Company description

Small Farm Central was founded in 2006 by Simon Huntley to serve the technology needs of farmers. Since 2006, over 1,000 farms, farmers markets, fisheries, and other local foods businesses have utilized Small Farm Central’s tools.

Simon grew up on a farm, studied technology, and came back to farming to help develop a CSA program for a fruit farmer in western Colorado.

Through this experience working at the ground level, Simon saw that farms needed help to develop a web presence and there was an opportunity to join his passion for technology solutions and agriculture.

In the years since the initial Site Builder release, online sales, CSA member management, and farmers market marketing tools have been added to continue filling the gap between the available technology tools and farms by developing a farm-centric approach and providing education and guidance on how to use the tools.

Job description

Small Farm Central is a 10-year-old Pittsburgh based company that serves the technology needs of small scale farmers across the United States, Canada, and beyond. Our mission is to help farmers develop more profitable businesses so they can take care of their land, their employees, and themselves!

We are currently hiring an experienced web developer to add to our small team (4 full time currently) in our Northside Pittsburgh office. This position will help develop a new platform for farmers to better serve their direct-to-consumer market.

Important details:

• Competitive pay adjusted upward with experience
• Health benefits and retirement plan available
• Office on North Shore, 10 minute walk from downtown, free parking
• Relaxed dress code and office environment
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

• Education: BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 2 years experience as a web developer
• PHP / MySQL / Symfony2 experience preferred, or proven ability to learn quickly on the job
• Experience developing and integrating APIs / Web Services
• Experience designing and manipulating databases
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with customers to understand requirements and turn those requirements into usable interfaces
• Experience with the entire software development life cycle.

Tasks

• Develop and support new platform for farmers to connect to their customers
• Work directly with farmers and consumers to understand their needs
• Own the entire lifecycle of the project from requirements gathering through usability

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline