Role Details

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Location: Maple Grove, MN

Reports To: Software Engineering Manager / Software Development Manager

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Requisition ID: 226-969

Requisition Begin Date: 10/1/2026

Role Overview

In this role, you'll partner with product, business, and engineering teams to transform complex challenges into scalable, impactful solutions while providing technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll help shape technical direction, evaluate solution options and tradeoffs, and guide teams toward secure, reliable, and maintainable outcomes that deliver meaningful business value. This is an ideal opportunity for a strategic problem-solver who enjoys understanding the "why" behind the work and influencing how technology can drive business success.

ProAg follows a 4:1 hybrid schedule. Monday - Thursday is in office, with Friday being remote.

In this Exciting Opportunity, You Will:

• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, stakeholders, and engineers to understand the problem behind a request and clarify the desired business outcome.
• Translate business needs into practical technical approaches, identifying options, tradeoffs, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Provide Level of Effort estimates (sizings), document risks and assumptions, and create prototypes or proof-of-concepts when needed to reduce uncertainty.
• Design your Scrum team's technical solutions and guide implementation toward solutions that are effective, supportable, secure, and aligned with ProAg's technology direction.
• Lead technical discussions and decisions within the team, knowing when broader alignment with Solution Architecture or other engineering teams as needed.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and build alignment around recommended approaches.
• Work with DevOps to release and operate the team's products successfully across environments.
• Use engineering standards, development practices, monitoring, and operational data to improve quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, eliminate unnecessary complexity, and use technology - including AI and other emerging capabilities - to increase effectiveness and productivity.
• Help the Scrum team deliver value predictably while keeping sight of the broader product and business objectives.

What You Bring

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent education and/or experience
• Strong expertise in modern application architecture, APIs, databases, cloud technologies, and software engineering best practices
• Ability to provide technical leadership, influence decisions, and guide teams toward effective solutions
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand business processes and translate needs into technology solutions
• Proven experience in software engineering and solutions development, with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including explaining technical concepts and tradeoffs to diverse audiences

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package
• Strong learning culture with ongoing development opportunities
• Opportunities for growth and career advancement
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, with eligibility beginning on your first day of employment
• Basic life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with 6% company match
• 20 days of PTO, three floating holidays, approximately 10 paid holidays, and volunteer time off
• Paid parental leave
• Access to our award-winning wellness program, including mental health services, fitness network membership, and a complimentary Headspace subscription
• Student loan matching program
• Employee discount program
• An opportunity to do meaningful work and love what you do

Pay Transparency

The pay range for this position is $155,000 - $165,000, which includes geographic adjustments, where applicable. The pay range is the range THMCC, in good faith, believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The hired applicant will be offered pay within the entire range based on the candidate's geographic location, qualifications, work experience, education, and/or skill level. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of color, race, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local pay equity laws.

Disclaimer

As an insurance company, we comply with certain federal, state and local laws such as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (18 USC 1033(e)), which restricts our ability to employ individuals with certain types of criminal convictions. Where not restricted by law and for criminal history not covered by this law, the Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history in compliance with applicable law.

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