Job Description:

Job Title

Technical Lead – Software Development

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a(n) Technical Lead, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Manage development and execution of the product roadmaps for top company applications that require design, architecture, and coding
• Participate with senior management in developing a long-term technology application roadmap
• Deliver programs/projects based on Agile/Waterfall/Kanban models using Jira
• Be a role model and professional coach for Developers and QA with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship.
• Work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack
• Manage teams to scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, review code, and deliver with speediness and quality
• Develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
• Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration
• Researching and procuring software applications: Finding applications that meet a business's needs (build/buy/stop)
• Managing financial budgets: Managing budgets for specific projects
• Communication: Communicating with clients, other departments, and the company's leadership

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Eight (8) years of industry experience in software design, development, and large-scale software engineering in a private, public, government or military environment
• Three (3) years of leading technical teams in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Strong leadership skills and takes initiatives to proactively solve issues
• Experience in Digital Software Development
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience leading Agile teams preferably in both Scrum and Kanban
• Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering and interfacing with engineers and personnel from other disciplines
• Deep experience in more than one modern languages .Net/Java/Python/Typescript.
• Deep Experience with UI/web frameworks (React, Angular, VueJS etc.).
• 3+ years of experience in developing cloud native technologies; AWS/Azure, certification is a plus
• Strong knowledge of TDD, CI/CD and Agile methodologies.
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code using Cloud Formation/CDK/Bicep
• Experience leading technical teams, product owners and customers through the SDLC of cloud-based applications.

Work location:  Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to 3M Center St. Paul, MN at least 2 days per week)

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $160,284 - $195,903, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

3M is an equal opportunity employer.  3M  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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