About ZELP

ZELP is an agricultural technology company committed to creating a sustainable future for agriculture - one that meets the needs of present and future generations, promoting human and environmental health, animal welfare, and social and economic equity.

About The Role

As Head of Software Development, you will oversee the architecture, development, and delivery of all software components, spanning web applications, backend systems, and ML infrastructure. You will partner with the heads of Hardware, Design Engineering, and Animal Science to ensure software is integrated with physical systems, user experience, and domain expertise. This is a hands-on, strategic leadership role balancing technical depth with people management.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Define, implement, and scale the software architecture across web, backend, and ML systems; maintain engineering standards for code quality, security, testing, and deployment; lead key technical initiatives, occasionally contributing code or architecture reviews; drive integration of software with hardware systems, sensors, and data pipelines.
• Management & Team Leadership: Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team; establish workflows for development, QA, deployment, and iteration; foster a collaborative, innovative, high-performance engineering culture; partner with People/HR in hiring and scaling the team.
• Cross-Functional & Strategic: Collaborate with the heads of Hardware, Design Engineering, and Animal Science for end-to-end product integration; translate business and research needs into scalable software solutions; balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability and scalability; support leadership in communicating technical vision to investors, partners, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 in a leadership role.
• Proven expertise in web application development (frontend + backend).
• Hands-on experience with machine learning workflows and/or data-heavy systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional hardware or science-focused teams.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Prior experience in startups or multi-disciplinary product environments.
• Familiarity with MLOps and embedded systems integration.
• Background or interest in scientific/biological domains.

Our Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Backend: Node.js, Python, REST & GraphQL APIs
• Cloud & Infra: AWS (ECS, S3, Lambda), Docker, Cloudformation, Pulumi, CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• ML/AI: PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, MLflow for experiment tracking, Zenml for ML pipelines
• Data: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, data pipelines with Zenml

Were open to evolving the stack and expect you to influence technical decisions as we scale.

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Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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