Manager, Software Engineering - Loveland, CO or Chicago, IL

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.   

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.  Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.  

 This role will be posted from September 22nd, 2025 - October 22nd, 2025 

What you will do:

• Lead a team(s) of 6 to 8 software engineers working on building the next generation of cloud-native Digital Service platform.
• Partner with Digital Services & Engineering teams, Product Management, UX Development, Cloud Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business stakeholders to create product roadmaps and release schedules.
• Oversee the development of data pipelines, data products and services and manage stakeholder communication, while using your knowledge and experience to help resolve issues and mentor team members.
• Help development teams take on challenging problems by having a bias for action, including breaking problems into workable chunks, using iterative development, and leveraging software architecture design patterns.
• Drive Agile software engineering practices and ceremonies, including grooming, planning, and retrospectives.
• Advance the development of engineering standards and iteratively deliver engineering rigor.
• Provide personnel administration for squad members, including hiring, setting, and monitoring of annual performance plans, coaching, motivating, rewarding, and guiding career development.

What you will bring:

• Demonstrate technical leadership, strong delivery mindset, data driven, mentorship, collaboration, and good communication (oral and written) and overall organizational skills.
• Demonstrable experience in leading efforts to deliver complex initiatives, experience in processing dense agronomic production datasets, continuous improvements towards reducing latencies in services and processes.
• Adaptive, decisive and results oriented - able to make meaningful contributions in a fast-paced environment with lots of unknowns or dependencies.
• A minimum of 10 years of software development experience with strong emphasis on writing code and delivering features.
• A minimum of 5 Years of experience building & maintaining highly scalable, performant and fault tolerant data processing pipelines on any Cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• A minimum of 5 Years of experience in technical leadership capacity building performant services that are consumed by internal and external stakeholders (Engineering groups, Analytics, Digital Products, Innovation groups etc.).
• Experienced in leading and conducting code refactoring, implementing design patterns, design-driven development, and application security and excellent instincts for software architecture.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, JavaScript, NodeJS.
• A minimum of 4 Years of experience in Agronomic Domain or Ag Tech.
• Strong Extreme Programming / other Agile framework experience.
• Preferred Skill - AWS Cloud Solutions Associate or higher would be preferred.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Compensation & Benefits: 

The salary range for this role, in Loveland, CO, is between $127,500-$218,600 and in Deerfield, IL is between $121,500- $208,200. 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, 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.   

Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!   

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. 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.    

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.    

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