About Seed-X:
Seed-X is an innovative, high-growth AgTech company revolutionizing the AgriTech industry. We leverage proprietary AI, machine vision, and deep learning algorithms to analyze seeds at the individual level, providing unmatched insights into genetic purity, quality, and germination potential. Our technology enables breeders and producers to drastically improve seed quality, increase yields, and ensure a more secure and sustainable food future. Join us as we transform the global seed and grain supply chain.
About the RoleSeed-X is looking for a visionary Principal / Staff Software Engineer to own, architect, and elevate our backend ecosystems, machine learning infrastructure, and cloud platforms.
In this dual-impact role, you will act as a premier individual contributor and a technical beacon for the engineering team. You will bridge the gap between advanced backend engineering, scalable MLOps, and robust cloud infrastructure, ensuring our production-grade platforms are highly available, observable, secure, and built to scale. If you thrive on solving complex distributed systems problems and setting the gold standard for engineering excellence, we want you on board.
Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership & Architecture- Lead the architectural design, evolution, and scaling of our distributed backend microservices and machine learning platforms.
- Establish, champion, and enforce engineering best practices across the organization, including rigorous code reviews, automated testing, design docs, and security protocols.
- Mentor and coach senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical curiosity, continuous learning, and high execution velocity.
- Design and implement high-performance, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions using Python and modern web application frameworks.
- Architect and optimize data layers, ensuring database designs (SQL and NoSQL) are tuned for high throughput, low latency, and long-term scalability.
- Drive the containerization and orchestration strategy using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure seamless deployments and efficient resource utilization.
- Build and maintain robust MLOps infrastructure to streamline the entire ML lifecycle—from data pipelining and model training to production deployment and monitoring.
- Own and secure our AWS cloud infrastructure, optimizing complex networking setups including VPCs, DNS, ingress controllers, and service meshes.
- Architect end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to facilitate reliable, friction-free daily deployments.
- Cultivate absolute system visibility by implementing comprehensive observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch/ELK) and distributed tracing.
Requirements
- Core Development: Mastery of Python and deep experience building enterprise-grade backend systems and web applications.
- Distributed Systems: Proven track record in microservices architecture, API design, asynchronous event-driven patterns, and system scalability.
- Cloud & Networking: Deep, hands-on expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure, networking configurations (VPCs, DNS, Ingress, Service Mesh), and infrastructure as code.
- Containers & Orchestration: Production-level mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for scaling and managing containerized workloads.
- Data Management: Strong proficiency in database design, query optimization, and handling complex data lifecycles.
- MLOps Foundations: Experience building or integrating machine learning infrastructure, model deployment pipelines, and ML feature stores.
- Observability & DevOps: Expert knowledge in deploying logging, metrics, and tracing stacks (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) alongside bulletproof CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience: 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years spent operating at a Staff, Principal, or equivalent technical leadership capacity.
- Track Record: Demonstrated success in designing and operating large-scale distributed cloud systems from the ground up.
- Mindset: A strong sense of ownership, a passion for automation, and the communication skills required to translate complex technical visions into actionable team execution.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- The opportunity to significantly shape the technical trajectory of an innovative, growing company.
- Remote work and flexibility.
- Budget for continuous learning, conferences, and professional development.
Skills Required
- Mastery of Python and experience building enterprise-grade backend systems and web applications
- Proven experience in microservices architecture, API design, asynchronous event-driven patterns, and scalability
- Deep, hands-on expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure, networking (VPCs, DNS, Ingress, Service Mesh), and infrastructure as code
- Production-level mastery of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
- Strong proficiency in database design, query optimization, and complex data lifecycle management (SQL and NoSQL)
- Experience building or integrating ML infrastructure, model deployment pipelines, and ML feature stores
- Expert knowledge deploying observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch) and distributed tracing
- Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation for reliable deployments
- 9+ years professional software engineering experience with 3+ years at Staff/Principal or equivalent technical leadership
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, and enforcing engineering best practices (code review, testing, security)
What We Do
Nacre Capital is a global venture builder specialized in creating, building and growing disruptive start-ups with deep technologies that significantly impact lives. We are an international team of entrepreneurs, business leaders and experts including – pioneering scientists, renowned technologists, researchers, growth experts and thought leaders – that together develop and transform ventures into world-class disruptive market-leading companies. We bring onboard the best entrepreneurs and talent to imagine and create new ventures from scratch and work together to successfully transform novel ideas into fast-growing, market-leading companies. Our inhouse portfolio of companies solve complex fundamental problems that impact society through real breakthrough innovation employing deep technology.
