Software Engineering Manager

Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer, Brevant, and Hoegemeyer, delivering performance farmers rely on.

Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.

Who are we and what do we do?

Vylor is a global leader in advanced seed and genetics. For more than a century, we've advanced scientific discovery and breakthrough innovation to help farmers feed and fuel the world. Our business is backed by next-generation scientific expertise and multiple, distinct routes to market, like our industry-leading seed brands and our licensing business.

The Vylor innovation engine will be anchored in the agriculture industry’s most elite germplasm and transformative biotech. The company will leverage its next generation scientific expertise in disciplines like gene editing and molecular breeding to further strengthen its core business while exploring opportunities to expand to new row crops – and potentially beyond. Vylor will scale these innovations using its leading routes-to-market and by significantly expanding its licensing business.

We are looking for an innovative, energetic, and transformational Software Engineering Manager.

The Software Engineering Manager owns the outcomes, health, and growth of one engineering team within Integrated Enterprise Systems. That covers delivery health, cost, and operational performance; a culture of quality, security, and reliability; risk and technical debt kept visible; decisive incident response; and the hiring, coaching, and feedback that determine who the team becomes. Enough technical depth is required to hold credible discussion with the team.

Typically 5–10 years of experience, including leading engineers. Success is predictable delivery at a sustainable pace and engineers who grow and stay.

Primary Responsibilities
- How will you help us Grow!

Understand the team's customers, products, and technical context in depth.

Connect team priorities and daily decisions to measurable business outcomes.

Create a culture of quality, security, reliability, and responsible delivery.

Make risks visible, address technical debt, and support decisive incident response.

Build an inclusive, accountable team and strong cross-functional partnerships.

Resolve conflict directly and share context openly.

Hire thoughtfully, set clear expectations, and give timely feedback.

Coach people toward greater scope and create equitable, psychologically safe growth.

Define outcomes, decision owners, and simple operating rhythms amid ambiguity.

Limit work in progress and remove low-value process and dependencies.

Encourage disciplined experimentation that becomes measurable improvement.

Own delivery health, cost, and operations; correct course with evidence.

Lead the team calmly through change, updating plans as evidence changes.

Help people learn from setbacks, recover, and keep momentum.

Education and Experience – What you will bring to the table!

Bachelor's degree in a computing field, or equivalent education and experience.

Experience leading engineers, including hiring, coaching, feedback, and performance.

Engineering background sufficient to hold credible technical discussion with the team.

Experience owning team delivery, prioritization, dependencies, and commitments.

Experience establishing quality, reliability, and incident response practices.

Ability to create clarity from ambiguity through outcomes and decision owners.

Ability to communicate trade-offs and work across teams, regions, and disciplines.

Working knowledge of…