Staff Backend Engineer: Scalable Cloud & AI Platforms

Bayer (Schweiz) AG; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

PTO

Retirement

Job summary

Bayer USA is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to help architect and scale digital farming platforms that run AI and ML workloads globally. You will lead design across cloud-native microservices, guide engineers, and champion reliability and performance.

The role requires 8+ years in software, deep knowledge of Java or Python, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD, plus strong communication and mentoring skills. You will work with data stores and observability to drive improvements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proven ability to lead across teams in building scalable cloud-based microservices and data pipelines.
• Expert knowledge in Java or Python and strong SQL performance tuning.

Skills

Cloud microservices

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

SQL

AWS

Observability

Leadership across teams

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Docker

SQL databases

Job description

Bayer USA is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to help architect and scale digital farming platforms that run AI and ML workloads globally. You will lead design across cloud-native microservices, guide engineers, and champion reliability and performance.

The role requires 8+ years in software, deep knowledge of Java or Python, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD, plus strong communication and mentoring skills. You will work with data stores and observability to drive improvements.