Solutions Architect - Farmerline

Since 2013, Farmerline has directly helped farmers to improve their productivity and profit in Ghana and also provided technical support to other organizations to do the same. Farmerline started its operations serving 800 farmers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana with information via mobile information services. The company has since grown to reach 341k farmers (directly & through partners).

Farmerline currently offers a complete bundle of services to farmers through direct sales and on credit. We deliver quality farm inputs to remote areas where farmers live and work. We also support farmers by providing financing for farm inputs, education in planting techniques to minimize post-harvest losses and maximize market prices. For the past 7 years, Farmerline has worked closely in partnerships with over 70 agribusinesses, government agencies, development organizations and input manufacturers that are aligned with the vision and strategic goal of creating lasting profit for farmers everywhere. Farmerline works with over 250 young people in a variety of fields, from finance to engineering, to field operations. These ambitious young people have been the main drivers behind our innovations and growth in the industry.


Role Overview

As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for the success of our cutting-edge platforms with companies around the world and help us shape and deliver on a strategy to improve our product offering in alignment with our business objectives and engineering resources.

You will

• Become an expert on Mergdata and how to best deploy it.
• Work hand-in-hand with Farmerline's Sales organization to develop proof of concept applications, present technical demonstrations, and help Farmerline customers make the most of our offerings..
• Provide structured feedback and work closely with Farmerline's engineering teams.
  
  

You should be

• A capable engineer, with previous background building web or mobile applications.
• Experienced in full stack development and software architecture patterns, able to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact with each other.
• A great communicator, comfortable explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interested in solving open ended business problems with a combination of technology and creative thinking.
• Experienced working in the sales lifecycle and driving outcomes in a customer-facing environment.