Senior Engineering Manager

The Senior Engineering Manager at Digital Farming Solutions (DFS) is a senior leadership role responsible for driving engineering outcomes across multiple teams or a complex delivery area. This role exists to ensure results are delivered even in the presence of ambiguity competing priorities and imperfect inputs.

You will lead engineering outcomes across multiple teams or complex delivery areas turning strategy and evolving priorities into consistent high-quality results for digital agriculture platforms. Operating effectively in ambiguity you will bring structure clarity and momentum where it does not naturally exist aligning teams managing dependencies and driving progress across data-intensive systems such as precision agriculture and geospatial capabilities even when inputs are incomplete. You will partner closely with Product Design Science and technical leaders as a peer shaping direction jointly rather than simply executing against it while balancing delivery commitments with long-term system health. Through strong execution discipline thoughtful prioritization and influence beyond your direct reporting lines you will ensure teams deliver meaningful outcomes for farmers while continuing to grow in capability accountability and autonomy.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role are:

Driving Results & Execution:

• Own delivery outcomes across multiple engineering teams or a major capability area

• Translate strategy priorities and roadmaps into clear executable plans

• Ensure commitments are met through proactive risk management and course correction

• Drive progress and outcomes even when requirements or inputs are incomplete

• Take full ownership for results rather than delegating accountability

Engineering Excellence & Technical Leadership:

• Ensure solutions align with DFS technical direction and engineering standards

• Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term system health and sustainability

• Drive continuous improvement in quality reliability and operational excellence

• Partner with senior technical leaders on architectural decisions and technical investments

• Act as a strong technical steward even when not the primary architect

People & Leadership Development:

• Lead coach and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineers

• Set clear expectations and hold leaders and teams accountable with empathy

• Build strong teams through talent flow coaching and succession planning

• Address performance issues directly and constructively

• Create an environment where leaders canoperateindependently and effectively

Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration:

• Partner closely with Product Design Architecture and other technical leaders

• Resolve cross-team dependencies and organizational friction

• Influence outcomes beyond direct reporting lines

• Treat peer leadership teams as a first team not an escalation path

• Act as a connector and multiplier across the broader organization

What Success Looks Like:

• Delivery commitments are met more consistently with fewer surprises

• Teams are aligned on priorities expectations and tradeoffs

• Senior engineers under your leadership grow in effectiveness and autonomy

• Technical quality improves without sacrificing delivery speed

• Stakeholders trust commitments and leadership judgment

• Issues are surfaced early and addressed decisively

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent whopossessesthe following:

Required:

• 8 years of professional experience in software engineering with at least 3 years in a formal people management capacity.

• Management Scope: Provenexperience managing multiple engineering teams or managing other Engineering Managers/Team Leads.

• Technical Foundation: ABachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on experienceoperatingand deploying production workloads specifically on AWS (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda).

• Agile Mastery: Strong experience leading teams within a standard Agile/Scrum framework including sprint planning retrospectives and backlog grooming.

• DevOps Fundamentals:Demonstratedability to manage and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.

Preferred:

• Cloud Expertise:Advancedknowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform CloudFormation or AWS CDK.

• Architectural Strategy: Experience overseeing the migration from monolithic architectures to microservices or serverless environments.

• Performance Metrics: Ability to use DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency Lead Time for Changes MTTR Change Failure Rate) to drive operational improvements.

• Talent Development:A track recordof successfully mentoring Senior Engineers into Staff/Principal roles and developing high-potential junior managers.

• Observability: Familiarity with modern monitoring and observability stacks such as Datadog New Relic or AWS CloudWatch.

• Business Acumen: Experience partnering closely with Product and Design leaders to influence the long-term product roadmap and resource allocation.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately $127k-191k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive program (if relevant).Additionalbenefits include health care vision dental retirement PTO sick leaveetc.. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicants location market data/ranges an applicants skills andpriorrelevant experience certain degrees and certifications and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 6/30/26.