Full Stack Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Volunteer Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build the Research Trial Workspace within Soil Sista’s digital Research & Development Platform. You’ll join at a pivotal stage as Soil Sista prepares to launch its first international agricultural research trials. The platform already includes an established technical foundation with authentication, role-based permissions, database architecture, and backend services built using React, TypeScript, Supabase, and PostgreSQL. Working directly with the Founder and Product Owner, you’ll help transform that foundation into a production-ready workspace used by researchers, agronomists, and trial coordinators managing real agricultural research across multiple Caribbean countries.

Responsibilities

Working alongside the Founder, you’ll help deliver a Research Trial Workspace that enables researchers and trial coordinators to:

• Manage active agricultural research trials
• Monitor trial progress in real time
• Navigate participating countries, organisations, research sites, experiments, and experimental units
• Review observations, submitted data, and supporting evidence
• Identify incomplete, inconsistent, or flagged submissions
• Monitor research quality through a clean, responsive interface across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices

You’ll also contribute to:

• Feature development
• UI refinement
• Code reviews
• Bug fixes
• Testing and quality assurance
• Iterative product improvements

Project Milestones

By Early September

• Deliver a working demonstration of the Research Trial Workspace suitable for stakeholder presentations, partner demonstrations, and pilot discussions.

By November

• Deliver a functional Research Trial Workspace supporting Soil Sista’s first international agricultural research programme, including:
• Trial navigation and progress tracking
• Observation and data review
• Photo and supporting evidence review
• Responsive desktop, tablet, and mobile interfaces
• Clear loading, empty, error, and permission states

Success will be measured by delivering a stable, intuitive workspace capable of supporting live agricultural research operations.

Impact

• Your work will provide researchers and trial coordinators with the tools needed to manage high-quality agricultural field trials across the Caribbean.
• By improving how research data is collected, reviewed, and monitored, you’ll help accelerate the evaluation of climate-resilient technologies—including seed technologies, biological inputs, crop varieties, and production practices—before they reach farmers.
• As Soil Sista grows, this platform will become a core part of future agricultural research and innovation across the region.

Requirements

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Has experience with React and TypeScript
• Is comfortable working with Supabase or PostgreSQL
• Enjoys building clean, intuitive user interfaces
• Can contribute confidently to an existing codebase
• Understands responsive and mobile-first development
• Communicates clearly and works independently
• Enjoys solving real-world problems through technology

Experience with API-driven applications, research software, GIS, or agricultural technology is an advantage, but not required.

What You'll Gain

• Build production software used in real international agricultural research
• Work directly with the Founder and Product Owner of an emerging climate-tech company
• Gain hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, and modern product development
• Contribute to a platform supporting agricultural innovation across the Caribbean
• Develop a portfolio project with real-world impact and measurable outcomes

Out of Scope

• Rebuilding the backend architecture or authentication system
• Designing the farmer-facing platform
• Rewriting the application from scratch

Instead, you’ll build on an established technical foundation to help deliver the first production-ready Research Trial Workspace for Soil Sista’s international agricultural R&D programme.

Schedule

Volunteer 7-9 hours per week for 3-5 months remotely.