About this role
<p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:28.0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Staff Software Engineer, Backend</strong> </span></p> <p> </p><div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>The world's farmers make high-stakes decisions every season — and the platforms built by Digital Farming Solutions Engineering are what </span><span>makes</span><span> those decisions smarter. </span><span>As a Staff Engineer, your role</span><span> is to ensure those platforms are architected for scale, reliability, and the demands of AI and machine learning at a global level.</span></span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>You will set technical direction, define how </span><span>teams</span><span> approach complex problems across precision agriculture data, geospatial imagery, and cloud infrastructure, and resolve the systemic challenges that no single team can </span><span>solve</span><span> alone. Equally important, you will raise the engineering culture around you — mentoring senior engineers into Staff-level leaders, championing best practices, and </span><span>ensuring</span><span> that what we build today is maintainable, extensible, and worthy of the mission it serves.</span></span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span>YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES </span></strong><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>The primary responsibilities of this role are to:</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Define and drive the technical strategy for the organization's highest-priority initiatives, from architecture through delivery.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Bring clarity to ambiguous, high-complexity problems — translating strategic goals into actionable technical direction that teams can execute with confidence.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Set and evolve the engineering standards for reliability, observability, and code quality that define how Digital Farming Solutions builds software at scale.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Actively develop senior engineers into Staff-level leaders, sponsoring their growth into initiatives with organization-wide scope and impact.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Champion a culture where engineering decisions are grounded in farmer outcomes — connecting technical tradeoffs directly to the real-world impact on the people we serve.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Shape the technical approach for the full spectrum of agricultural data — from on-farm precision sensors to satellite and geospatial imagery — ensuring platforms handle it with accuracy, scale, and performance.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Drive architectural decisions for data-intensive, algorithmically complex precision agriculture systems, partnering with data science and product to turn research into production-grade capabilities.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span>WHO YOU ARE</span></strong><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Required:</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>BS or equivalent in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>8+ years of hands-on experience in software development</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Proven history of ability to quickly learn new skills and technologies</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience leading across team(s) the development of highly scalable cloud based (AWS preferred) microservices and data pipelines using container technologies (e.g., Docker)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Ability to take ambiguous requirements in complex domains and distill them down into actionable tasks for other engineers</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to engineering and non-engineering audiences</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Expert knowledge in at least one modern backend programming language (e.g., Java, Python) with the ability to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong understanding of at least one containerization technology (e.g., Docker)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong understanding of at least one public cloud platform.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience using observability techniques to drive support and improvements of systems</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Proficiency with managing CICD pipelines (e.g., GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Preferred:</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experienced with modern REST and GraphQL (Strong Plus) API design</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Exceptional customer focus, ownership, and drive.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Proven ability to develop other strong senior engineers into Staff engineers, operating and leading their own initiatives with org-wide scope and high impact.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience with relational and non-relational data stores. Expert knowledge of at least one. Strong knowledge and experience with SQL including performance tuning and query optimization. </span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Expert knowledge of at least one containerization technology (e.g., Docker)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong understanding of multiple AWS capabilities (EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, etc.). Expert knowledge of multiple AWS capabilities.</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Strong experience with event driven architectures using messaging middleware (SQS, JMS, etc.)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Experience with layered geospatial data structures and data representations (Strong Plus)</span><span> </span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately $117k-171k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive program (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.</span><span> </span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>This posting will be available for application until at least 5/19/26.</span><span> </span></span></p> </div><table style="width:970.0px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" colspan="4"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" colspan="4"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0px">YOUR APPLICATION</span></strong></span></td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top" colspan="4"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:970.0px;height:399.25px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height:212.125px"> <td style="text-align:justify;vertical-align:top" colspan="4"> <p><span style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. 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