VP Solutions Engineering

Farm Credit Services; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Farm Credit Services is seeking a VP Solutions Engineering to lead architecture, data design, and integration engineering across software delivery. This role reports to the SVP Application Development and partners with product and development teams to craft scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that accelerate delivery while aligning with business goals.

The VP will champion engineering excellence, reusable design patterns, and modern practices, guiding trade-offs and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, integration engineering, data engineering, or related disciplines, including demonstrated leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with application development teams to support solution design, planning, and delivery.
• Establish reusable solution patterns, integration approaches, and engineering practices that improve delivery speed and quality.
• Promote scalable, secure, maintainable, and well-integrated technology solutions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align delivery practices with architecture standards and principles.
• Guide technical trade-off decisions and help teams balance business needs, risk, complexity, and investment.
• Support modernization efforts through incremental improvements and practical application of modern engineering practices.
• Drive adoption of quality automation, AI-assisted development, and engineering productivity capabilities where appropriate.

Skills

Solution architecture

Data design

Integration engineering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

APIs

Cloud platforms

Data design best practices

Job description

We are seeking a VP Solutions Engineering who will lead teammates responsible for solution architecture, application data design, and integration engineering capabilities that support software delivery across the organization. Reporting to the SVP Application Development, this role works closely with product and development teams to design scalable, secure, maintainable, and business-aligned solutions while accelerating delivery outcomes. The VP champions technical excellence, modern engineering practices, reusable design patterns, and effective technology adoption. This leader helps development teams navigate complex solutions, integration, and data challenges while promoting consistency, quality, and long-term sustainability across the application portfolio.

• Partner closely with application development teams to support solution design, planning, and delivery.
• Establish reusable solution patterns, integration approaches, and engineering practices that improve delivery speed and quality.
• Promote scalable, secure, maintainable, and well-integrated technology solutions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align delivery practices with architecture standards and principles.
• Guide technical trade-off decisions and help teams balance business needs, risk, complexity, and investment.
• Support modernization efforts through incremental improvements and practical application of modern engineering practices.
• Drive adoption of quality automation, AI-assisted development, and engineering productivity capabilities where appropriate.

Leadership Duties

• Share leadership with team members by empowering them to make decisions. This includes allowing them to take initiative, providing access to information and resources, and holding them accountable. Encourage team members to act autonomously and to contribute ideas and solutions.
• Provide team leadership, shared vision, and positive communications to achieve the Associations’ vision and strategy consistent with the Associations’ core values and team principles. Build strong relationships and collaborative partnerships within the Associations to understand the business opportunities and challenges.
• Establish a positive, participative, and collaborative team environment that inspires creative, high-performing, continuous learning, and engaged team members. Utilize consensus decision-making, when appropriate, to diversify thinking and enable and empower teammates.
• Responsible for attracting, selecting, and on-boarding a diverse and qualified team and determining the appropriate team resource requirements to meet the Associations’ strategic direction.
• Develop team members through coaching, training and development, opportunities, and on-going performance feedback including timely follow-up on individual development plans; counsel team members on Talent Management activities.
• Complete and/or recommend salary administration for team members in accordance with Association procedures.
• Develop and monitor the business plan and annual operating budgets related to areas of responsibilities. Review and approve operational expenditures within delegated authority.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field.

Years of Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, integration engineering, data engineering, or related disciplines, including demonstrated leadership experience.

Certification and Technical Requirements

• Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, integrations, data design, cloud platforms, and modern software delivery practices.