Software Engineering Manager

Corteva Agriscience; Johnston (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Vylor, the standalone innovation-driven company, seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead one engineering team within Integrated Enterprise Systems. You will own delivery health, cost, and operations, and ensure quality, security, and reliability.

With typically 5–10 years of engineering leadership experience, you will hire, coach, and develop engineers, set clear outcomes, manage dependencies, and work with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computing or equivalent education/experience.
• Experience leading engineers including hiring, coaching, feedback, and performance.
• Engineering background sufficient for credible technical discussions 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 owners.
• Ability to communicate trade-offs across teams, regions, and disciplines.
• Working knowledge of security, privacy, compliance, and accessibility practices.

Responsibilities

• Understand customers, products, and technical context in depth.
• Link team priorities to measurable business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of quality, security, reliability, and responsible delivery.
• Make risks visible, address debt, and support incident response.
• Build an inclusive, accountable team and strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Hire thoughtfully and provide timely feedback.

Skills

Leadership

Hiring

Coaching

Communication

Prioritization

Quality & Reliability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computing or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps tooling

SRE

Data platforms

Job description

Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture

At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer®, Brevant®, and Hoegemeyer®, delivering performance farmers rely on.

Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.

Who are we and what do we do?

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 - Corteva Benefits (https://hrportal.ehr.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=2Nre68t3vrs%3d&portalid=351)
• Check out life at Vylor! https://www.linkedin.com/company/vylorgenetics/

Are you a good match? We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

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.

Corteva Agriscience™ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit:Accessibility Page for Contact Information

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