Software Developer, Data & Decision Intelligence

company information

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based dairy company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and value-added products to nourish consumers.

With more than $1B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s growing portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

The company is driven by its values of caring for people, the animals that supply us with milk, and the planet. By providing nourishing products, implementing stringent care standards for animals, and stewarding efficient operations and responsible packaging, fairlife, LLC puts a focus each day on making a positive impact for all. 

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose:

The Software Developer will support fairlife's ambition of building a best-in-class Data and Decision Intelligence (DDI) ecosystem. This person will play a lead role on our dev team; creating custom software applications and systems to support critical business functions.  The Software Developer will be required to analyze specifications, build efficient applications, conduct quality testing, and enhance the user interface, and communicate and drive a common vision, practices and capabilities on the development team.

responsibilities:

• Take ownership of development lifecycle and releases from dev to production utilizing agile development methodologies.
• Cultivate a strong technical culture through experience sharing, professional development, and mentorship.
• Write clean, logical, high-quality code and adopt agile-driven development.
• Stay up to date on new technologies and approaches to software development.
• Work closely with data team ensuring optimal data structures are leveraged to support the applications.
• Work on custom software products leveraging many languages, frameworks, and platforms. 
• Get up to speed on existing projects’ domains, technology stack, and platforms.
• Participate in the Agile project flow providing solutions and feedback.
• Work with key stakeholders to clearly define requirements and prioritize project work. 
• Work with teammates to migrate legacy applications to new tech stack.
• Contribute to project documentation as needed

skills/qualifications required:

• 4+ years experience working as a professional software developer
• Familiar with several programming languages, including in-depth experience with at least one.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills to effectively gather dev requirements
• Detail oriented, Self-starter with a growth mindset and a passion for creating
• Value general versatility and flexibility over focused specialization.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Experience writing software in either web, mobile, or embedded.
• Values human-centered design in the product development lifecycle.
• Effectively communicate technical concepts to team members with varying levels of experience.
• Experience in full stack development
• Track record of developing software applications leveraging automated testing
• Comfortable with pair programming and other Extreme Programming practices

position location: Coopersville, MI (Grand Rapids, MI)

reports to: Sr. Director, Data & Decision Intelligence

travel requirements: 5-10%

exempt/nonexempt: exempt

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email [email protected].