Principal Software Engineer

Nutrien

$176K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 5 years of software development experience focused on coding and feature delivery.
  • 5 years building and maintaining scalable, performant data processing on AWS.
  • 3 years of technical leadership in delivering services to various stakeholders.
  • 3 years of experience in the Agronomic Domain or Ag Tech field.
  • Experience with metrics for API latency and processing efficiency improvements.
  • Proficient in TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, JavaScript, and NodeJS.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain a highly scalable digital services platform.
  • Identify and resolve bottlenecks through profiling and metrics analysis.
  • Mentor junior developers using teaching and demonstrations.
  • Make architecture-related decisions at the team level.
  • Lead technical initiatives in the digital agriculture sector.
  • Maintain minimal oversight while ensuring high-quality output.
  • Drive the development of solutions that align with stakeholder needs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage for eligible positions.
  • Retirement program with generous employer matching contributions.
  • Paid vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal leave.
  • Paid maternity and parental leave options.
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 32669

Location: Loveland, CO, USA, 80538

Workplace Type: On-Site

Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level

Job Type: Full Time

What You'll Do:

Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. has opening for Principal Software Engineer in Loveland, Colorado. Design, build, and maintain a highly scalable cloud native digital services platform consisting of a multitude of data products and services. Show initiative and skill at identifying bottlenecks through profiling, metrics and solutioning for low latency processing and services. Operate with minimal oversite. Mentor less experienced developers through teaching and demonstrations. Be seen as an expert and technical leader within the technical components of the domains/products/pipelines/integrations. Make architecture decisions at a team level. Serve as technical lead for building solutions in the digital agriculture space.

May telecommute from anywhere in U.S

What You'll Bring:

Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a software engineering-related occupation.

Experience must include:

1. 5 years of software development experience with strong emphasis on writing code and delivering features;

2. 5 years of experience building and maintaining highly scalable, performant and fault tolerant data processing pipelines and services on AWS;

3. 3 years of experience in the capacity of technical leadership, building services that are consumed by internal and external stakeholders (Engineering, Analytics, Digital Products, Data Science groups etc.);

4. 3 years of experience in Agronomic Domain or Ag Tech;

5. Collecting and using metrics to fine tune latencies in APIs and Services as well as speeding up data processing pipelines;

6. Code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, and application security and excellent instincts for software architecture;

7. TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, JavaScript, and NodeJS; and

8. Strong skills in Extreme Programming/ other Agile frameworks. Background check required.

Background check required.

Compensation & Benefits:

The salary for this role, in Loveland, CO is $176,654.00 per year. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan and long-term incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.

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The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. This job will remain posted until filled. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

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