Senior Backend / Data Engineer | Source.ag · Teeming.ai
Source.ag
AI-powered greenhouse management, made simple. Source.ag is making covered greenhouse agriculture accessible, profitable, and globally scalable. Together, we’re on a mission to feed the world, in a climate-resilient and resource-efficient way.
Our solutions:
🪴Source Workspace: Centralizing Data for Smarter Operations
🪴Harvest Forecast: Predictable Yields for Smarter Sales and Operations
🪴Cultivation Management: Simulate, Optimize, and Execute for Maximum Yield
🪴Irrigation Control: Achieve Precise water and Nutrient Distribution with AI-driven Irrigation Strategies
Our solutions offer in-depth data analysis, AI-driven cultivation management, forecasting, and autonomous execution strategies for lower risks and better results.
AI-powered greenhouse management, made simple. Source.ag is making covered greenhouse agriculture accessible, profitable, and globally scalable. Together, we’re on a mission to feed the world, in a climate-resilient and resource-efficient way.
Our solutions:
🪴Source Workspace: Centralizing Data for Smarter Operations
🪴Harvest Forecast: Predictable Yields for Smarter Sales and Operations
🪴Cultivation Management: Simulate, Optimize, and Execute for Maximum Yield
🪴Irrigation Control: Achieve Precise water and Nutrient Distribution with AI-driven Irrigation Strategies
Our solutions offer in-depth data analysis, AI-driven cultivation management, forecasting, and autonomous execution strategies for lower risks and better results.
What they do: AI-powered software platform for commercial greenhouse growers (cultivation simulation, irrigation control, forecasting, operations)
Founded: 2020
Founders / leadership: Rien Kamman (CEO), Ernst van Bruggen (CPO)
Reported total funding: Approximately $54.5M (reported)
Employees (approx.): 133
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Company Overview
Problem Domain
Controlled-environment agriculture: improving productivity, predictability, and resource efficiency for greenhouse vegetable production.
Founded
2020
Industry
Software Development
Funding Track Record
Seed- 2022-03-01
10000000
Seed round reported March 2022; participation from E14 Fund and Astanor Ventures
Series A- 2023-02-23
23000000
Series A reported February 2023; Acre Venture Partners and other investors participated
Founders
What we do
Join the Team
Senior Backend / Data Engineer
On-SiteAmsterdam, NL
On-Site • Amsterdam, NL
Who you are
We prioritize how you operate over formal titles, though you should have the experience to recognize scale-up challenges before they arise. While high-level technical proficiency is a baseline requirement, what distinguishes a successful candidate in this role is their judgment
Have 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
Have significant experience building and operating production backend and/or data-intensive systems
Have spent at least 5 years in startup or scale-up environments where rapid growth created significant technical pressure
Are comfortable making informed decisions even with incomplete information
Value delivering results and iterative learning over excessive debate and rigid process
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not "tick every box"—we are looking for the right person, not just a perfect resume
What the job involves
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We are looking for a Senior Backend / Data Engineer to help us simplify, stabilize, and evolve our systems as the company grows
This is an individual contributor role focused on high-level technical impact rather than people management or repetitive feature production. It is a role for engineers who value ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to act effectively even when information is incomplete. You will work on business-critical systems that other teams depend on, taking responsibility for how those systems behave in production
Working in scale-up environments where systems and processes are still evolving
Taking full ownership of problems, from first principles to production
Simplifying architectures that have grown too complex
Taking initiative without waiting for perfect alignment or explicit permission
Designing, building, and operating backend services and data-heavy systems
Improving the reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency of existing platforms
Simplifying service boundaries, data flows, and infrastructure choices
Supporting product teams by making core systems easier and safer to use
Identifying potential scaling bottlenecks and resolving them proactively
Taking personal responsibility for the systems you develop and maintain
Our stack today includes Golang, Python, Databricks / Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, and AWS — but we prioritize your judgment and problem-solving skills over experience with any specific tool
After the first 6–12 months, success in this role looks like:
Core systems are simpler, more predictable, and easier to change than when you arrived
Teams operate with more autonomy because the underlying systems are more reliable and better understood
Fewer production issues occur due to unclear ownership or hidden coupling
Architecture, data flow, and infrastructure decisions become more efficient over time
You have established deep trust to act on important problems independently
