Job: Production Engineer II
Job Description
Job Type: Full time, Salaried
Wage: $105,000-$135,000
Location: Florence, CO.
Job Description:
Location: Florence, CO or Denver/Boulder. Remote considered for exceptional candidates.
Job Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $105k-135k + meaningful equity participation
About Barn Owl Precision Ag (BOPA)
At BOPA, we’re building the future of autonomy for small and mid-sized farms. Our compact, intelligent robots (ANTs) perform precision agricultural tasks like weeding, planting, and nutrient management - helping farmers cut labor costs, reduce chemical use, and increase sustainability.
We are a Seed-stage startup with a nimble, farmer-focused team. Our goal is to design robust, scalable robotics systems that can be deployed across the globe.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Production Engineer II to help build and stabilize the systems powering our ANT platform across cloud and on-ANT environments.
This is a hands-on role spanning backend services, infrastructure, and on-ANT runtime. You’ll work across APIs, deployment pipelines, and ROS2-based systems; improving how we deploy, monitor, and debug systems across the fleet.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working across boundaries, is comfortable with ambiguity, and takes pride in building reliable, production-ready systems.
Key Responsibilities
Backend & Platform Services
Design and build backend services and APIs that support robot operations and data flow
Develop and maintain systems for communication between robot, cloud, and user-facing tools
Ensure reliable capture, storage, and access of data across the platform
Improve performance and scalability of core backend systems
Infrastructure & Reliability
Build and improve deployment pipelines across cloud and ANT systems (CI/CD, OTA)
Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting to improve system visibility and uptime
Identify and resolve reliability issues across services and infrastructure
Improve system resilience, fault tolerance, and recovery mechanisms
ANT Runtime Systems
Develop and maintain services running on the ANT, including ROS2-based components
Improve stability and performance of ANT systems under real-world conditions
Support communication between ANT components and external systems
Debug and resolve runtime issues observed in lab and field environments
Success Metrics (First 12-18 Months)
Systems run reliably in production with reduced crashes and downtime
Logging, monitoring, and alerting provide clear visibility into system health
Deployments are consistent, repeatable, and low-friction across cloud and robot
Issues are quickly identified and resolved with minimal impact to field operations
Data from ANT runtime is reliably captured and available for downstream use
Required Qualifications
4+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems
Strong proficiency in Python and experience building backend services and APIs
Experience working with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) and containerized systems (Docker)
Experience improving system reliability through logging, monitoring, and debugging
Ability to design and maintain software systems that span multiple components or environments
Comfortable working across backend, infrastructure, and runtime systems in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Bonus Points
Experience with ROS2 or working with software systems on robots or edge devices
Familiarity with distributed systems and service-to-service communication
Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Exposure to observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing)
Experience working with real-world, field-deployed systems (e.g. robotics, IoT, or similar)
Our Culture
At BOPA, we value practical impact, humility, and speed of iteration. We test everything in the field, learn fast, and build with farmers. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better designs, and we’re committed to fostering inclusion and collaboration.
Why Join Us
Mission-Driven Work: Build robots that transform farming and rural economies
Real-World Impact: See your engineering work deployed in active farm operations
Hands-On Innovation: Work directly on full-stack robotics systems
Fast Learning Curve: Collaborate across hardware, software, and autonomy to expand your technical range, skills and experience
Equity & Growth: Share in the company’s success at scale
How to Apply
Send your resume, and a few lines about why this role excites you to: j.chivers@barnowlag.com (CTO).
**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.