries, etc
• Are an exceptional writer and communicator. You can turn technical challenges and solutions into digestible technical documents and proposals to seek alignment and enable efficient technical decision making
• Are a tireless problem solver who can roll up your sleeves to tackle whatever challenges need urgent attention, no matter when they arise
• You have a “whatever it takes” attitude and are comfortable engaging peers across different teams to get the job done

• Apollo is seeking an exceptional Software Engineer to join our Amsterdam-based Engineering team and help us develop and improve the technology that drives our operations
• In this role, you will be implementing practical and pragmatic solutions to real-world problems. Apollo is active in some of the most remote and underserved areas on earth, and we are often required to innovate to handle unusual challenges… truly engineering at the edge
• Work directly with Product, Data Science, and Operations teams to enable the distribution of high quality agricultural inputs to tens of thousands of smallholder farmers annually.
• This role reports to the Engineering Manager
• Develop and maintain effective, scalable systems using Scala, Play Framework, and Cats
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of impactful features
• Embrace a "product engineer" mindset, balancing ideal architecture with the realities of a fast-paced startup environment
• Mentor peers in software development best practices
• Be part of an on-call rotation, responding to outages as necessary
• Actively participate in creating a positive impact on the lives of smallholder farmers through technology

• Dynamic environment that fosters talent, collaboration and growth
• Benefits package and challenging projects

Total funding: $68.7m

Agriculture covers roughly half of Kenya’s territory, and 60% of Africa’s population are smallholder farmers. Many of these farmers face a plethora of challenges like difficulty to access financing and insurance which results in low productivity.