Director, Software Engineering, Full Stack

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose
• Time-Off Packages, 20 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10k per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of respect and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

Job Description

As a CoBank Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from customer-facing web applications to highly scalable distributed data platforms using cutting-edge open-source frameworks, to highly available RESTful microservices, to back-end Java/python-based systems using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You'll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: node.js, React, Java, Python, REST, Spark/EMR, Glue, NoSQL/Relational databases, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few. In this role you will have an opportunity to implement highly scalable solutions that spawn across millions of files and thousands of data stores across hundreds of AWS accounts.

Essential Functions

• 1. Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers.
• 2. Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• 3. Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios - Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• 4. Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies.
• 5. Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• 6. Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community.
• 7. Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
• 8. Work across to improve the velocity of your and other teams.
• 9. Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.
• 10. Break existing monolithic applications into micro service architectures and build new microservices.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Master's Degree preferred

Work Experience

• 10 years of experience in software and/or data engineering required
• 5 years of experience in people management required
• 5 years of experience building distributed applications on AWS cloud required
• 5 years of full stack engineering experience (UI, API and Distributed Applications) required

Physical Exertion Details

Sedentary Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Travel Requirement Details

Occasional Travel occurs infrequently (typically, once a month or less).

About CoBank

The typical base pay range for this role is between $211,200 - $259,800. Compensation may vary based on individual job-related knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.

The listed salary, other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. This job will be posted for a minimum of five (5) business days or until the position is filled. CoBank reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and to modify or discontinue benefits programs at any time in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all applicants, including qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability, or are assisting an applicant with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the application process, including completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please submit a request by emailing recruiting@cobank.com. Include your contact information and specific details about your requested accommodation.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.