What this job offers

Permanent full-time employment, 37.5 guaranteed paid hours per week, bi-weekly pay, paid vacation and statutory holiday entitlements in accordance with the British Columbia Employment Standards Act, applicable overtime pay, standard workplace protections, professional development opportunities and occasional remote work where approved by the employer.

Role overview

Mosaic Farm is seeking a permanent, full-time Senior Software Developer to design, develop, integrate and maintain the software infrastructure supporting our agricultural, smart-farming and farm-retail operations in North Saanich, British Columbia.

Mosaic Farm is an agricultural and farm-retail business developing an integrated farm-to-market operating model. Our technology systems support farm production, crop and product traceability, inventory, packaging, online ordering, wholesale and restaurant supply, direct-to-consumer sales, fulfilment, logistics and smart-farming equipment. Software development is an operational component of our existing agricultural business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain backend services, APIs, databases and farm-management software.

• Develop systems supporting crop tracking, product traceability, inventory management, packaging, logistics and retail and wholesale order processing.

• Build and improve web applications, mobile applications, internal dashboards, online ordering systems and customer interfaces.

• Develop software integrations for irrigation, environmental monitoring, greenhouse processes, sensors, IoT devices, equipment workflows and operational alerts.

• Integrate cloud-based software, operational databases and smart-farming automation systems.

• Perform troubleshooting, debugging, quality assurance, deployment, performance optimization, security monitoring, technical documentation and ongoing maintenance.

• Collaborate with farm operations, sales, packaging, distribution, management and technical vendors to gather requirements and implement practical technology solutions.

• Provide senior-level guidance regarding software architecture, technical standards, system scalability and development practices.

Employment Details:

• Permanent, full-time and indeterminate position
• 35 ~ 40 hours per week
• Wage: CAD $60.00 per hour
• Primary work location: 845 Downey Road, North Saanich, British Columbia
• Position requires on-site system support; occasional remote work may be approved
• NOC 21232 – Software developers and programmers

Qualified applicants should submit a resume and brief cover letter describing their relevant software-development experience to contact@mosaic-farm.com.

Requirements

Education: achelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering or a related technical field. An equivalent combination of relevant post-secondary education, technical training and substantial professional software-development experience may be considered.
Experience: Minimum five years of professional software-development experience, including experience with backend services, APIs, databases and production software systems. Experience with cloud infrastructure, web applications, system architecture, deployment, security and performance optimization is required. Practical experience with technologies such as Python, Go, Java or C#, relational or non-relational databases, cloud platforms and containerized applications is preferred. Experience integrating IoT devices, sensors, automation systems or agricultural technology is an asset.