Application Guide
How to Apply for BrewBase Software Internship
at Farmless
🏢 About Farmless
Farmless is pioneering fermentation technology to create sustainable food ingredients, blending biotechnology with software engineering. Their unique approach involves building BrewBase as a SCADA platform that bridges operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) systems, making them an exciting intersection of food science, industrial automation, and software development.
About This Role
This internship involves building automated analysis pipelines in Python to connect lab instruments directly to BrewBase, creating live fermentation monitoring dashboards, and applying machine learning to fermentation modeling. The role is impactful because you'll help expand BrewBase into a full SCADA platform that directly improves fermentation process efficiency and reliability.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve writing Python scripts to connect new lab instruments to BrewBase, building React components for real-time fermentation monitoring dashboards, and collaborating with biologists to understand fermentation parameters for ML modeling. You'll likely work across the stack - from database queries to front-end visualizations - while learning about fermentation processes.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Farmless Is Looking For
- Has full-stack proficiency with TypeScript/JavaScript and React, plus Python experience for data pipelines and ML applications
- Demonstrates a builder mentality through personal projects, open-source contributions, or hackathon wins beyond coursework
- Shows genuine curiosity about fermentation biology, industrial automation, and food science domains
- Understands database design principles and SQL, with experience connecting different systems together
📝 Tips for Applying to Farmless
Highlight specific projects where you connected hardware/sensors to software systems or built data visualization dashboards
Include examples of learning unfamiliar domains quickly, especially if related to biology, chemistry, or industrial systems
Showcase your TypeScript/React skills with links to deployed applications or GitHub repositories
Demonstrate your Python experience with automation scripts, data pipelines, or ML projects relevant to process monitoring
Explain how your background aligns with bridging OT and IT systems, even if through analogies from other projects
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience building projects beyond coursework and how they demonstrate a builder mentality', 'Specific examples of learning new technical domains quickly and applying that knowledge practically', "How your full-stack skills (TypeScript/React) and Python/data skills align with building BrewBase's SCADA platform", 'Your genuine interest in fermentation technology and sustainable food production']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Farmless's specific fermentation technology and their approach to sustainable food production
- → SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems in industrial contexts
- → Fermentation biology basics and common process parameters in industrial fermentation
- → OT vs IT system integration challenges in manufacturing/industrial settings
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Only showing academic projects without personal/portfolio work demonstrating builder mentality
- Generic statements about interest in sustainability without connecting to the technical aspects of fermentation
- Focusing only on front-end or back-end skills without showing ability to work across the full stack and connect systems
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!