The Associate Professional, Software Engineering job assists with designing, developing and maintaining software applications and systems. Under close supervision, this job collaborates with cross functional teams to help implement new software features for Salesforce Application to meet user needs and business goals and upgrade existing software to improve performance and functionality through troubleshooting and debugging standard issues. This job also participates in code reviews to maintain high code quality and learn from software engineering team members.
Key Accountabilities
- REQUIREMENT UNDERSTANDING: Understands business requirements clearly and converts them into structured test scenarios, ensuring proper coverage and defect documentation.
AUTOMATION: Partners to apply internal software deployment platform, methodologies and tools to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases. Having automation test knowledge is a plus point.
COLLABORATION: Coordinates cross functional team of product managers, designers, architects, and other engineers to help gather requirements and deliver resolutions that meet business needs and deliver cybersecurity goals.
TESTING & DEBUGGING: Performs functional and regression testing in Sales Cloud and Service Cloud; write and execute test cases based on business requirements and use basic SOQL for data validation.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Makes suggestions for improving the software development and deployment processes, and partners to implement the approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability.
DOCUMENTATION: Maintains comprehensive documentation for software applications, deployment processes and system configurations.
PRODUCTION SUPPORT & USER MANAGEMENT: Acts as a first responder by handling user onboarding, access management, and minor production issue fixes.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT (DATA LOAD): Manage data loading and data maintenance activities using Data Loader, Workbench, and Excel; Salesforce certification is a nice-to-have.
Qualifications
At least 1 year of relevant experience required. Typically reflects 2 years or more of relevant experience.
Skills Required
- At least 1 year of relevant software engineering experience
- Experience with Salesforce (Sales Cloud and Service Cloud)
- Proficiency in SOQL for data validation
- Experience with data loading and maintenance using Data Loader and Workbench
- Proficiency with Excel for data tasks
- Experience performing functional and regression testing
- Ability to support user onboarding, access management, and minor production fixes
- Familiarity with automation/deployment platforms and automated testing
- Salesforce certification
Cargill Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Cargill offers immediate 401(k) eligibility with a defined employer match, alongside additional vehicles such as an ESOP and company-supported tools for savings. Feedback suggests these features make long-term retirement readiness a strong part of the total package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off scales meaningfully with tenure on a clear annual cycle, and paid family leave covers both bonding with a new child and caregiving needs. Feedback suggests the combined PTO and leave programs compare favorably with common large-employer offerings.
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Parental & Family Support — Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, Bright Horizons childcare solutions, and Milk Stork complement the paid family leave program. These resources indicate a family-forward design that supports key life events and caregiving logistics.
Cargill Insights
What We Do
We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials— from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to flooring. By providing customers with products that are vital for living, we help businesses grow, communities prosper and consumers live well in their daily lives.
Why Work With Us
The decision to join Cargill can open the door to a world of possibility. As part of our Digital, Technology & Data team, you’ll get to be part of a large and diverse group full of unique perspectives united by a common, higher purpose while building a rewarding career full of opportunity, growth and the satisfaction of knowing your work matters.
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