Senior Application Engineer

Scoular is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to support and modernize critical enterprise systems, including a large-scale Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) platform. This role is well suited for a senior back‑end engineer who enjoys working on complex, high‑impact systems and contributing to the modernization of long‑lived platforms using AI‑assisted development and modern integration patterns.

Success in this role is driven by strong engineering fundamentals, deep SQL expertise, and experience building and supporting reliable enterprise systems.

What You’ll Do

• Design, enhance, and modernize enterprise business applications that support financial and transactional workflows.
• Develop and maintain back‑end services and APIs that integrate with internal and external platforms.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to accelerate understanding of existing systems, refactor legacy code, and deliver high‑quality, maintainable solutions.
• Work extensively with relational databases and SQL-driven business logic.
• Participate in production support, incident response, and scheduled on‑call rotations to ensure system reliability.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Digital teams, and IT colleagues to deliver practical, business‑aligned solutions.
• Contribute to modernization initiatives across IBM i and adjacent enterprise platforms.

• 7+ years of experience building enterprise, back‑end, or highly transactional systems.
• Strong SQL expertise, including complex queries, performance tuning, and relational data modeling.
• Proficiency in at least one back‑end programming language such as Java, C#, Python, or similar enterprise technologies.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with JSON/XML.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, debug, and support production systems.
• Experience working in environments with formal change management and release processes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non‑technical partners.

• IBM i (AS400) experience, including RPG, CL, or DB2.
• Experience supporting financial, trading, or highly transactional business systems.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools for code generation, refactoring, testing, or documentation.
• Exposure to IBM i modernization tools or web‑enablement frameworks.
• Experience creating technical documentation or system design materials.

Scoular has been leading the way in safe, reliable, and innovative supply chain solutions for over 130 years. Our business is feed and food, transportation and logistics, and our people are our passion. In everything we do, we put relationships first and always leave room for what's possible.We are a $7 billion company filled with problem solvers and compassionate leaders committed to revolutionizing the future of agriculture. With 1400 employees and over 100 offices and facilities across North America and Asia, you can count on Scoular people.

We are committed to building a culture of real inclusion for all employees. We support customers and communities around the globe and believe our workforce should reflect that diversity. Scoular Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) connect, support, and empower our people. Learn more about diversity and inclusion commitments here.

Our Benefits

• We offer competitive health plans that begin on the employee's first day -- there's no waiting period so you can be your best from the very beginning
• On top of your competitive base pay, you'll have an incentive opportunity, 401k safe harbor and additional company match
• Your hard work and dedication deserve a break. In addition to our 12 paid holidays, you'll receive vacation, sick and wellbeing time off
• We give you the opportunity to revolutionize your community. With 8 hours of paid volunteer time every year. We encourage team members to give back and make a social impact
• This position is eligible for annual incentive opportunities based on business and individual performance.