Sr BackEnd Engineer-Python

Bunge has an exciting opportunity available for Sr BackEnd Engineer-Python. In this role you will be part of a global team working on challenging, meaningful projects impacting core business activities. Since 1818, Bunge has been connecting farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed, and fuel to the world. Looking to the future, our ambition is to continuously reinvent ourselves, leveraging data to be at the forefront of analytics, technology and talent to accomplish our purpose in a better, faster and simpler way. Bunge is committed to operating and thriving in the digital world – creating world class agile teams where teammates are empowered and encouraged to collaborate and test and learn to succeed.

At Bunge, people don’t just come here to work, they come here to grow – solving challenges that directly impact the world with a diverse team of thinkers and doers. Bunge offers a strong compensation and benefits package, generous paid time off program, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity to progress. Our hybrid work environment provides a balance of in-office and remote work.

Most importantly, in all we do we live our values:

• Act as One Team by fostering inclusion, collaboration, and respect
• Drive for Excellence by being agile, innovative and efficient
• Do What's Right by acting safely, ethically, and sustainably

Overview:

The Sr BackEnd Engineer will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems for Bunge's digital products. The Sr BackEnd Engineer will work with a team of talented engineers to ensure the efficiency, reliability, and security of Bunge’s backend services. This senior-level role requires advanced technical expertise in backend technologies, exceptional problem-solving skills, the ability to provide technical guidance to other team members as well as oversee/validate outcomes delivered by contracted vendors. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and passionate about building reliable and efficient backend services that drive the company's digital initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable backend services and APIs using industry-standard frameworks.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to define API requirements and specifications.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge with team members.
• Troubleshoot and debug backend issues, and implement solutions to resolve them.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest backend technologies and best practices, and share knowledge with the team.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the development process and codebase.
• Ensure that backend systems are optimized for performance and scalability.
• Guide teammates on developing efficient and secure backend components
• Establish and promote best practices, standards and guidelines related to back-end engineering for Bunge technology products.

Impact/Dimensions:

• Contributes to the development of short-term strategies within the department.
• Contributes to standards, best practices and security measures implemented in own area.
• Works on projects and initiatives that have an impact on business on a domestic or international scale.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in own area within the organization.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• API response time and throughput.
• Code quality, as measured by code reviews and automated testing.
• System uptime and reliability.
• Ease of use and complexity of maintenance of developed components

Major Opportunities and Decisions:

• Applies technical expertise to analyze and solve problems without clear precedents.
• Identifies ways to apply functional knowledge and methodologies to solve complex challenges.
• Recommends process, product, or service improvements based on anticipated internal and external business challenges.
• Establishes standards, best practices and guidelines for other developers for increased quality of delivery and compliance with internal policies.

Management/Leadership:

• Manages operational plans.
• May participate with comparable influence in large projects and initiatives.
• Provides leadership to professionals and support staff.
• Contributes to short- to mid-term talent optimization plans to execute strategies within their job area.
• Guides delivery teams on best practices, standards and approach to solving problems.
• Leading implementation of established best practices, standards and guidelines in own area.

Key Relationships, Stakeholders & Interfaces (External & Internal):

• Internal: Frontend Engineers, Product Managers, DevOps Engineers, Database Administrators, Architects, Product Owners.
• External: Technology Vendors, Cloud Providers.

Knowledge and Technical Competencies:

• Strong proficiency in Python programming language and experience with leading frameworks like Django, Streamlit and similar.

• Experience with building RESTful and SOAP APIs.
• Deep understanding of Sales Cloud and Service Cloud standard data models
• Understanding of software development best practices and design patterns.
• Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies (including Unit Testing and Debugging, CI/CD pipeline with automated testing).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree with 6 - 10 years of position related experience, or equivalent combo of education and experience level. Has in-depth knowledge in own discipline and basic knowledge (know as reference) of related disciplines.

• Experience with working in agile projects.
• Fluency in English

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~37,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

•    We Are One Team – Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
•    We Lead The Way – Agile, Empowered, Innovative
•    We Do What’s Right – Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us!  We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge