Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
ProAg is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to connect business strategy with technology execution. The role partners with product, business, and engineering teams to turn complex challenges into scalable solutions and provides technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle. The engineer helps shape technical direction, evaluate solution options and tradeoffs, and guide teams toward secure, reliable, and maintainable outcomes that deliver business value. The role follows a 4:1 hybrid schedule: in the office Monday through Thursday and remote on Friday. It reports to a Software Engineering Manager / Software Development Manager and is based in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or 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 and ability to understand business processes and translate needs into technology solutions.
- Proven experience in software engineering and solutions development, including a track record of leading complex technical initiatives.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and tradeoffs to diverse audiences.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, stakeholders, and engineers to understand requests and clarify desired business outcomes.
- Translate business needs into practical technical approaches, identifying options, tradeoffs, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Provide level-of-effort estimates, document risks and assumptions, and create prototypes or proof-of-concepts when needed to reduce uncertainty.
- Design the Scrum team's technical solutions and guide implementation toward effective, supportable, secure solutions aligned with ProAg's technology direction.
- Lead technical discussions and decisions within the team, seeking broader alignment with Solution Architecture or other engineering teams when needed.
- Explain 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, remove unnecessary complexity, and use technology, including AI and emerging capabilities, to improve effectiveness and productivity.
- Help the Scrum team deliver value predictably while keeping broader product and business objectives in view.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities and opportunities for growth and career advancement.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, with eligibility beginning on the 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.
- Award-winning wellness program, including mental health services, fitness network membership, and a complimentary Headspace subscription.
- Student loan matching program.
- Employee discount program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
