Software Engineer

About the Unit

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity, and environmental change.

Yara has an ambitious strategic agenda to be the crop nutrition company for the future and is taking lead in the development towards sustainable agriculture and digital tools, to contribute to solving the challenges which the agricultural industry is facing globally. We have a worldwide presence with sales to ~150 countries and around 17 000 employees. The newly established function, Yara Farming Solutions, will lead the transformation towards more sustainable and efficient food production, by innovating our offering and the way we work.

The software engineering department is responsible for developing and scaling new “on-farm” digital and integrated tools and solutions, which will work toward driving a more efficient and transparent food system and better live environment.

Responsibilities

Work within an international product team with a product manager, designers, and other developers to create solutions and apps focused on our customers’ needs.
Participate in the full life cycle of a product, from early stage rapid prototyping through to full market release and continuous improvement after initial launch.
Mentor junior software engineers
Work efficiently through tasks assigned to you
Accept constructive feedback when given
Contribute to team process and be engaged in team meetings
Communicate fluently in English

Profile

2-3 years experience building backend services using modern technologies such as Node.js / Nest.js and/or other JavaScript or TypeScript technologies
2-3 years experience building scalable user interfaces using React.js or similar
Experience or willingness to learn GraphQL, TypeScript and other modern tools
Understanding or previous experience of/with relational databases
Experience or willingness to learn cloud technologies such as AWS & Kubernetes
Understanding of continuous integration and automation of deployments
Knowledge of unit and integration tests
Understanding of microservice architectures and how they differ from a typical monolithic system
Practical experience using Git or other version control tools, documentation of code, test driven development
To be comfortable working with agile development methodologies such as Scrum or SAFe

Additional Information

Collaborative and thrive on self-improvement and self-learning
Open to constructive feedback, both giving and receiving, according to Yara’s values
Ready to make an impact, be a key player in the team, take ownership and you execute with conviction.
Proactive and constructive even if things get ambiguous, uncertain and willing to ask for clarification

Contact details

Vyara Mihaylova