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It’s this very spirit that drives us to build a robotic machinery platform, delivering a service that brings unprecedented efficiency, productivity, and cost to farmers. Join our fast-growing, industrious, and passionate team of innovators as we continue to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry.\nAs a Full Stack Engineer at Sabanto, you will be building the web and api platform that powers the orchestration of vehicle configuration, data pipeline processing and the interfaces that our customers use day-to-day when operating their vehicles.\nRESPONSIBILITIES & OUTCOMES\nMaintain and extend the cloud path planning engine - coverage paths, headland generation, turn optimization, and safe traversals - for autonomous agricultural robots operating in the field\nDiagnose and resolve issues seen by customers related to field coverage in complex, real-world field geometries (holes, waterways, irrigation systems)\nBuild and harden geospatial data pipelines that move field and equipment data through transformations, optimization, and output\nDesign, build, and operate Python-based AWS Lambda services across the platform, from spec through deployment\nWrite tested, hardened, and safe code - unit tests, integration tests against real field data, and visual validation before every change ships\nOwn the build and deployment lifecycle for serverless cloud services\nQUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s in computer science or a related field\nStrong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with comfort reasoning about geometry and spatial data\nAn entrepreneurial attitude with a keen eye for detail\nOrganized, disciplined, and can manage multiple priorities simultaneously\nIndustrious - ideally can drive, or willing to learn to drive, tractors, and anything with four wheels\nAg-gnostic - can walk up to a farmer, talk the talk, walk the walk, i.e. not intimidated\nDESIRED EXPERIENCE\nMastery of Python, including writing production-grade, well-tested services\nExperience with geospatial and computational geometry libraries (Shapely, GeoPandas, PyProj, or similar)\n3+ years building cloud-native services on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - including Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, and ECS\nExperience working with Docker-based software and build pipelines\nFamiliarity with optimization techniques or operations research (e.g. OR-Tools, vehicle routing problems) a plus\nFamiliarity with robotics or vehicle kinematics (e.g. Dubins/Reeds-Shepp paths, turning-radius constraints) a plus\nFamiliarity with NodeJS/TypeScript and SQL/NoSQL database engines a plus, for cross-team collaboration\nBENEFITS\nAt Sabanto, every member of our team moves the needle. With a firm footing in our core company values, we’ve built a fast-paced, demanding work culture that allows for the flexibility, autonomy, and career opportunities you’d expect from a growing company. We offer competitive benefits including:\nWorking on a concept that will forever disrupt the agriculture industry\nThe chance to make an immediate impact and do the best work of your life\nUnlimited Vacation and flexible time\n401k, medical, dental\nOUR CORE VALUES\nOwn It - Be self-driven, entrepreneurial, and efficient\nRaise the Bar - Challenge complacency and mediocrity; be adaptable and agile; details matter\nBe As One - Trust, collaborate, and support; invest in co-workers and customers\nEmbrace Curiosity - Always be learning, be curious and share; be humbled but not embarrassed by mistakes\nDo the Right Thing - Act with integrity, even when no one is looking; be transparent\nEmpower Farmers - Create solutions where customers, i.e. farmers, win\nAt Sabanto, we value diversity of culture and background for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Sabanto is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 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