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Reimagining what's possible for food and agriculture
The Role
The Sr. Platform Engineer will design and develop software solutions, automate deployment processes, conduct testing, and maintain system performance while working collaboratively across teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Sr. Platform Engineer will help build the foundation for the company's modern business applications. In this role, you will apply your knowledge of modern infrastructure and cloud software engineering practices to build, secure, and maintain the core capabilities used by our data and application teams to drive business value.
Key Accountabilities
Qualifications
Preferred:
Additional:
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Sr. Platform Engineer will help build the foundation for the company's modern business applications. In this role, you will apply your knowledge of modern infrastructure and cloud software engineering practices to build, secure, and maintain the core capabilities used by our data and application teams to drive business value.
Key Accountabilities
- Designs and develops high quality software solutions by writing clean, maintainable and efficient codes.
- Leads the application of internal software deployment platform, continuous integration or continuous delivery pipeline and twelve factor development methodology to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases.
- Partners with cross functional team of product managers, designers and other engineers to gather complex requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.
- Writes and maintains complex unit tests and integration tests, and performs debugging to maintain the quality and performance of the software, applying test driven development as needed.
- Recommends options for improving the software development and deployment processes, and implements the approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability.
- Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation for complex software applications, deployment processes and system configurations.
- Provides technical support and troubleshooting for complex issues with deployed applications to ensure minimal downtime and fast resolution.
Qualifications
- Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
- Experience building and operating cloud-agnostic or hybrid infrastructure platforms, including compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) to provision and manage scalable environments.Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Go, Python, Bash) used for automation and platform tooling.
Preferred:
- Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation frameworks that enable self-service for application teams.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and platform patterns that support modern application delivery.
- Proficiency building and operating APIs used to abstract infrastructure complexity, enforce standards, and provide seamless developer experiences through automation, tooling, and governance.
- Familiarity deploying, managing, and engineering within a vast array of hyperscaler technologies (eg: AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Understanding of platform engineering principles, including internal developer platforms (IDPs), self-service capabilities, and developer experience optimization.
- Experience implementing security, compliance, and governance controls within platform tooling (e.g., identity, secrets management, policy enforcement).
- Knowledge of observability practices including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure platform reliability and performance. (eg: Elastic, DataDog)
- Ability to work across teams to define standards and improve software delivery, operational maturity, and platform adoption.
Additional:
- The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
- This position requires onsite (hybrid) presence at our Midtown Atlanta Technology Hub
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
Skills Required
- 4 years of relevant work experience
- Experience with cloud-agnostic or hybrid infrastructure platforms
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language for automation
What the Team is Saying
Gaby
Data Engineering Lead
Landon
North America Service Assurance Manager
Navita
Software Engineering Senior Supervisor
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William Orgertrice
Data Engineer
Kayode D.
Principal Data Engineer
Patricia
Supply Chain Learning & Development and Digital Support Lead
Heather W.
Software Engineer
Kristen K.
Factory of the Future Digital Product Manager
Shrey B.
Senior Software Engineer
Madhuri P.
Senior Data Scientist
William Orgertrice
Data Engineer — Data Function, Platforms and Product Engineering
Navita S.
Software Engineering Senior Supervisor
Heather W.
Software Engineer
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Cargill Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with immediate eligibility, a clear company match paid quarterly in company stock, and employer-funded retirement components (e.g., ESOP/ERA) offer strong long-term savings value. Vesting timelines are defined, supporting predictable planning.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO scales from 15 to 30 days with service and follows a clear June 1–May 31 plan year. Standard holidays and floating days further expand time away options.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests up to 6 weeks paid bonding leave and 4 weeks for family care, adoption/surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000, and resources like Bright Horizons and Milk Stork provide meaningful support for families. Eligibility on a 12‑month cadence with FMLA‑style requirements increases practical usability.
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The Company
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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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Typical time on-site:
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