Sr. Software Engineer

Position Title

Senior Software Engineer

Function/Group

Digital & Technology

Location

India

Shift Timing

Regular

Role Reports to

D&T Manager – Software Engineering

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid

ABOUT GENERAL MILLS 

We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Haagen-Dazs, we've been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.

How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate

us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T)  Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

JOB OVERVIEW 

Function Overview

The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents. 

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the "Work with Heart" philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the following Link

Purpose of the role

This is an exciting time to work in General Mills' DnA organization We are accelerating a Digital Transformation of our Supply chain POD to provide a competitive advantage to our business. To this end we are looking for a D&T Lead Software Engineer, with passion for DnA, to join our application development team. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the team to develop/support/maintain the user interface and application for supply chain suit of applications. It will involve learning and working on AI powered low code / no code applications platform like Palantir, C3AI or similar platforms. The role is an Individual contributor role and looking for hands on experience who have the passion for coding and delivering using high productivity toolsets.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Partner with Product Owners, Solution Managers, D&T Architects, and team to understand the product vision and roadmap, and help design/develop/support/maintain the User interface and application for supply chain suit of applications.
• Lead and practice the roadmap execution across internal and external teams in India and US – including setting coding standards and enforcing those through code reviews to ensure solution scale.
• Partner with business users to ensure ongoing design and architecture consistency.
• Investigate and resolve complex and multi-faceted issues, spanning the entire technology stack, which require working across teams and technology boundaries.
• Proactively improve solution reliability and key metrics, such as up-time, application performance, time to issue resolution, time spent resolving incidents and other key operational SLAs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education – Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered)
• Certification in cloud native application development will be preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or equivalent relevant discipline ·
• 7-9 years of relevant experience working in design and hands on development, Full Stack Development, DevOps and Database Development ·
• Experience with the following development technologies: Any main programming languages like (C#, Java or Python, TypeScript) Relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience on working on relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Big Query),
• Experience in data analytics, knowledge of ETL process and comfortable on building and working on data pipelines.
• Open to learn and work on low code / no code platforms like Palantir, C3AI or similar tools.
• Proficient in front-end framework (REACT preferred and Angular)
• Deep technical understanding of Cloud (GCP preferred) and Microservices architecture and proficient in developing services following best practices and AI augmented development.
• Exposure to developer productivity tool sets like GitHub Copilot, AI driven development.
• Expert in designing cloud native capabilities and services.
• Excellent communication skills- verbal and written ·
• Excellent analytical skills.

NICE TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

• Data Science: Knowledge and practical experience in data science techniques including optimization, clustering, segmentation, and simulations. Proficient in Python.
• MLOps & DevOps:Experienced in implementing MLOps and DevOps best practices for building and deploying robust, scalable AI/ML solutions.
• Data & Platform Engineering:Familiar with data product development, ontology frameworks, and platform engineering concepts.
• AI/ML Expertise:Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and their application in building scalable and robust solutions. Experience with AI tools such as and Palantir.
• Significant experience leveraging analytics to solve business problems within the CPG/FMCG supply chain domain.