Staff Engineer Material Generation

We are looking for a Staff Engineer Material Generation to support applications enabling material generation compound discovery and scientific workflows. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of advanced technology and agricultural R&D partnering with engineers product leaders and scientific stakeholders on capabilities with real-world impact. Help accelerate the digital capabilities that support more sustainable agriculture and scientific innovation.

What Youll Do

• Lead and apply deep expertise in Python or Java backend engineering to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in software architecture and integration patterns to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in AI-assisted engineering with rigorous review to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in React or Angular awareness to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in quality test and documentation standards to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Lead and apply deep expertise in scientific workflow partnership to deliver durable scalable outcomes.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and establish technical standards that promote maintainability performance and security across the platform.
• Collaborate across engineering product and scientific teams to translate complex needs into practical solutions.
• Optimize system performance and scalability identifying and addressing bottlenecks in material generation workflows.
• Lead incident response and troubleshooting efforts ensuring rapid resolution of critical issues in production environments.
• Set a high bar for quality documentation and thoughtful use of AI-assisted engineering throughout the organization.

Qualifications :

**What You Bring**

**Required Qualifications:**

• Demonstrable experience in Python or Java backend engineering
• Demonstrable experience in software architecture and integration patterns
• Demonstrable experience in AI-assisted engineering with rigorous review
• Demonstrable experience in React or Angular awareness
• Demonstrable experience in quality test and documentation standards
• Demonstrable experience in scientific workflow partnership
• Demonstrable experience in technical leadership without line authority
• Demonstrable experience designing and implementing scalable APIs and integration patterns
• Demonstrable experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Fluent English written and spoken

**Bonus Points**

• Experience in agriculture life sciences scientific computing or a regulated enterprise environment
• Experience building platforms products or services used by multiple internal teams
• Experience working in distributed international engineering organizations
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines DevOps practices and infrastructure automation
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent at multiple career levels
• Experience optimizing system performance and managing scientific data workflows at scale

Additional Information :

What we offer 

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme bonus scheme private medical & life insurance. 

• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday. 

• Flexible working 

• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment. 

• The opportunity to develop and apply your science within the chemical industry. 

• The chance to work as part of a global team to address the current and future needs of the agricultural sector. 

• Learning culture and wide range of training options. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.  

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here:  Work :

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Employment Type :

Full-time