SDE - 2

Company Introduction

Varaha is a global, leading climate-tech venture focused on carbon removal solutions such as regenerative agriculture, afforestation, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering supporting smallholder land stewards at scale. In just our third year of operation, we are removing and avoiding more than 1 million tons of CO, distributing the majority of revenues to over 100,000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by leading global investors, our founding and management team has a stellar track record of scaling impactful projects and products across agri-tech and sustainability sectors.

Position: SDE-2

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in system design, distributed systems, and data-intensive application development using Python, Golang, Django, and FastAPI. You will lead architecture and development efforts across backend, database, and infrastructure, powering our carbon intelligence platform and tools for farmers, field agents, and carbon buyers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable, resilient backend systems using Python (Django/FastAPI) and Golang.
• Design and manage data pipelines and APIs to support high-throughput geospatial and carbon data processing.
• Lead system and database design for real-time and batch applications.
• Integrate cloud-native services (AWS) for compute, storage, and orchestration.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and field teams to deliver impactful features end-to-end.
• Drive performance optimization, observability, and CI/CD improvements.

Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of full stack or backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, system design, and data modeling.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, and web frameworks like Django and FastAPI.
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and DevOps best practices.
• Deep understanding of relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Proven ability to handle large-scale, data-intensive systems in production.

Bonus Points If You have:

Experience with geospatial data processing (GDAL, rasterio, GeoJSON, etc.).

• Familiarity with real-time stream processing (Kafka, Redis Streams).
• Exposure to frontend frameworks (React, Next.js) is a plus.
• Passion for climate, agriculture, or sustainability domains.

What We Offer

Join a small, ambitious, and international team and enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package (ESOP)
• Key role in shaping a fast-growing climate tech startup 
• Support for learning & professional development 
• A culture of undogmatic, unbureaucratic creativity and collaboration

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Varaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this venture, then we would love to know your story, write to us at careers@varahaag.com