Staff Engineer

Bayer AG; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer AG in St. Louis, Missouri seeks a Staff Engineer to collect, process, transform, and analyze agronomic and geospatial data; build scalable data pipelines for mobile, web, and third-party integrations; and help advance data-driven decision making.

The role requires a Bachelor's in CS/IT with 3+ years in agronomics, experience with MRMS/AHPS, PRISM/ERA5, REST/GraphQL in Java, Clojure, Scala; cloud on Azure/AWS; mentoring; willing to travel up to 25%, and salary range $190k-$225k.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or closely related field.
• Experience in agronomic or crop-science environments using MRMS/AHPS and PRISM/ERA5.
• Knowledge of REST and GraphQL APIs; cloud deployment on Azure and AWS.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable data pipelines.
• Experience with Python for data processing and Google BigQuery.

Responsibilities

• Collect, process, transform, and analyze agronomic & geospatial data.
• Design & implement data processing pipelines for mobile, web, and third-party integrations.
• Design & implement highly scalable data-intensive processing software systems and microservice-based services.
• Provide design & code review support.
• Mentor & train junior engineers.

Skills

REST APIs

GraphQL

Java

Clojure

Scala

Python

BigQuery

Azure

AWS

Geospatial data

MRMS

AHPS

Data pipelines

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or closely-related field

Tools

GitHub Copilot AI

Azure

AWS

GCP BigQuery

MRMS

AHPS

PRISM

ERA5

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Staff Engineer for St. Louis, MO to collect, process, transform, and analyze agronomic & geospatial data; designing & implementing data processing pipelines for mobile, web, and third-party integrations; designing & implementing highly scalable data-intensive processing software systems and microservice-based services; support design & code review process; mentor & train junior engineers. Requires Bachelor’s in C.S., I.T. or closely-related field & 3 yrs experience in an agronomic, agriscience and/or crop science environment using MRMS & AHPS to produce daily precipitation data for business-to-business workflows; using PRISM, GHCN & ERA5 to review historical weather information and analyze regional temperature data for business-to-consumer workflows; designing & implementing REST and GraphQL APIs using Java, Clojure and Scala for deployment on Azure and AWS; designing & implementing data-intensive processing software systems for agronomic and geospatial data using Python and GCP BigQuery; analyzing planting, soil sampling & harvest data to prepare in-season insights to third-party customers; and developing GitHub CoPilot AI skills & agents to perform operational maintenance & migration of Java, Clojure and Scala upgrades. Telecommuting permitted from home office location anywhere in U.S. Up to 25% U.S. and int’l travel req’d. Salary Range: Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $190,000.00 to $225,000.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. The offered salary may vary within this range based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

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