Programmer

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Who Are We?

Toro’s Irrigation and Lighting business is located in Riverside, CA. The Toro Company’s irrigation business is comprised of two distinct brands, Toro® and Irritrol®. Both brands offer a full line of solid, dependable, irrigation products including controllers, sensors, valves, spray heads and rotors to help customers care for golf courses, sports fields, public green spaces, commercial and residential properties. Unique Lighting Systems is a leading brand of professional grade lighting fixtures, low voltage transformers, LED lamps and the patented HUB system for installation. Serving both residential and commercial markets, Unique Lighting Systems offers a full line of outdoor lighting products.

The Engineer V provides senior technical leadership for a mission‑critical, customer‑facing platform within the Golf business. This role combines hands‑on engineering with architectural stewardship to improve a mature desktop client and its supporting services while guiding a pragmatic, phased modernization. As a Level V individual contributor, the engineer sets technical direction, mentors peers, and drives reliable delivery consistent with enterprise standards.

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for :

Lead architecture and delivery for a complex platform, balancing near‑term stability with an incremental modernization roadmap.

Improve reliability, performance, and maintainability through disciplined engineering practices (design reviews, testing strategy, CI / CD, observability, secure‑by‑design).

Establish and scale CLI‑based, AI‑assisted engineering workflows (command‑line developer assistants) to accelerate refactoring, test creation, and documentation—using tools appropriate to the enterprise environment

Technical Focus :

Language & runtime : Advanced C# / .NET (6–8) experience building, refactoring, and optimizing Windows desktop applications.

Desktop UI : Substantial experience with WinForms , including working within heavily customized UI layers and third‑party component suites; strong grasp of UI threading, message loop fundamentals, async patterns, and performance profiling for desktop apps.

Data layer : Expertise with SQL Server / T‑SQL —schema design, query tuning, indexing strategies, connection management, and operational troubleshooting in production.

Client–server patterns : Deep familiarity with networked desktop applications (session management, background processing, telemetry / logging, resiliency and retry patterns).

Testing & quality : Practical test strategy for desktop clients (unit, integration, and targeted UI automation), static analysis, and dependency isolation to enable safe change.

Build & release : Proficiency with modern Git‑based workflows, automated builds, artifact versioning, and repeatable packaging / installation for Windows desktop software.

Modernization : Demonstrated success planning and executing incremental UI evolution (e.g., introducing modern Windows UI frameworks or web‑based techniques where appropriate) while preserving customer continuity.

Cloud : Experience with a major public cloud ( Azure, AWS, and / or Google Cloud ) for application services, data, observability, and / or CI / CD pipelines.

AI‑assisted development : Hands‑on use of command‑line developer assistants applied to real .NET projects (large‑scale refactors, test scaffolding, documentation), with clear quality guardrails and measurable outcomes.

Provide technical mentorship and cross‑team influence; articulate clear design guidance and uphold high engineering standards.

Collaborate with product, quality, and platform teams to scope work, manage risk, and communicate trade‑offs to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture guidelines and long‑term product objectives.

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements :

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software / Computer / Electrical Engineering or related field (or comparable professional experience).

10+ years delivering complex, customer‑facing software with increasing scope and impact; recognized for sound technical judgment and system design.

Proven success stabilizing and evolving mature client–server desktop applications at scale (refactoring, performance tuning, release discipline).

Strong communication and mentoring skills with the ability to influence across teams.

Preferred experience :

Experience with WPF / XAML for Windows desktop UI.

Web front‑end development experience using modern component‑based frameworks and patterns.

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical / dental / vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at ourRiverside, CAlocation a variety of perks, including :

Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.

Wellness - TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.

Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

Competitive Salary – The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between $ 129000 - $175000 . Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. You may be eligible to participate in an incentive program, which rewards employees based on individual and organizational performance. Eligibility and award amounts are determined by company policy and performance metrics. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy  recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.

The Toro Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other non-merit factors. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees

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