Senior Lead Development Engineer — Onsite in Springdale

Tyson Foods, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Plan

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Lead Development Engineer based at the Tyson Emma office in Springdale, Arkansas.

This senior role leads complex software projects, mentors teams, and drives best practices while partnering with stakeholders to define requirements and schedules. The position emphasizes designing, coding, debugging in Unix/AIX environments, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ensuring security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Education and/or significant relevant experience in software development.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience leading and mentoring development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design software architecture and lead high-complexity tasks.
• Lead interactions with stakeholders to define requirements.
• Perform unit and integration testing; maintain code.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to ship features.
• Write technical documentation.
• Ensure security and compliance.

Skills

Programming (expert in multiple langs)

Front-end & back-end frameworks

Data Engineering IaC patterns

DevOps & CI/CD

Monitoring & alerting

Technical writing & diagramming

Technical/Business/Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering/Info Systems

Tools

AIX

SVN/CVS

Modbus

Make

Machine/PLC Integration

Motif/QT

Scripting (ksh/bash)

Job description

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Lead Development Engineer based at the Tyson Emma office in Springdale, Arkansas.

This senior role leads complex software projects, mentors teams, and drives best practices while partnering with stakeholders to define requirements and schedules. The position emphasizes designing, coding, debugging in Unix/AIX environments, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ensuring security and compliance.