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Cargill · 14 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer - Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (Atlanta)

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. The Principal Software Engineer will design, develop, configure, and maintain production planning and scheduling software for the manufacturing supply chain while mentoring junior technical staff.

AgricultureFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingMeat and Poultry
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Responsibilities

Leads the design and development of high quality software solutions by writing clean, maintainable and efficient codes
Advises and improves the application of internal software deployment platform, CI/CD pipelines & Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) methodologies and tools to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases
Leads cross functional team of product managers, designers and other engineers to gather requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
Writes and maintains highly complex unit tests and integration tests, and performs debugging to maintain the quality and performance of the software
Proposes continuous improvement initiatives for the software development and deployment processes, and leads the implementation of approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability
Leads the establishment and maintenance of comprehensive documentation for software applications, deployment processes and system configurations
Leads and mentors technical support and troubleshooting for highly complex issues with deployed applications to ensure minimal downtime and fast resolution

Qualification

S4HANA configurationPython codingCI/CD pipelinesAgile methodologiesOOP principlesMachine learningSoftware development best practicesStakeholder managementMentoring junior staffCommunication skills

Required

Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience
Broad knowledge of agile and product methodologies and frameworks
Configuring or building applications in a product environment

Preferred

The candidate should have experience completing multiple (at least three or more) full application lifecycle/deployments
Understanding of software/UX design principles, software development best practices, OOP principles, low code/no code platform extensions, architectural patterns for systems integration in package heavy environments
S4HANA (or other relevant packages - O9) configuration & debugging, ABAP coding experience
Artificial intelligence & Machine learning including python coding
Demonstrable agentic AI development experience incl prompt engineering
Direct experience working with the C3.ai platform
Functional expertise in the area of manufacturing/production planning and scheduling (and S&OE if also included)
Strong communication skills and stakeholder management abilities are critical to being a good business partner
Experience with business partnering roles or as members or managers of supply chain planning teams / COEs

Benefits

Medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked
Discretionary incentive award

Company

Cargill provides agricultural, food, bioindustrial, and risk management solutions across global supply chains and manufacturing sectors.

H1B Sponsorship

Cargill has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (25)
2024 (25)
2023 (29)
2022 (31)
2021 (26)
2020 (41)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$0.02M
Key Investors
National Safety Council
2025-06-25Grant· $0.02M

Leadership Team

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Brian Sikes
Board Chair and CEO
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David MacLennan
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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