Principal Product Engineer

Principal Product Engineer ABOUT US FarmRaise http://www.farmraise.com is revolutionizing agriculture by transforming raw farm data into actionable intelligence. Our platform ingests agronomic, financial, and imagery data - from a farmer’s phone camera to their bank feed - and produces clean, structured insights that power financial access, compliance, and sustainability outcomes. At FarmRaise, our mission is to transform half of America’s cropland to sustainable practices by 2030. Each day, we’re building data infrastructure and AI-powered tools that make farm operations smarter and more resilient. Our team moves fast, does more with less, and is motivated by driving outcomes that truly matter. With a lean team and minimal budget, we’ve attracted tens of thousands of producers organically and partnered with agricultural lenders, buyers, and regulators including Blue Diamond Growers https://www.farmraise.com/bdg-stewardship, BTC Bank https://btcbank.bank/resources/farmraise-and-btc-bank-partner-to-support-farmers-financial-success, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-events/news/04-17-2024/usda-partners-farmraise-offer-educational-tools-resources-promote. We’re featured as the best all-around farm accounting solution https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/small-business/farm-accounting-software by Nerdwallet and are backed by top investors such as Pear VC, Accel, Susa Ventures, and Better Tomorrow Ventures. Our team includes farmers, farmers’ kids, and technologists passionate about building a more profitable, sustainable future for agriculture. ABOUT YOU You’re obsessed with building AI-driven products that make a tangible difference in the real world. You’ve scaled early-stage startups from seed to Series B and thrive where technology meets messy, real-world data. You want to work on products that see, understand, and act — where machine learning meets everyday use. - Startup Experience: You’ve played an engineering role in scaling a startup from seed to Series B. - Comfortable with Ambiguity: When plans aren’t fully formed, you step up to collaborate with PMs or business stakeholders to shape them. You don’t wait for perfect processes before getting started and thrive in a rapidly evolving environment. - Independent Problem Solver: When blockers arise, you’re not afraid to get involved in PM or design if needed to keep things moving. - T-shaped Engineer: You have deep expertise in one area (e.g., specific backends, databases, or dev ops) but are comfortable working across the entire stack when necessary. - Technical Leadership: You enjoy leading small project teams and can mentor others in writing efficient, clean, and scalable code. THE HIGHLIGHTS - FarmRaise is hiring a Principal Product Engineer who will report to Cory McArthur https://www.linkedin.com/in/corysmc/, our Head of Product. - In this role, you will: - Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to identify where AI can deliver immediate user value (e.g., financial insights, sustainability compliance checks, farm-specific recommendations). - Lead efforts in maintaining SOC-2 Compliance - Drive the long-term technical direction for AI-enabled features across our platform, from computer vision to data parsing to intelligent recommendations. - Define technical specs for features and target dates, ensuring alignment between product and engineering teams. - Define architectural patterns for the platform, ensure scalability and reliability. - Provide technical leadership across teams, set engineering standards, mentor others, and raise the bar for the org. - Collaborate as needed with stakeholders to clarify goals and drive product development. - Contribute across the entire stack, from front-end to back-end, databases, and deployment. - Engage in code reviews and design discussions to raise team standards for lean, effective development. - Compensation $200,000 - $230,000 per year and equity granted via the ... (truncated, view full listing at source)