Principal Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

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 oversight. 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.

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

• 5 years of software development experience with a strong emphasis on writing code and delivering features.
• 5 years of experience building and maintaining highly scalable, performant and fault‑tolerant data processing pipelines and services on AWS.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership capacity, building services consumed by internal and external stakeholders (Engineering, Analytics, Digital Products, Data Science groups, etc.).
• 3 years of experience in the agronomic domain or ag‑tech.
• Collecting and using metrics to fine‑tune latencies in APIs and services as well as speeding up data processing pipelines.
• Code refactoring, design patterns, design‑driven development, and application security; excellent instincts for software architecture.
• Strong skills in Extreme Programming or other Agile frameworks.
• Background check required. Substance test may be required.

The salary for this role in Loveland, CO is $ per year. Salary ranges may vary based on candidate skill set, experience, location, and other business needs.

Benefits package includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. Retirement program with generous employer matching. Paid vacation, sick days, holidays, paid personal and maternity/parental leaves, and an Employee and Family Assistance Program.

Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.