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We empower our customers - farmers, construction crews, and foresters - to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff - pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task - leads to big gains. \nBlue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA. \nJob Responsibilities\nLeads the design and implementation of complex full stack solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.\nIdentifies system inefficiencies and drives architectural improvements, ensuring high-quality deliverables across projects.\nMentors junior engineers, providing technical guidance and support through coaching, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.\nLeads cross-functional collaboration efforts, ensuring seamless integration of features and adherence to product specifications.\nThe employee participates in, and often leads, the design and development of software algorithms for intelligent agricultural robots/machines. 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