Hybrid Associate Software Engineer – Food

at Cargill

• Job title: Associate Software Engineer – Food
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, Java, Python, SDLC, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, La Ribera de Belen, Costa Rica

About the role

• Associate Software Engineer assisting with software design, development, and maintenance for Cargill's food solutions. Collaborating in a cross-functional team to meet business and user needs.

Responsibilities

• Assists with designing and developing high quality software solutions by writing clean, maintainable and efficient codes.
• Partners to apply internal software deployment platform, methodologies and tools to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases.
• 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.
• Writes and maintains standard unit tests and integration tests, and performs debugging to maintain the quality and performance of the software.
• Makes suggestions for improving the software development and deployment processes, and partners to implement the approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Maintains comprehensive documentation for software applications, deployment processes and system configurations.
• Provides technical support and troubleshooting for standard issues with deployed applications to ensure minimal downtime and fast resolution

Requirements

• Degree in progress or recently completed in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• No minimum years of relevant experience required. Typically reflects 2 years or more of relevant experience
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of Python and Java
• Understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, or similar)
• Fundamental knowledge of SQL, including basic queries (SELECT, JOIN, WHERE, Subqueries)
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and how different phases connect
• Familiarity with programming fundamentals and object-oriented concepts.
• Strong analytical mindset and eagerness to learn
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, GitHub

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development