Senior Software Engineer (Go)

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Senior Software Engineer (Go) 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for Bayer's Crop Science Global Data Assets & Analytics Team!

The mission of Bayer Crop Science is centered on developing agricultural solutions for a sustainable future that will include a global population projected to eclipse 9.6 billion by 2050. We approach agriculture holistically, looking across a broad range of solutions from using biotechnology and plant breeding to produce the best possible seeds, to advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics designed to select the best possible crop system for every acre.

To make this possible, Bayer collects terabytes of data across all aspects of its operations, from genome sequencing, crop field trials, manufacturing, supply chain, financial transactions and everything in between. There is an enormous need and potential here to do something that has never been done before. We need great people to help transform these complex scientific datasets into innovative software that is deployed across the pipeline, accelerating the pace and quality of all crop system development decisions to unbelievable levels.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a critical senior member of a data engineering team focused on creating distributed analysis capabilities around a large variety of datasets,


• Take pride in software craftsmanship, apply a deep knowledge of algorithms and data structures to continuously improve and innovate,


• Work with other top-level talent solving a wide range of complex and unique challenges that have real world impact,


• Explore relevant technology stacks to find the best fit for each dataset,


• Take part in technical initiatives, communicating your technical vision and strategy to the broader organization,


• Project your talent into relevant projects. Strength of ideas trumps position on an org chart,


• Pursue opportunities to present our work at relevant technical conferences: 
  
  
  
  • Google Cloud Next 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvuyOID6v4 
  
  
  • Google Cloud Next 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafduXqwfMs o GraphConnect 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KEvLURBenM
  
  
  • Google Cloud Blog: § https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/google-kubernetes-engine-clusters-can-have-up-to-15000-nodes § https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/bayer-uses-alloydb 
  
  
  • Cloud Wars: https://cloudwars.com/cloud/how-google-clouds-alloydb-empowers-bayer-crop-science-to-overcome-data-challenges-cloud-wars-live/ 
  
  
  • Foss4G: https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europe-2025/talk/J8PKC7
  
  
  
  

WHO YOU ARE:

• A track record of shipping and maintaining multiple major product releases,


• Proven experience developing and launching a software product or significant feature written in Go/Python,


• Proven experience building and maintaining data-intensive APIs using a RESTful approach,


• A level of comfort with Unit Testing and Test Driven Development methodologies,


• Familiarity with creating and maintaining containerized application deployments with a platform like Docker,


• Familiarity with deploying to and working with Kubernetes cluster infrastructure,


• A proven ability to build and maintain cloud based infrastructure on a major cloud provider like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform,


• Experience data modeling for large scale databases, either relational or NoSQL,


• Proficiency in verbal and written English language, capable of connecting with diverse individuals, actively listening to their needs, and supporting meaningful analysis for better decision-making.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with stream processing using Apache Kafka,


• Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC,


• Experience with: Google Cloud Platform, Apache Beam and or Google Cloud Dataflow, Google Kubernetes Engine,


• Experience working with scientific datasets, or a background in the application of quantitative science to business problems,


• Bioinformatics experience, especially large scale storage and data mining of variant data, variant annotation, and genotype to phenotype correlation.

You feel you do not meet all criteria we are looking for? That doesn’t mean you aren’t the right fit for the role. Apply with confidence, we value potential over perfection!

WHAT DO WE OFFER:

• A flexible, hybrid work model, 


• Great workplace in a new modern office in Warsaw,


• Career development, 360° Feedback & Mentoring programme,


• Wide access to professional development tools, trainings, & conferences,


• Company Bonus & Reward Structure,


• Increased tax-deductible costs for authors of copyrighted works,


• VIP Medical Care Package (including Dental & Mental health),


• Holiday allowance (“Wczasy pod gruszą”),


• Life & Travel Insurance,


• Pension plan,


• Co-financed sport card - FitProfit,


• Meals Subsidy in Office,


• Budget for Home Office Setup & Maintenance,


• Access to Company Game Room equipped with table tennis, soccer table, Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles setup with premium game passes, and massage chairs,


• Tailored-made support in relocation to Warsaw when needed.

Please send your CV in English 

WORK LOCATION: WARSAW AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 158