Senior Software Engineer

Frontier Agriculture

. Design, build and maintain production-quality software across the full stack .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • Cambridge • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in full-stack software engineering, particularly with Vue 3, Nuxt, and Python, while effectively leading technical discussions and mentoring engineers. Capable of aligning technical decisions with business objectives and managing infrastructure using AWS and Terraform.

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Full-Stack Software EngineeringVue 3 Application DevelopmentAsynchronous Python Services DevelopmentCI/CD Workflow ManagementAWS Services Management

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Hard Skills

PythonTypeScriptPostgreSQLFastAPIVue 3NuxtCI/CD WorkflowsGitHub ActionsTerraformSoftware Design Principles

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringCollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

AWS LambdaRDSS3LightsailGitHub Actions

Industry Keywords

Enterprise SaaSWhite-Label TechnologyAgri-Food SectorDelivery PlanningRisk Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSNuxtPostgresPythonSQLTerraformTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build and maintain production-quality software across the full stack
Develop responsive applications using Vue 3 and Nuxt in SPA mode
Develop asynchronous Python services using FastAPI or equivalent frameworks
Lead architectural design and make technical trade-off decisions
Address new features, complex technical issues and scalability challenges across products
Act as technical counterpart to the Project Manager and translate requirements into technical plans
Break multi-month initiatives into achievable milestones
Contribute to sprint and quarterly planning, including estimation, dependency analysis, capacity assessment and risk identification
Define scope and maintain coherent delivery plans
Lead technical discussions and code reviews
Mentor engineers and support colleagues with technical problems
Set technical direction and address performance or wellbeing concerns
Own the security, performance, reliability and maintainability of developed systems
Champion testing and maintain appropriate coverage
Maintain technical documentation and model good engineering practices
Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows with linting, testing, type checking and deployment on merge
Work with AWS services and manage infrastructure through Terraform or equivalent tools
Lead incident investigation and resolution and implement preventative improvements
Identify technical problems and opportunities and own improvement work
Keep technology and engineering practice knowledge current and share learning
Contribute to technology and innovation ideas
Support Data Science research and development in productionizing solutions
Align technical decisions with business objectives and contribute to roadmap planning
Collaborate with Product, Project Management, Business Development and other colleagues
Translate customer feedback into secure, scalable and user-friendly solutions
Represent YAGRO’s technical capabilities to customers during calls or demonstrations
Build collaborative relationships and provide recommendations on product development

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience in delivery planning and line management
Strong technical expertise in full-stack software engineering
Experience designing, developing and maintaining enterprise SaaS and white-label technology solutions
Proficiency with Python, TypeScript and raw SQL against PostgreSQL without an ORM
Experience with Vue 3 and Nuxt in SPA mode
Experience with asynchronous Python services using FastAPI or equivalent frameworks
Knowledge of software design principles, databases, web frameworks and distributed data processing
Experience evaluating AWS Lambda processing pipelines, including cold starts, container sizing, retries and error handling
Experience with sprint and quarterly planning, effort estimation, dependency identification, capacity assessment and risk management
Experience leading technical discussions and code reviews
Experience mentoring engineers and providing structured feedback
Knowledge of security, performance, reliability, maintainability and rigorous testing practices
Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or equivalent tooling
Experience with AWS services including container-based Lambda, RDS, S3 and Lightsail
Experience managing infrastructure through Terraform or equivalent tools
Experience leading incident investigation and resolution
Ability to understand agri-food sectors, customer profiles and workflows
Ability to represent technical capabilities directly to customers and explain technical decisions in plain language

Benefits

Comp & perks

33 days holiday
Pension matching up to 10%
Work equipment allowance
Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible, autonomous working
New modern office, positioned on the A14 in Cambridge