Yarta.ai platform set for imminent release is an AI-powered commodity advisory platform that will revolutionize the speed and effectiveness of analysing agronomy, carbon farming, and global commodity markets. The company's mission is to empower farmers and traders with a central platform to research, connect, and trade commodities globally.

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking an exceptional CTO/Co-Founding Engineer with a passion for driving innovation through the application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models. The ideal candidate is a visionary and collaborative leader, eager to shape the future of commodity trading platforms. With a proven track record in both backend and frontend development, you have expertise in database schema design, API design, and experience building powerful platforms. You possess a deep understanding of engineering fundamentals and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.

What success looks like:

You will primarily focus on spearheading the development of our suite of tools related to commodity trading and AI-enabled agronomy advice. This will include reviewing existing codebase/tech stack and suggest improvements, help build an Australian-based engineering and AI research team with 3-4 headcount growth expected in the next 12 months, and assist in launching our exciting AI-based advisory tool for farmers, traders and global agricultural companies.

The team:

Les Finemore, CEO and Founder, has over 10 years of experience in financial and commodity markets, with a unique depth and breadth of global experience. Growing up in country Australia, he completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science before moving into the physical commodity trading world with Gavilon.

Following that he spent time as a research agronomist while completing a Master of Finance. Later, at one of the world’s largest agricultural commodity hedge funds Merricks Capital, as a trader and analyst, he was responsible for trade idea generation across global grain, oilseed, softs and livestock markets. In 2017 he founded a pioneering hedge fund focused on fusing domain expertise in global commodity markets with the power of big data and AI.

We’re a fully distributed, remote-first, fast-growing startup. Our team is spread across North America, Asia, and Europe. We rely heavily on our written communication skills in order to make it work.

We believe in giving our engineers agency and control over their schedules. There are no core working hours, but pride ourselves on making an outsized impact.

We just ask our team to communicate clearly about their schedules and be considerate to their coworkers if plans change. You will occasionally need to be flexible in order to meet synchronously with colleagues in different time zones.

You have worked on ideally both the backend or frontend side of a SaaS platform
You have some experience with any or all of: database schema design, api design, deploying code, state modeling, data fetching, product design, building interactive websites.
You’re interested in trading and artificial intelligence.
You want to join a quickly growing startup and make an impact.
You have a good sense of engineering fundamentals and are passionate about building high-quality software.
You take end-to-end ownership of your work and are comfortable making code changes across the stack when needed.
You can collaborate with non-engineering stakeholders to unblock yourself and make sure you’re building the right thing.
You want to be part of an engineering team that holds each other to high standards.
You want to make things better for yourself and others.
You have strong written and verbal communication skills.
You want to work in an environment that recognizes excellence.

Current Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Next.js, Typescript, React Query, JavaScript, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Storybook, Visx
Backend: Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Twilio, SendGrid, AWS

We are dedicated to ensuring you feel like a valued owner, and this is reflected in your competitive salary and equity.
We prioritize a healthy work-life balance, recognizing that our best work is accomplished when we have the opportunity to step away and fully engage in our personal lives.
We offer flexible vacation and work hours, deviating from conventional practices that are incongruous with the nature of our work.
You will be surrounded by exceptional colleagues who embody a culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence. We encourage you to make a lasting impact on our collective culture.

We believe that diversity is critical to our success. We will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

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