Software Engineering Manager

Iowa Ag; Des Moines, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

4 weeks paid time off

Parental leave

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Vylor Des Moines is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead one engineering team within Integrated Enterprise Systems. You will drive outcomes, health, and growth, ensuring quality, security, and reliable delivery across initiatives.

You will hire, coach, and empower engineers, translating business goals into executable plans, while collaborating with product, security, and operations teams to reduce risk and improve velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computing or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading engineers, including hiring, coaching, feedback, and performance.
• Ability to communicate trade-offs and work across teams, regions, and disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own outcomes, health, and growth of one engineering team within Integrated Enterprise Systems.
• Manage delivery health, cost, and operations; ensure quality, security, and reliability.
• Foster a culture of disciplined delivery, incident response, and cross-functional partnership.
• Hire thoughtfully, set expectations, and provide timely feedback.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering background

Delivery ownership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a computing field

Tools

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

SRE

Job description

### Job Details#### Job Title:Software Engineering Manager#### Location:,, ,#### Company:#### Industry Sector:#### Industry Type:#### Career Type:#### Job Type:Full Time#### Minimum Years Experience Required:N/A#### Salary:Competitive### Get Job Alerts**Career Type:** Engineering**Country:** USAI agree to receive alerts from and to the .Your alert was created successfully.x## General Alert Saved* The listings below are jobs matching the criteria you've selected for your General Alert on.Criteria selected was:* General alert saved for .* General alert notifications will be sent weekly on Monday.* Please note that you can only have one general alert active at any given time. Creating a new general alert will override an existing general alert.* Visit the to manage your alerts# Software Engineering Manager| Number of Years Experience: | Minimum Education Completed: | || Education Major / Discipline Category: | Most Recent / Current Occupation: | |**Join Vylor - Powering the Future of Agriculture**Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what's next in crop science.**Vylor** is a global leader in advanced seed and genetics. For more than a century, we\"ve advanced scientific discovery and breakthrough innovation to help farmers feed and fuel the world. Our business is backed by next-generation scientific expertise and multiple, distinct routes to market, like our industry-leading seed brands and our licensing business.The **Vylor** innovation engine will be anchored in the agriculture industry's most elite germplasm and transformative biotech. The company will leverage its next generation scientific expertise in disciplines like gene editing and molecular breeding to further strengthen its core business while exploring opportunities to expand to new row crops - and potentially beyond. Vylor will scale these innovations using its leading routes-to-market and by significantly expanding its licensing business.We are looking for an innovative, energetic, and transformational **Software Engineering Manager**.The **Software Engineering Manager** owns the outcomes, health, and growth of one engineering team within Integrated Enterprise Systems. That covers delivery health, cost, and operational performance; a culture of quality, security, and reliability; risk and technical debt kept visible; decisive incident response; and the hiring, coaching, and feedback that determine who the team becomes. Enough technical depth is required to hold credible discussion with the team. Typically 5-10 years of experience, including leading engineers. Success is predictable delivery at a sustainable pace and engineers who grow and stay.**Primary Responsibilities - How will you help us G**row!* Understand the team\"s customers, products, and technical context in depth.* Connect team priorities and daily decisions to measurable business outcomes.* Create a culture of quality, security, reliability, and responsible delivery.* Make risks visible, address technical debt, and support decisive incident response.* Build an inclusive, accountable team and strong cross-functional partnerships.* Resolve conflict directly and share context openly.* Hire thoughtfully, set clear expectations, and give timely feedback.* Coach people toward greater scope and create equitable, psychologically safe growth.* Define outcomes, decision owners, and simple operating rhythms amid ambiguity.* Limit work in progress and remove low-value process and dependencies.* Encourage disciplined experimentation that becomes measurable improvement.* Own delivery health, cost, and operations; correct course with evidence.* Lead the team calmly through change, updating plans as evidence changes.* Help people learn from setbacks, recover, and keep momentum.**Education and Experience - What you will bring to the tabl**e!* Bachelor\"s degree in a computing field, or equivalent education and experience.* Experience leading engineers, including hiring, coaching, feedback, and performance.* Engineering background sufficient to hold credible technical discussion with the team.* Experience owning team delivery, prioritization, dependencies, and commitments.* Experience establishing quality, reliability, and incident response practices.* Ability to create clarity from ambiguity through outcomes and decision owners.* Ability to communicate trade-offs and work across teams, regions, and disciplines.* Working knowledge of security, privacy, compliance, and accessibility practices.**Preferred Experience*** Five to ten years of experience, including senior engineer, lead, or manager roles.* Experience in agriculture, a global enterprise, or another regulated environment.* Experience with cloud, data platforms, DevSecOps, SRE, or legacy modernization.* Experience managing vendor or partner delivery alongside internal engineers.**Benefits - How We'll Support You:*** Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills* Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place* Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment* Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays* Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father* Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program* Learn more about our total rewards package here -* Check out life at Vylor!### *Corteva announced to separate our current advanced seed and genetics business to establish a standalone company, operating as Vylor, Inc. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to legal requirements and board approval. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the separation, you would be an employee of Vylor, Inc. and your employment would be governed by Vylor, Inc. employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by Vylor, Inc. at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.*### Vylor is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.]]>To apply please click on APPLY TO THIS POSITIONJob Post Date: 10/01/26Here are some other jobs you may be interested in applying for.| | || - | - || Vylor Des Moines, Iowa | Vylor Des Moines, Iowa || Vylor Des Moines, Iowa | |5 people are interested in this job.