Engineering Manager, Connect

Company Overview

Farmers Business Network®* (*FBN®) is on a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers and rural communities around the world, transforming how the world farms with an integrated, technology-enabled agricultural platform.

We offer high ROI farm inputs, fintech and sustainability products and services powered by network data, and farm-tested insights from our global farmer community. Our platform helps FBN® members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms, while also empowering them to be a part of the solution as the global community confronts its most pressing issues: providing food security for a growing population, transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, and responding to climate change.

We are a dynamic, innovative, and mission-driven AgTech company that offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as boundless career mobility. We are backed by top investors, including Fidelity, ADM, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, DBL Partners, T Rowe Price and Temasek. We have been featured in these articles by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and were also named "One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company Magazine.

The Role

In this role you will build and manage a high end engineering team to deliver software products in our “Connect” product area. The mission of Connect is two-fold: to connect farmers to each other and to connect farmers to the FBN product offering(s) that best suit their farm and business needs. Driving farmer activation and engagement with our products is a core goal of the team.

As the leader of this team, you must be a technologist who thinks about people first, with a strong passion for building great teams and investing in people. You are a force multiplier who develops, guides, and organizes talented people to achieve lofty goals.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and develop amazing software engineers.
• Foster a team environment and culture in which engineers are able to thrive and do their best work, both individually and as a team.
• Deliver world class software products by planning, organizing, and by day-to-day management of the development process.
• Partner with Product Management to plan, prioritize, and execute an aggressive roadmap.
• Maximize and optimize the team’s impact by improving practices, processes, and driving continuous improvement.

The Person

• Track record of managing high end engineering teams that build amazing software.
• 7+ years in software engineering, preferring experience in building SAAS products.
• 3+ years building and managing engineering teams.
• Technical enough to have in depth discussions with engineers about tradeoffs and engineering decisions, and to understand in detail how our system works.
• Experience in working in fast-paced startup environments. FBN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. FBN considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. ******We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here.****** FBN is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email fill out this form.