Mgr, Software Engineering

Nutrien Ag Solutions Limited; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural services company in Calgary, Alberta, seeks a Software Engineering Leader to guide teams in building a cloud-native Digital Service platform. The position requires significant experience in software development and data processing pipelines on major cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical leadership and collaboration skills, aiming to innovate within a fast-paced environment and contribute significantly to agronomic solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience with a focus on coding and feature delivery.
• 5+ years of experience in building and maintaining data processing pipelines on cloud platforms.
• Experience in leading delivery of complex initiatives, particularly in agronomic data processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering teams on cloud-native Digital Service platform development.
• Oversee development of data pipelines and manage stakeholder communications.
• Drive Agile practices and engineering standards among teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

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Workplace Type: On-Site

Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level

Job Type: Full Time

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

What you will do

• Lead a team(s) of 6 to 8 software engineers working on building the next generation of cloud-native Digital Service platform.
• Partner with Digital Services & Engineering teams, Product Management, UX Development, Cloud Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business stakeholders to create product roadmaps and release schedules.
• Oversee the development of data pipelines, data products and services and manage stakeholder communication, while using your knowledge and experience to help resolve issues and mentor team members.
• Help development teams take on challenging problems by having a bias for action, including breaking problems into workable chunks, using iterative development, and leveraging software architecture design patterns.
• Drive Agile software engineering practices and ceremonies, including grooming, planning, and retrospectives.
• Advance the development of engineering standards and iteratively deliver engineering rigor.
• Provide personnel administration for squad members, including hiring, setting, and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, motivating, rewarding, and guiding career development.

What you will bring

• Demonstrate technical leadership, strong delivery mindset, data driven, mentorship, collaboration, and good communication (oral and written) and overall organizational skills.
• Demonstrable experience in leading efforts to deliver complex initiatives, experience in processing dense agronomic production datasets, continuous improvements towards reducing latencies in services and processes.
• Adaptive, decisive and results oriented - able to make meaningful contributions in a fast-paced environment with lots of unknowns or dependencies.
• A minimum of 10 years of software development experience with strong emphasis on writing code and delivering features.
• A minimum of 5 Years of experience building & maintaining highly scalable, performant and fault tolerant data processing pipelines on any Cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• A minimum of 5 Years of experience in technical leadership capacity building performant services that are consumed by internal and external stakeholders (Engineering groups, Analytics, Digital Products, Innovation groups etc.).
• Experienced in leading and conducting code refactoring, implementing design patterns, design-driven development, and application security and excellent instincts for software architecture.
• A minimum of 4 Years of experience in Agronomic Domain or Ag Tech.
• Strong Extreme Programming / other Agile framework experience.
• Preferred Skill - AWS Cloud Solutions Associate or higher would be preferred.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

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At Nutrien, we never stop growing, because our world never does. Our size can help us weather a storm, but with that ability comes a great responsibility—to our growers and customers, our employees and shareholders, our communities, and the planet.

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