About Arva Intelligence Corp

Arva Intelligence is a technology-driven company that uses machine learning to help farmers improve their economics and soil health. Our mission is to provide proof of efficacy, increased yield, managed risk, and quantified sustainability to the agricultural industry. We work with seed, fertilizer, and biological companies to develop better products faster.

General Position Description

The Sales Support Software Engineer will be responsible for supporting internal stakeholders across the LATAM sales organization for the Arva Intelligence’s (Arva’s) next-generation agronomics platform based on proven, scalable cloud-based technologies.  The Sales Support Software Engineer will be a bridge between LATAM, primarily Brazil, sales / customer success and technology to retain and promote the client experience by providing second level development support and enhancing Arva’s SaaS product utilizing Python, SQL and AWS development tools.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Working as a member of the tech team, collaborate closely with product, LATAM sales, customer success and operations teams to support SaaS platforms running in AWS cloud environment.
• Provide bug fixes, platform enhancements and development support for LATAM customer requests including reporting, new features, optimization and integration capabilities to support evolving business needs.
• Work with databases such as PostgreSQL, PostGIS and No-SQL to support and enhance data-driven applications that leverage large datasets.
• Use AWS development tools to support client requests and optimize application performance.
• Use Vue.JS and make Front End changes as needed to support LATAM user interface requirements, create queues and data pipelines to effectively analyze and upload agricultural data in a timely manner.
• Use language skills to communicate with LATAM channel partners, in English and Portuguese, preferably fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
• Understand and translate agronomic farm operations and communicate between US and LATAM team members. 
• Work with GitHub Issues and repositories along with continuous integration (CI) tools such as CircleCI to automate the build, test, and deployment process.

Key Competencies / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS OR related field with minimum of 2+ years software development experience, preferably full stack development of complex web applications and/or SaaS platforms.
• Strong Language and Communication Skills in English and Portuguese (Spanish a plus).
• Working experience in Python development within a cloud environment.
• Experience in designing and developing complex web applications and/or SaaS platforms.
• General understanding of agricultural terms and/or environmental sustainability is a plus.
• Knowledge in web, mobile, data, and infrastructure technologies is also a plus.  
• A strong innovative mindset, adapting well with emerging technologies.
• Strategic thinking and problem solving with a high level of emotional intelligence.

Employment Eligibility

Only applicants currently eligible to work in the United States or Brazil will be considered for this position. 

About Arva Intelligence

Arva is a machine learning software-based SaaS company with offices located in Houston, TX and Park City, UT. Arva's application platform was built to apply our novel ML technology to the agricultural industry, optimizing and measuring regenerative practices, improving crop yields, and reducing operational costs for farms, ranches, and forestry. Our models predict precisely what types and amounts of nutrients, including hybrid/genetic seeds and other biological/microbial products, should be applied to improve crop land sustainability and soil health. In addition, our platform helps our customers and partners capitalize on "natural regenerative practices" by providing recommendations that improve environmental and ecological ecosystems. Platform features include practice verification and registration, as well as the sale of inset and offset credits to our corporate buyers. Thus, Arva is helping to keep the planet green by providing a "green-tech" platform that informs, measures, validates, predicts, and registers carbon exchange opportunities, allowing growers and ranchers to produce and sell credits that are bought by our corporate partners, who endorse sustainable food supply and carbon neutrality. 

Employment Eligibility

Only applicants currently eligible to work in the United States or Brazil with a valid passport will be considered for this position.