VP Solutions Engineering

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.

Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

 

Job Summary

We are seeking a VP Solutions Engineering who will lead teammates responsible for solution architecture, application data design, and integration engineering capabilities that support software delivery across the organization. Reporting to the SVP Application Development, this role works closely with product and development teams to design scalable, secure, maintainable, and business-aligned solutions while accelerating delivery outcomes. The VP champions technical excellence, modern engineering practices, reusable design patterns, and effective technology adoption. This leader helps development teams navigate complex solutions, integration, and data challenges while promoting consistency, quality, and long-term sustainability across the application portfolio.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Partner closely with application development teams to support solution design, planning, and delivery. 
• Establish reusable solution patterns, integration approaches, and engineering practices that improve delivery speed and quality. 
• Promote scalable, secure, maintainable, and well-integrated technology solutions. 
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align delivery practices with architecture standards and principles. 
• Guide technical trade-off decisions and help teams balance business needs, risk, complexity, and investment. 
• Support modernization efforts through incremental improvements and practical application of modern engineering practices. 
• Drive adoption of quality automation, AI-assisted development, and engineering productivity capabilities where appropriate. 

Leadership Duties

• Share leadership with team members by empowering them to make decisions. This includes allowing them to take initiative, providing access to information and resources, and holding them accountable. Encourage team members to act autonomously and to contribute ideas and solutions.
• Provide team leadership, shared vision, and positive communications to achieve the Associations’ vision and strategy consistent with the Associations’ core values and team principles. Build strong relationships and collaborative partnerships within the Associations to understand the business opportunities and challenges.
• Establish a positive, participative, and collaborative team environment that inspires creative, high-performing, continuous learning, and engaged team members. Utilize consensus decision-making, when appropriate, to diversify thinking and enable and empower teammates. 
• Responsible for attracting, selecting, and on-boarding a diverse and qualified team and determining the appropriate team resource requirements to meet the Associations’ strategic direction.
• Develop team members through coaching, training and development, opportunities, and on-going performance feedback including timely follow-up on individual development plans; counsel team members on Talent Management activities. 
• Complete and/or recommend salary administration for team members in accordance with Association procedures. 
• Develop and monitor the business plan and annual operating budgets related to areas of responsibilities. Review and approve operational expenditures within delegated authority. 

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field.

Years of Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, integration engineering, data engineering, or related disciplines, including demonstrated leadership experience.

Certification and Technical Requirements

• Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, integrations, data design, cloud platforms, and modern software delivery practices.

 

Why Us:

For qualifying positions, we provide a competitive benefits package designed to support health and well-being, financial security, and work-life balance:

• Health Benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement Plans : 401(k) 
• Paid Time Off : Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Additional Benefits : Life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), wellness programs, tuition assistance, and short-term incentive pay

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About Us:

AgCountry has 43 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serving rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.

AgCountry Farm Credit Services, ACA, Farm Credit Services of America, ACA, and Frontier Farm Credit, ACA are Equal Employment Opportunity employers, and they comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.